Which document is this? DD Form 2497, official title DD Form 2497, Carrier Evaluation Worksheet/Report, September 1998. What does it do? It exists to Carrier Evaluation Worksheet/Report. 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.
Who is behind it? not stated maintains the form, and not stated is the publication that requires it. Those two names answer most questions about why you are being asked to submit anything at all.
How current is this? Edition not stated, publisher status not stated. That is the version described throughout this page.
What the form asks for
- Page number of this page.
- Total number of pages.
- Report control symbol.
- 1.a. Name of carrier.
- b. S C A C.
- 2. Type. Press space bar to mark X if ITGBL.
- 2. Mark X if IGBL.
- 3. Period covered. a. From (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 3.b. To (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 4. Service. Mark X if UB.
- 4. Mark X if HHG.
- 5. Name of origin shipping office.
- 6. Name of property owner, line 1.
- 7. Shipment pickup date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 8. P P G B L number.
- 9. Shipment evaluation. a. Pickup.
- b. R D D.
- c. L/D.
- 10. Points.
- 6. Name of property owner, line 10.
- 7. Shipment pickup date.
- 8. P P G B L number.
- 9. Shipment evaluation. a. Pickup.
- b. R D D.
Download the form
What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 1 pages with roughly 157 fields to complete.
Fillable or printable — which do you have? Click inside a box. If it accepts a cursor and typed text, the file is fillable and your entries save with it. If nothing happens, the pdf is flat, and the only way forward is printing it and writing on paper.
Is handwriting acceptable? Yes, but it is the weaker choice. Scanning flattens pen strokes and reproduction blurs them, while typed characters survive the whole chain intact. Print in capitals if you are working from a paper blank.
What opens an xfdl file? IBM Lotus Forms Viewer, or a compatible client. Will your pdf reader do it? No, and it will likely report the file as damaged. Xfdl was the Defense standard for electronic forms for years, which is why it still appears in the set.
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.
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.
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.
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 2497 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.
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.
What does this page actually provide? The blank form and a description of it. What does it not provide? Legal guidance, procedural rulings, or any assurance about a particular filing. Who answers those? not stated, the administrative office that serves you, or the authority identified in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2497?
- DD Form 2497, Carrier Evaluation Worksheet/Report, 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?