So what is DD Form 1746? The short answer: a Defense Department document, officially DD Form 1746, Application for Assignment to Housing, September 1993., used to Application for Assignment to Housing. 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.
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
- 1. Type service desired. a. Press space bar to mark X if military housing.
- 1.b. Mark X if housing referral.
- Section 1 - Applicant information. 2. Name of sponsor: last, first, middle initial.
- 3. Pay grade.
- 4. Social security number (include dashes) or other identification number.
- 5. D O D component.
- 6. Address (Street, city, State, zip code).
- 7. Telephone number. a. Home (Include area code).
- b. Duty (DSN).
- 8. Status of applicant. X first box if military member, second box if military spouse, third box if civilian, or fourth box if foreign national.
- 9. Marital status.
- 10. I am separated from my dependents: X first box if voluntarily, second box if involuntarily.
- 11. I request housing for: X first box if self only, second box if self and dependents.
- 13. Installation/organization transferred to.
- 12. Installation/organization transferred from.
- 14.a. Military spouse: effective rank/rate date.
- Section 2 - Military career information (Civilians skip to Item 15). 14.a. Military applicant. Effective rank/rate date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- b. Active duty service computation date: military spouse.
- c. Time remaining on active duty: military applicant.
- c. Time remaining on active duty: military spouse.
- b. Active duty service computation date: military applicant.
- d. Date of effective change in duty station: military spouse.
- d. Date of effective change in duty station: military applicant.
- e. Report date: military spouse.
Download the form
What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 2 pages with roughly 90 fields to complete.
Fillable or printable — which do you have? Click inside a box. If it accepts a cursor and typed text, the file is fillable and your entries save with it. If nothing happens, the pdf is flat, and the only way forward is printing it and writing on paper.
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.
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.
Can you leave fields blank? Not safely. A reviewer cannot tell a deliberate omission from a missed question, so mark inapplicable items N/A. And date fields? Match the format shown on the form — conventions differ, and misreading a date is easy.
What does the Privacy Act notice cover? Four things: the legal authority behind the collection, the purpose, the routine uses, and whether disclosure is required. When should you read it? Before entering personal information, while the choice is still open.
Is a typed name enough? No. The signature block takes an actual signature: pen on paper, or a digital signature applied with your Common Access Card where the receiving system accepts one. Add the date beside it before you close the file.
What goes wrong most? The same short list: old edition, empty fields, illegibility, wrong date format, missing signature or date.
Where do you look up an unclear entry? The form face first, not stated second. And when the two disagree? not stated controls.
Who receives it? The office not stated designates, subject to whatever local instruction your organization adds. What do you keep? A copy, made before the form leaves your hands.
Do you need to know which branch issued a related form? No. DD numbering is Department-wide and unified, which means the number on its own is a complete address for the document.
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.
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 1746?
- DD Form 1746, Application for Assignment to Housing, September 1993.
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?