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Defense Department form, series DD, number 651. Full title: DD Form 651, Carrier's Report of Vehicle Damage or Breakdown, August 1969. Function: Carrier's Report of Vehicle Damage or Breakdown. 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.
The form reaches military personnel across the services, civilian employees of the Department, and the personnel and records specialists who receive it.
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: 5 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 25.
Xfdl is present in the set. The format belongs to IBM Lotus Forms — long the Defense standard for electronic forms — and needs the matching viewer; pdf applications will report the file as unreadable.
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
- 1.a. Type and make of vehicle.
- b. Vehicle registration number.
- 2.a. Bill of lading number.
- b. Freight bill number.
- 3. Location of accident or vehicle breakdown.
- 4. Speedometer reading at time of accident or vehicle breakdown.
- 5. Date and time of accident or vehicle breakdown.
- 6. Date and time vehicle returned to operation.
- 7. Describe damage(s) and/or trouble (if additional space is required, explain in Remarks).
- 8. Cost of repairs: Material.
- Labor cost.
- Approval of repair costs in excess of those authorized must be obtained from: Shipping transportation office.
- Address (include zip code).
- Telephone number.
- 9. Remarks.
- 10.a. Signature of operator.
- b. Name of carrier.
- 11.a. Signature of operator.
- b. Name of carrier.
- 12. Signature of receiving officer.
- Total cost of repairs.
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
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.
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.
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.
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 651?
- DD Form 651, Carrier's Report of Vehicle Damage or Breakdown, August 1969
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?