So what is DD Form 2678? The short answer: a Defense Department document, officially DD Form 2678, Well Driller's Log, October 1993, used to Well Driller's Log. Anything else you need follows from that.
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
- 1. Project title or well number.
- 2. Location. a. Country.
- b. Map.
- c. Sheet number.
- d. Coordinates.
- 3. Drilling unit.
- 4.a. Name of driller(s), line 1.
- b. Initials.
- Name of driller, line 2.
- Initials.
- h. Water. Press space bar to mark X in first column if yes, second column if no.
- h. Water. X first column if yes, second column if no.
- h. Water. X first column if yes, second column if no.
- h. Water. X first column if yes, second column if no.
- h. Water. X first column if yes, second column if no.
- h. Water. X first column if yes, second column if no.
- h. Water. X first column if yes, second column if no.
- h. Water. X first column if yes, second column if no.
- h. Water. X first column if yes, second column if no.
- 5. Drilling details (continued). a. Driller's initials, line 10.
- b. Date/time.
- c. Depth.
- d. Viscosity.
- e. Type of formation.
Download the form
What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 2 pages with roughly 187 fields to complete.
Is xfdl worth downloading? Only if you have the viewer. The format comes from IBM Lotus Forms, which carried Defense form distribution for a long stretch, and no ordinary pdf application will read it.
Is there a charge? No — free, all formats. Where should you open the file? In a full pdf application on your own machine. Browser-embedded viewers handle field properties unpredictably.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 2678?
- DD Form 2678, Well Driller's Log, October 1993
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?