Which document is this? DD Form 2017, official title DD Form 2017, Route Order Amendment, September 2005. What does it do? It exists to Route Order Amendment. Everything on this page builds on those two facts.
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.
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
- 1. Date of request (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no separators).
- Part 1 - Request for Amendment. 2. To (SDDC Routing Authority).
- 3. From (name, address and zip code of requesting agency).
- 4. Route order number.
- 6. Type of movement. Press space bar to mark X if rail.
- Mark X if motor.
- Mark X if other.
- 5. Identification number of requesting agency.
- Specify other type of movement.
- 8. Consignee (name and address).
- 7. Consignor (show actual shipper).
- 9. Original carrier(s).
- 10. Amended carrier(s).
- 12. Vessel involved? X first box if yes, second box if no.
- 14. Date vessel comes on berth (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 15. Complete commodity description.
- 16. Remarks (reason for amendment).
- 17. Requester. a. Typed name (last, first, middle initial).
- 17.b. Title.
- 17c. Telephone number (including area code).
- 17.d. Signature.
- Part 2 - Confirmation of Amendment. 18. To (requesting agency).
- 19. From (SDDC routing authority).
- 20.a. Routed by (name of SDDC technician).
Download the form
Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 1 pages, about 37 entry fields.
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.
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.
Where do you look up an unclear entry? The form face first, not stated second. And when the two disagree? not stated controls.
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.
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.
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.
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 2017?
- DD Form 2017, Route Order Amendment, 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?