What is DD Form 1351-5? It is a Department of Defense form titled DD Form 1351-5, Government Quarters and/or Mess, July 1999, and its job is straightforward: Quarters and/or Mess, Government. That single line covers most of what people want to know before they download it.
Is there a version specific to your service? No. A DD number is issued at Department level, which is the whole point of the prefix — every military department and defense agency works from one identical document. Looking for a branch variant wastes time you do not have.
Who decides this form exists? not stated owns it; not stated directs its use. If someone told you to file this, the authority traces back to those.
Is this the right edition? The current one is dated not stated, and the publisher carries it as not stated. Check that against whatever copy you already have before going further.
What the form asks for
- 4. Quarters. a. Press space bar to mark X if Government quarters were not available to the above-named member on the following dates or for the following periods.
- Specify dates or periods when government quarters were not available.
- 4.b. Mark X if government quarters were not or will not be available to both the above-named member and his dependents on the following dates or for the following periods:
- Specify dates or periods when government quarters were or will not be available.
- 4.c. Mark X if utilization of government quarters by the above named member is or was impracticable for the following dates or the following periods:
- Specify dates or periods when utilization of quarters is or was impracticable.
- 5. Mess. Mark X as applicable. a. Government mess was not available to the above-named member for the number of meals shown opposite each of the dates or periods specified in columns 1 and 2 below.
- 5.b. Mark X if government mess was not or will not be available to both the above-named member and his dependents for the number of meals shown opposite the following dates or periods.
- 5.c. Mark X if utilization of government mess available at this station by the above-named member is, was, or will be impracticable for the number of meals shown opposite the following dates or periods.
- 5.d. Mark X if officers' open mess was not available to the above named officer for at least two meals on the following dates government quarters were available.
- 6. Remarks, continued.
- 1. Traveler's name: last, first, middle initial.
- 2. Grade.
- 3. Social security number. Do not include dashes.
- 4. Date of statement: four digit year, two digit month, two digit day.
- Column 1. Date meals not available (line 1). Enter all dates as four digit year, two digit month and two digit day, no spaces or punctuation marks.
- Column 2. Number of meals not available.
- Date, line 2.
- Number of meals not available.
- Date, line 3.
- Number of meals not available.
- Date, line 4.
- Number of meals not available.
- Date, line 5.
Download the form
Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 2 pages, about 57 entry fields.
What is the difference between fillable and printable? A fillable pdf has real field boxes that accept typed text and hold it inside the file. A printable pdf is a flat blank with no fields at all, intended for a printer and a pen. Which one you have determines how you complete the form, so it is worth checking first.
Is handwriting acceptable? Yes, but it is the weaker choice. Scanning flattens pen strokes and reproduction blurs them, while typed characters survive the whole chain intact. Print in capitals if you are working from a paper blank.
What opens an xfdl file? IBM Lotus Forms Viewer, or a compatible client. Will your pdf reader do it? No, and it will likely report the file as damaged. Xfdl was the Defense standard for electronic forms for years, which is why it still appears in the set.
Do you pay for these? No. Free download, every format. What should you avoid? Filling the form inside a browser tab; the fields frequently do not save.
In what order do you complete it? The printed order, top to bottom. Header data comes before the body, and the body before the signature block. The sequence is not decorative — later entries are keyed to earlier ones.
What if your copy is old? Replace it. Check the date printed on the form against not stated. Old blanks circulate for years in shared folders, and because a DD revision lands across the whole Department at once, the receiving office will be working from the new layout.
What if a specific field still puzzles you? Read the instructions printed on the form, then not stated. Which wins if they differ? The directive.
Where does the completed form go? To the office named in not stated or in your organization's local procedure. Should you keep a copy? Always — a scan or a saved file costs nothing and spares you the whole exercise if the original disappears.
How do you find a form referenced inside this one? By its number alone. The DD sequence runs across the entire Department, so a number identifies exactly one document regardless of which service cited it.
Why do some instructions cite both a DA and a DD form? Because the procedure touches both systems, not because the forms are related. Service forms answer to a service proponent; DD forms answer to not stated or another Department office. The sequences were never aligned.
Should you archive this file and reuse it next year? Better not. Forms are revised as directives are reissued, as data requirements shift and as statutory notice text is updated, and none of that reaches you directly. Download fresh, check the edition date.
What does this page actually provide? The blank form and a description of it. What does it not provide? Legal guidance, procedural rulings, or any assurance about a particular filing. Who answers those? not stated, the administrative office that serves you, or the authority identified in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1351-5?
- DD Form 1351-5, Government Quarters and/or Mess, 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?