What is DD Form 1610? It is a Department of Defense form titled DD Form 1610, Request and Authorization for TDY Travel of DoD Personnel, May 2003`, and its job is straightforward: Request and Authorization for TDY Travel of DoD Personnel. That single line covers most of what people want to know before they download it.
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
- 3. Social security number of requestor. Include dashes.
- 1. Date of request (four digit year, two digit month, two digit day).
- Request for Official Travel. 2. Name of requestor (last, first, middle initial)
- 5. Location of permanent duty station.
- 6. Organizational element.
- 7. Duty telephone number. Include area code.
- 8. Type of authorization.
- 9. T.D.Y. purpose. See JTR, appendix H.
- 10.a. Approximate number of T.D.Y. days including travel time.
- 10.b. Proceed date. Four digit year, two digit month, two digit day.
- 11. Travel itinerary.
- Press space bar to mark X if variation from itinerary is authorized.
- 12. Transportation mode. a. Commercial. Mark X if by rail.
- Mark X if by air.
- Mark X if by bus.
- Mark X if by ship.
- b. Government travel. Mark X if by air.
- Mark X if by government vehicle.
- Mark X if by ship.
- c. Local transportation. Mark X if by rental car.
- Mark X if by taxi.
- Mark X if other local transportation.
- If local transportation is by privately owned conveyance, enter rate per mile.
- Privately owned conveyance. X first box if advantageous to the government, second if reimbursement is limited to cost of common carrier transportation and per diem.
Download the form
What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 2 pages with roughly 46 fields to complete.
Why will not the xfdl file open? Because it is not a pdf. Xfdl belongs to IBM Lotus Forms, long the Department's electronic form format, and it needs IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or an equivalent reader installed first.
Is there a charge? No — free, all formats. Where should you open the file? In a full pdf application on your own machine. Browser-embedded viewers handle field properties unpredictably.
Where do you start? At the top. Identification first, the substance of the entry second, certification last. Why that order? Because fields lower on the page often depend on data you established in the header, and filling out of sequence produces contradictions.
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.
What if DD Form 1610 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.
Do DA and DD numbers ever correspond? Never. DA numbering is Army-specific, administered by an Army proponent, while DD numbering is Department-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. Identical digits in the two systems mean two unrelated documents, which is why the prefix matters more than the number.
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.
Is any of this advice? No. This page distributes a published Defense form and explains its contents, which is a different thing from telling you whether your circumstances qualify or whether a reviewer will accept your copy. Direct questions of eligibility, applicability and procedure to not stated, to your servicing personnel office, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1610?
- DD Form 1610, Request and Authorization for TDY Travel of DoD Personnel, May 2003`
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?