What is DD Form 2326? It is a Department of Defense form titled DD Form 2326, Preservation and Packing Data, September 1997, and its job is straightforward: Preservation and Packing Data. That single line covers most of what people want to know before they download it.
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
- Nomenclature.
- Design activity's part number.
- Manufacturer's CAGE code.
- Configuration item specification number.
- Pounds, 2nd digit.
- Pounds, 3rd character.
- Pounds, 4th digit.
- Tenths.
- Length: inches, 1st digit.
- Inches, 2nd digit.
- Inches, 3rd digit.
- Tenths.
- Width: inches, 1st digit.
- Inches, 2nd digit.
- Inches, 3rd digit.
- Tenths.
- Depth: inches, 1st digit.
- Inches, 2nd digit.
- Inches, 3rd digit.
- Tenths.
- Cat: P/C, 1st character.
- P/C, 2nd character.
- Code: WSF.
- Code: P.
Download the form
What formats exist for this form? PDF. What is the scale of it? 1 pages and approximately 200 fields.
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.
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.
What if a specific field still puzzles you? Read the instructions printed on the form, then not stated. Which wins if they differ? The directive.
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.
Do you need to know which branch issued a related form? No. DD numbering is Department-wide and unified, which means the number on its own is a complete address for the document.
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.
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 2326?
- DD Form 2326, Preservation and Packing Data, September 1997
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?