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DD Form 878 — DD Form 878, Military Mail Dispatched, November 1978.

Military Mail Dispatched

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DD Form 878 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 878, Military Mail Dispatched, November 1978.. Stated purpose: Military Mail Dispatched. Edition date not stated; status not stated.

Issued under not stated, with not stated as proponent. A DD number marks a Department-wide instrument: the same blank form serves every military department and the defense agencies, rather than one service alone.

Users include uniformed members of any branch, DoD civilian employees, contractor personnel where authorized, and the administrative staff who process the completed record.

Timing of submission is fixed by not stated and by the implementing guidance of the submitting organization. What follows describes the blank document, not agency procedure.

The download set covers PDF. Document length is 3 pages with about 130 entry fields.

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

  • Item 7. Dispatched to
  • Item 8. Carrier and routing
  • Item 9. a. Airmail
  • Item 9. b. M. O. M.
  • Item 9. c. S. A. M.
  • Item 9. d. Surface
  • Item 9. e. Total. Total is automatically calculated for items 9. a. through 9. d.
  • Item 7. Dispatched to
  • Item 8. Carrier and routing
  • Item 9. a. Airmail
  • Item 9. b. M. O. M.
  • Item 9. c. S. A. M.
  • Item 9. d. Surface
  • Item 9. e. Total. Total is automatically calculated for items 9. a. through 9. d.
  • Item 7. Dispatched to
  • Item 8. Carrier and routing
  • Item 9. a. Airmail
  • Item 9. b. M. O. M.
  • Item 9. c. S. A. M.
  • Item 9. d. Surface
  • Item 9. e. Total. Total is automatically calculated for items 9. a. through 9. d.
  • Item 7. Dispatched to
  • Item 8. Carrier and routing
  • Item 9. a. Airmail

Order of completion: identification block first, substantive entries second, certification and signature last. The blank is laid out in that sequence and the sequence is not arbitrary — later entries often depend on data established in the header.

The current edition is not stated. Superseded editions of DD forms are frequently rejected at the receiving office, since Department-wide forms change centrally and older layouts lose their field correspondence. Edition date appears in the lower corner of the printed blank.

Field-level instructions appear on the form itself and in not stated. The directive is the controlling text.

Once executed, routing follows not stated and the submitting organization's own instruction. Keeping a copy is standard.

Cross-referenced forms are found through the numbering system. The DD sequence is Department-level and unified, which means a number cited on the page identifies one document across the whole Department.

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.

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 878?
DD Form 878, Military Mail Dispatched, November 1978.
Which edition is current?
Not stated by the publisher
Who is responsible for this form?
Not stated
In which formats can it be downloaded?
PDF

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