What is DD Form 1870? It is a Department of Defense form titled DD Form 1870, Nomination for Appointment to the United States Service Academy, September 2005, and its job is straightforward: Nomination for Appointment to the United States Military Academy, US Naval Academy, US Air Force Academy. That single line covers most of what people want to know before they download it.
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.
How current is this? Edition not stated, publisher status not stated. That is the version described throughout this page.
What the form asks for
- Nomination for Appointment to: Press space bar to mark X in first box if U.S. Military Academy, second box if U.S. Naval Academy, third box if U.S. Air Force Academy.
- 1. Name of nominee (last, first, middle initial).
- 2. Date of birth (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no separators).
- 3. Social Security Number. Do not include dashes.
- 4. Domicile in constituency. a. Street (include apartment number).
- 4.b. City.
- 4.c. County.
- 4.d. State.
- 4.e. Zip code (9 digit).
- 5. Temporary address. a. Street (include apartment number).
- 5.b. City.
- 5.c. County.
- 5.d. State.
- 5.e. Zip code (9 digit).
- 6. Sex. Mark X in first box if male, second box if female.
- 7. Telephone number (include area code).
- 8. Congressional district and/or state.
- 9. Type of nomination. a. Vacancy. Mark X in order for first, second, third, fourth, or fifth.
- 9.b. Type of nomination. Mark X in first box if principal, second box if competitive, third box if alternate, and fourth box if competitive alternate.
- Alternate number (enter 1 through 9 if applicable).
- If alternate, enter name of principal nominee.
- If competitive alternate, enter name of principal nominee.
- 10. Remarks.
- 11. Nomination authority. a. Typed name (last, first, middle initial).
Download the form
What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 1 pages with roughly 27 fields to complete.
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.
What does any of this cost? Nothing. Every format listed is a free download. One practical note: save the file and open it in a desktop pdf reader, because browser previews often ignore interactive fields and lose what you typed.
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.
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.
What if DD Form 1870 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.
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 1870?
- DD Form 1870, Nomination for Appointment to the United States Service Academy, September 2005
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?