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Defense Department form, series DD, number 355. Full title: DD Form 355, Employee Suggestion, July 1999. Function: Employee Suggestion. Edition in force: not stated. Publisher 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.
Users include uniformed members of any branch, DoD civilian employees, contractor personnel where authorized, and the administrative staff who process the completed record.
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.
Formats offered: PDF. Length: 3 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 75.
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.
The xfdl release corresponds to IBM Lotus Forms. This format carried Department-wide form distribution for years and opens only in IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or a compatible client, not in a pdf reader.
Every listed format is free to download. Modern pdf software handles the pdf files, with the caveat that browser-embedded viewers sometimes ignore field properties that a desktop reader honours.
What the form asks for
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
- 3. Name of suggester (last, first, middle initial).
- 4. Organization. Press space bar to mark X in first box if OSD, second box if WHS, third box if JS, or fourth box if other.
- 4. Specify other.
- 5. Home address. Number and street or R F D number, City, State, Zip Code.
- 6. Organization subdivision. Department, division, section, unit or shop.
- 7. Job title.
- 8. Grade or rank.
- 9. Work telephone number (include area code).
- 10. Do you desire your suggestion to be processed anonymously? X first box if yes, second box if no.
- 11.a. Signature of suggester.
- 11. b. Date signed (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 12. Processing data. a. Dates of action (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day). (1) Date received.
- (4) Date of initial referral for investigation.
- (3) Date checked.
- b. Decision. X first box if accepted, second box if rejected.
- (2) Date acknowledged.
- b. Date suggester notified.
- d. Date recommended to OSD component head for award.
- (5) Date considered at board meeting.
- e. Evaluation Referral Notes. (1) Referred to, line 1.
- (2) Date forwarded (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- (3) Date returned (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- (4) Remarks.
The document is filled from the top down. Identification precedes substance, substance precedes certification. Fields lower on the page are commonly keyed to entries made above them.
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.
A DD number and a DA number may appear in the same instruction without being related. DA forms belong to the Army alone; DD forms belong to the Department and are administered at Department level. The sequences are independent.
Forms are reissued for several reasons: directive revision, changed data requirements, updated notice language. Confirming not stated at the moment of download covers the risk.
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 355?
- DD Form 355, Employee Suggestion, July 1999
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?