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Department of Defense form 428. Official designation: DD Form 428, Communication Service Authorization, May 1999. Purpose: Communication Service Authorization. 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.
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.
Formats offered: PDF. Length: 1 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 85.
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.
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
- 1. Authorization. a. Number.
- b. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no dividers).
- 2. Authorization. a. Number.
- b. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 3. Circuit or bill number.
- 4. From (include zip code).
- 5. Submit Bills For Certification to (Include zip code).
- 6. To (communications company). a. Company name.
- b. Address. (1) Number and street.
- (2) City.
- (3) State.
- (4) Zip code.
- 7. Telephone number to contact for details (include area code).
- Item 8. Authorization. In accordance with provisions of the contract indicated above of which this authorization forms a part, authority is hereby given to Communications Company indicated in Item 6 to establish or perform services for official use as prescribed below at: enter facility and address.
- 9. Service(s). a. Description, line 1.
- b. Number.
- c. Non-recurring charge.
- d. Rate per month. (1) Per unit.
- (2) Total rate per month.
- a. Description, line 2.
- b. Number.
- c. Non-recurring charge.
- d. Rate per month. (1) Per unit.
- (2) Total rate per month.
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.
Edition in use: not stated. Because DD forms are revised at Department level and distributed to all services at once, an obsolete printing may not match the fields an office expects. The date is printed on the form face.
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.
Related documents are located by series and number. DD forms sit in a single Department-wide sequence, so a form referenced inside DD Form 428 is normally found by its number alone, without regard to service.
Some procedures pair a DD form with a service form. The two numbering systems are separate — service forms answer to a service proponent, DD forms to not stated or another Department office — and a matching number in each system means nothing.
Editions change because the underlying directive changes, because collection requirements are revised, or because Privacy Act language is updated. Checking the edition date at the point of download is the practical response.
Scope of this page: distribution of a published form and description of its contents. It offers no legal guidance and no assurance regarding any particular submission. Direct procedural questions to not stated, to the servicing personnel office, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 428?
- DD Form 428, Communication Service Authorization, May 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?