So what is DD Form 2338-2? The short answer: a Defense Department document, officially DD Form 2338 - 2, Inventory Control Effectiveness Report - General Supplies, October 2000, used to Inventory Control Effectiveness (Ice) Report General Supplies. Anything else you need follows from that.
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.
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
- Reporting organization.
- Quarter ending.
- Fiscal year to date.
- Part I. Performance. 1. Materiel release denials. a. Lines directed for shipments. Quarter.
- Fiscal year.
- b. Total materiel release denials. Quarter.
- Fiscal year.
- c. Materiel denial rate. Quarter.
- Fiscal year.
- 2. Recept processing. a. Receipts stored and posted. Quarter.
- Fiscal year.
- b. Receipts stored and posted on time. Quarter.
- Fiscal year.
- c. On time receipt rate. Quarter.
- Fiscal year.
- 3. Location audit program. a. Locations surveyed. Quarter.
- Fiscal year.
- b. Survey errors. Quarter.
- Fiscal year.
- c. Survey accuracy. Quarter.
- Fiscal year.
- d. Locations reconciled. Quarter.
- Fiscal year.
- e. Reconciliation errors. Quarter.
Download the form
Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 2 pages, about 100 entry fields.
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 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 If not, the copy is superseded, and a superseded DD form is a real problem: Department-level revisions replace the blank for every service at once, so an old file on a shared drive is stale everywhere, not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.
Is the form its own instruction manual? Partly. The rest sits in not stated, which is also the authority where the two texts conflict.
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.
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 2338-2?
- DD Form 2338 - 2, Inventory Control Effectiveness Report - General Supplies, 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?