What is DD Form 2338-1? It is a Department of Defense form titled DD Form 2338 - 1, Inventory Control Effectiveness Report - Ammunition, October 2000, and its job is straightforward: Inventory Control Effectiveness (Ice) Report Ammunition. 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.
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.
How current is this? Edition not stated, publisher status not stated. That is the version described throughout this page.
What the form asks for
- Reporting organization.
- Quarter ending.
- Fiscal year to date.
- Part I. Performance. 1. Materiel release denials. a. Lines directed for shipments. Quarter: low risk.
- Fiscal year: low risk.
- Fiscal year: high risk.
- b. Total materiel release denials. Quarter: low risk.
- Quarter: high risk.
- Fiscal year: low risk.
- Fiscal year: high risk.
- c. Materiel denial rate. Quarter: low risk.
- Quarter: high risk.
- Fiscal year: low risk.
- Fiscal year: high risk.
- Quarter: high risk.
- 2. Receipt processing. a. Receipts stored and posted. Quarter: low risk.
- Quarter: high risk.
- Fiscal year: low risk.
- Fiscal year: high risk.
- b. Receipts stored and posted on time. Quarter: low risk.
- Quarter: high risk.
- Fiscal year: low risk.
- Fiscal year: high risk.
- c. On time receipt rate. Quarter: low risk.
Download the form
What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 2 pages with roughly 188 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.
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.
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.
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 2338-1?
- DD Form 2338 - 1, Inventory Control Effectiveness Report - Ammunition, October 2000
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?