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DD Form 2278 — DD Form 2278, Application for Do It Yourself Move and Counseling Checklist, September 1998

Application for Do It Yourself Move and Counseling Checklist

Which document is this? DD Form 2278, official title DD Form 2278, Application for Do It Yourself Move and Counseling Checklist, September 1998. What does it do? It exists to Application for Do It Yourself Move and Counseling Checklist. Everything on this page builds on those two facts.

Is there a version specific to your service? No. A DD number is issued at Department level, which is the whole point of the prefix — every military department and defense agency works from one identical document. Looking for a branch variant wastes time you do not have.

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.

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

  • 1. Date prepared (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
  • 2. Shipment number.
  • 3. Member or employee information. a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
  • 3. b. Rank/grade.
  • 3. c. Social security number.
  • 3. Agency.
  • 4. This shipment/storage is required incident to the following orders: a. Type orders. Press space bar to mark X in first box if local, second box if permanent, or third box if temporary.
  • 4. d. New duty assignment.
  • 4. e. Orders number.
  • 4. f. Number of miles.
  • 4.b. Date of orders (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
  • 4. c. Issued by.
  • 4. g. Name of preparing office.
  • 4. h.Paying (AFO/F&AO) Navy and Marine Corps.
  • 5. Send check to (complete address).
  • 6. State of legal residence.
  • 7. b. Mark X if D I T Y move authorized.
  • 7.b. DITY move authorized from:
  • 7.b. DITY move authorized to:
  • 7. c. Mark X if I T O and or T M O provided with accurate estimate weight of H H G s.
  • 7. Entitlements. Mark X if: a. Option of G B L, van and or D I T Y move, nontemporary storage.
  • 7. d. Mark X if maximum authorized weight.
  • 7.d. Maximum authorized weight.
  • 7. e. Mark X if unauthorized items, such as P O V, flammables, etc.

Download the form

What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 2 pages with roughly 67 fields to complete.

Do you pay for these? No. Free download, every format. What should you avoid? Filling the form inside a browser tab; the fields frequently do not save.

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 if your copy is old? Replace it. Check the date printed on the form against not stated. Old blanks circulate for years in shared folders, and because a DD revision lands across the whole Department at once, the receiving office will be working from the new layout.

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.

What if DD Form 2278 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.

Why do some instructions cite both a DA and a DD form? Because the procedure touches both systems, not because the forms are related. Service forms answer to a service proponent; DD forms answer to not stated or another Department office. The sequences were never aligned.

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 2278?
DD Form 2278, Application for Do It Yourself Move and Counseling Checklist, 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?
PDF

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