Which document is this? DD Form 1587, official title DD Form 1587, Record of Congressional Review, April 2016. What does it do? It exists to Record of Congressional Transcript Review. Everything on this page builds on those two facts.
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 is behind it? not stated maintains the form, and not stated is the publication that requires it. Those two names answer most questions about why you are being asked to submit anything at all.
Which edition should you have? not stated, listed as not stated. A copy dated otherwise is a copy worth replacing.
What the form asks for
- 3. To (in turn): a. 1st office.
- 4. Date action must be completed (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day). a. First office.
- 3.b. 2nd office.
- 4.b. Second office completion date.
- 4.c. Completion date for Chief, OFOISR.
- 7. Pages: beginning number.
- Thru: Ending page number.
- 8. Hearing. Press space bar to mark X in first box if closed, second box if open.
- 11. Forwarding certificate: date.
- 1.b. Agency.
- 1. Transcript action monitor. a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- 1.c. Telephone (include area code).
- 2. Date received from Congress (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 5. Description of document committee/subcommittee.
- 6. Hearing date and subject.
- 9. Classification.
- 10. Remarks.
- 11.b. Office.
- 11.a. Signature.
Download the form
Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 1 pages, about 19 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.
Can you skip around the form? Better not to. The layout runs identification, then content, then certification, and entries near the bottom frequently take their meaning from what sits above them.
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.
Is the form its own instruction manual? Partly. The rest sits in not stated, which is also the authority where the two texts conflict.
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 1587 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.
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.
How often does a form like this change? Unpredictably — revision follows directive changes, altered collection requirements and updated notice language. What is the practical defence? Verifying not stated every time you download rather than trusting a saved copy.
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 1587?
- DD Form 1587, Record of Congressional Review, April 2016
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?