So what is DD Form 1484? The short answer: a Defense Department document, officially DD Form 1484, Post-Award Conference Record, April 1986., used to Post-Award Conference Record. Anything else you need follows from that.
Does it apply to your branch? Yes. The DD prefix means Department of Defense, not one service, so the same blank serves the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force and the Coast Guard under Defense jurisdiction. There is no Army version and no Navy version to search for.
Where does the requirement come from? From not stated, with not stated responsible for the document itself. Those are the names to cite if anyone asks under what authority you filed.
How current is this? Edition not stated, publisher status not stated. That is the version described throughout this page.
What the form asks for
- B.c. Clause number, if applicable.
- F. Qualification and environmental tests. b. Mark X if discussed.
- F.c. Clause number, if applicable.
- G. Inspection and acceptance. b. Mark X if discussed.
- G.c. Clause number, if applicable.
- I. Laboratory facillities. b. Mark X if discussed.
- I.c. Clause number, if applicable.
- J. Value engineering clause. b. Mark X if discussed.
- J.c. Clause number, if applicable.
- H. Specification interpretation (specify).
- H. Specification interpretation. b. Mark X if discussed.
- H.c. Clause number, if applicable.
- K. Other (specify).
- K. Other. b. Mark X if discussed.
- K.c. Clause number, if applicable.
- B. Waivers and deviations. b. Mark X if discussed.
- C. Drawing/design approval. b. Mark X if discussed.
- C.c. Clause number, if applicable.
- D. Manuals. b. Mark X if discussed.
- D.c. Clause number, if applicable.
- E. Pre-production sample. b. Mark X if discussed.
- E.c. Clause number, if applicable.
- C. Production surveillance. b. Mark X if discussed.
- C.c. Clause number, if applicable.
Download the form
What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 4 pages with roughly 188 fields to complete.
Why do two kinds of pdf exist? Because two kinds of user exist. One completes the form on screen and forwards a file; the other prints a blank and fills it by hand. The fillable release has interactive boxes, the printable release is a static image of the same page.
Should you type or write? Type, whenever the choice is yours. The reason is what happens after submission: the record gets copied and scanned, and every pass costs handwriting legibility that typed entries never lose.
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.
Why does the edition matter so much here? Because DD forms are revised centrally. When the Department reissues one, it reissues it for all branches simultaneously, and the field layout can shift. Compare the printed date against not stated before you type anything.
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.
What happens after you finish? It routes to the office specified in not stated or in local guidance. And your own record? Save a duplicate first; nobody regrets having one.
What if DD Form 1484 points to another form? Search the series and number. Because the DD sequence is common to every military department, no branch qualifier is needed to land on the right file.
Can you assume a matching number is the same form? No, and this is where downloads go wrong. Read the prefix. Army numbering and Department numbering are independent systems, so the digits alone tell you nothing about which document you need.
Why do editions change at all? Three reasons, mostly: the prescribing directive gets reissued, the information collected changes, or the required notice language is amended. Are you notified when it happens? No. Which is why confirming not stated at the moment you download is worth the few seconds.
Will your completed form be accepted? That is not a question this page can answer. What you have here is a published Department of Defense document, a description of it and instructions for filling it out. Nothing on the page is legal advice, and nothing here determines what any office does with a submission. Where do the remaining questions go? To not stated, to your servicing personnel office, or to the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1484?
- DD Form 1484, Post-Award Conference Record, April 1986.
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?