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Department of Defense form 3013. Official designation: DD Form 3013, Ford Reconnaissance Report, February 2016. Purpose: Ford Reconnaissance Report. Current edition not stated, status not stated.
Governing directive: not stated. Responsible office: not stated. The DD designation signals joint scope — all military departments, combatant commands and defense agencies draw on a single edition of the document.
Common users: service members regardless of branch, Defense civilian staff, and the offices that file, verify or retain the finished document.
Submission follows the schedule set by not stated and by local implementing procedures. This page provides the blank form for download and general orientation only.
Available formats: PDF. The form runs 2 pages and contains approximately 49 fillable fields.
Distribution centres on pdf. Two states exist: fillable, where field boxes accept keyboard input and retain it, and printable, a static blank produced for manual completion. Typed data reproduces cleanly across copies; handwritten data depends on the writer.
Free download applies to every format listed. Any current pdf reader opens the pdf files, though field behaviour is most reliable in a full desktop reader rather than a browser preview.
What the form asks for
- To: Headquarters ordering reconnaissance.
- From: name, grade and unit of officer/NCO making reconnaissance.
- 2. From (initial point).
- 3. To (terminal point).
- 4. Date/time group of signature.
- 1. Route number.
- 5. Map series.
- 6. Sheet number.
- 7. Grid reference. a. Type.
- b. Coordinates.
- 9. Location from nearest town. a. Distance.
- b. Direction.
- Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 11. Characteristics of crossing. (1) Today. a. Width.
- b. Depth.
- c. Velocity.
- d. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- e. Season or month(s).
- (3) Mean. a. Width.
- b. Depth.
- c. Velocity.
- d. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- e. Season or month(s).
- (2) Low. a. Width.
Completion runs in the order printed on the page: identifying data at the head, the body of the entry next, certification at the foot. Header data frequently governs what belongs in the fields below it.
Verify the edition date against not stated before entry. Department-level revisions replace the blank across every service simultaneously, so an old copy in a desk drawer may no longer correspond to current field numbering.
Field-level instructions appear on the form itself and in not stated. The directive is the controlling text.
After completion, the copy goes to the office designated by not stated or by local procedure. Retention of a personal copy is ordinary practice and costs nothing.
Associated forms are traced by number within the series. Because the DD sequence is common to all military departments, no service qualifier is needed to identify a referenced form.
Where a DA form is cited alongside a DD form, the two belong to different systems: DA numbering is Army-specific and administered by an Army proponent, while DD numbering is Defense-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. Numbers do not translate between the systems.
Revision occurs when the prescribing directive is reissued, when the data collected changes, or when statutory notice language is amended. Verification of the edition date at download addresses all three.
This page distributes a published Department of Defense document and describes it. It is not a source of legal advice and makes no representation about acceptance of any completed form. Questions of applicability, eligibility or procedure belong to not stated, the servicing personnel office, or the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 3013?
- DD Form 3013, Ford Reconnaissance Report, February 2016
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?