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DD Form 4 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 4, Enlistment/Reenlistment Document - Armed Forces of the United States, October 2007. Stated purpose: Enlistment/Reenlistment Document Armed Forces of the United States. Edition date 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.
Users include uniformed members of any branch, DoD civilian employees, contractor personnel where authorized, and the administrative staff who process the completed record.
When the form is filed is a matter of not stated and local instruction. The description here covers the document itself and how to obtain a copy.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 4 pages with about 87 entry fields.
Pdf serves as the base format. In the fillable variant, each box is an interactive field that holds typed text inside the document. In the flat printable variant, no fields exist — the page prints as a blank to be completed by hand. Typed entries survive transmission; handwriting does not always survive scanning.
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.
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
- 4. Place of enlistment/reenlistment (military installation, city, state).
- 5. Date of enlistment/reenlistment (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no separators).
- 6. Date of birth (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 7. Previous military service upon enlistment/reenlistment. a. Total active military service: years.
- 7.a. Total active military service: months.
- 7.a. Total active military service: days.
- 7.b. Total inactive military service: years.
- 7.b. Total inactive military service: months.
- 7.b. Total inactive military service: days.
- 8. I am enlisting in the United States: list branch of service.
- Number of years enlisted for.
- And number of weeks:
- Beginning in pay grade:
- Number of years considered active duty obligation.
- Number of weeks considered active duty obligation.
- Number of years to be served in reserve component.
- Number of weeks to be served in reserve component.
- Additional details are in section C and annexes:
- 8.a. Report to place shown in item 4 by: Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Branch of service:
- For not less than: number of years.
- For not less than (number of weeks).
- 8.b. Remarks (if none, so state).
- 1. Name of enlistee/reenlistee (last, first, middle).
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.
Instructions printed on the form or in not stated govern individual field entries. Where the two differ, the governing publication controls.
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.
Related documents are located by series and number. DD forms sit in a single Department-wide sequence, so a form referenced inside DD Form 4 is normally found by its number alone, without regard to service.
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.
The material here is descriptive. Nothing on the page constitutes legal or procedural advice, and no statement here determines whether a submitted form will be accepted. Such questions go to not stated, a servicing administrative office, or the authority identified in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 4?
- DD Form 4, Enlistment/Reenlistment Document - Armed Forces of the United States, October 2007
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?