Which document is this? DD Form 1920, official title DD Form 1920, Alcohol Incident Report, November 2004. What does it do? It exists to Alcohol Incident Report. 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
- Installation.
- O R I number.
- Case number (administrative use only).
- Section 1 - suspect data. Last name.
- First name.
- Middle name.
- Grade.
- Social security number. Do not include dashes.
- Date of birth (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no dividers).
- Unit/sponsor.
- Section 2 - initial contact. Vehicle in motion. 1. Press space bar to mark X if turning with wide radius.
- 2. Mark X if straddling center or lane marker.
- 3. Mark X if appears to be drunk.
- 4. Mark X if almost striking object or other vehicle.
- 5. Mark X if weaving (within or out of traffic lane).
- 6. Mark X if driving on other than designated roadway.
- 7. Mark X if driving into opposing or crossing traffic.
- 8. Mark X if stopping inappropriately (other than traffic lane).
- 9. Mark X if slow response to traffic signals.
- 10. Mark X if turning abruptly or illegally.
- 11. Mark X if accelerating or decelerating rapidly.
- 12. Mark X if headlights off.
- 13. Mark X if swerving.
- 14. Mark X if speed lower than 10 m.p.h. below limit.
Download the form
What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 2 pages with roughly 163 fields to complete.
Why do two kinds of pdf exist? Because two kinds of user exist. One completes the form on screen and forwards a file; the other prints a blank and fills it by hand. The fillable release has interactive boxes, the printable release is a static image of the same page.
Should you type or write? Type, whenever the choice is yours. The reason is what happens after submission: the record gets copied and scanned, and every pass costs handwriting legibility that typed entries never lose.
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.
Where do you look up an unclear entry? The form face first, not stated second. And when the two disagree? not stated controls.
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.
How do you find a form referenced inside this one? By its number alone. The DD sequence runs across the entire Department, so a number identifies exactly one document regardless of which service cited it.
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.
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.
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 1920?
- DD Form 1920, Alcohol Incident Report, November 2004
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?