Which document is this? DD Form 1857, official title DD Form 1857, Temporary Commercial Storage at Government Expense, September 1998.. What does it do? It exists to Temporary Commercial Storage At Government Expense. Everything on this page builds on those two facts.
Will you need a different form because of where you serve? No. DD forms are Department-wide instruments, and that scope is what separates them from service publications. One edition, all branches, defense agencies included.
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.
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
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
- Section 2 - Member's Statement of Facts. 1. Additional temporary storage necessary due to: Mark all that apply. Press space bar to mark X if a. Serious illness of the member.
- X if b. erious illness or death of a dependent.
- X if c. Impending assignment to government quarters.
- X if d. Directed temporary duty after arrival at permanent duty station.
- X if e. Nonavailability of suitable civilian housing.
- X if f. Awaiting completion of residence under construction.
- X if g. Other reason.
- Specify other reason.
- 2. Member information. a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- b. Rrank.
- c. Social security number.
- d. Signature.
- e. Date signed (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Section 3 - Approval. 3. Installation name.
- 4. Installation address. Include zip code.
- 5. Date approved (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- All storage authorization will expire on: (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 9.a. Applicable special order.
- b. Paragraph.
- c. Headquarters.
- d. Dated. (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- e. Accounting classification.
- 10. Transportation officer information. a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
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Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 1 pages, about 27 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.
Does typing matter? It does. Your completed form will probably be scanned, forwarded and filed, and typed text comes through each of those steps unchanged while handwriting degrades. If pen is your only option, block capitals give the receiving clerk a fighting chance.
Is xfdl worth downloading? Only if you have the viewer. The format comes from IBM Lotus Forms, which carried Defense form distribution for a long stretch, and no ordinary pdf application will read it.
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.
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.
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.
Is the form its own instruction manual? Partly. The rest sits in not stated, which is also the authority where the two texts conflict.
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 1857 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 1857?
- DD Form 1857, Temporary Commercial Storage at Government Expense, September 1998.
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?