So what is DD Form 1911? The short answer: a Defense Department document, officially DD Form 1911, Materiel Courier Receipt, April 2010, used to Materiel Courier Receipt. Anything else you need follows from that.
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.
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.
Is this the right edition? The current one is dated not stated, and the publisher carries it as not stated. Check that against whatever copy you already have before going further.
What the form asks for
- Shipper's control/document number.
- Shipper.
- Shipper supply account number.
- Destination.
- Destination supply account number.
- First shipment transfer. Location of transfer.
- Date of transfer (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Recipient's printed name (last, first, middle initial).
- Organization or account number.
- Signature.
- Second shipment transfer. Location of transfer.
- Date of transfer (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Recipient's printed name (last, first, middle initial).
- Organization or account number.
- Signature.
- Third shipment transfer. Location of transfer.
- Date of transfer (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Recipient's printed name (last, first, middle initial).
- Organization or account number.
- Signature.
- Fourth shipment transfer. Location of transfer.
- Date of transfer (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Recipient's printed name (last, first, middle initial).
- Organization or account number.
Download the form
Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 1 pages, about 95 entry fields.
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.
What is the first thing to check? The edition date on the face of the form. Does it read not stated? If not, the copy is superseded, and a superseded DD form is a real problem: Department-level revisions replace the blank for every service at once, so an old file on a shared drive is stale everywhere, not just in your office.
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 1911 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.
Should you archive this file and reuse it next year? Better not. Forms are revised as directives are reissued, as data requirements shift and as statutory notice text is updated, and none of that reaches you directly. Download fresh, check the edition date.
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 1911?
- DD Form 1911, Materiel Courier Receipt, April 2010
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?