So what is DD Form 2707? The short answer: a Defense Department document, officially DD Form 2707, Confinement Order, March 2013, used to Confinement Order. 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 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.
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. Person to be confined. a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- 1.b. Social security number.
- 2. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no separators).
- 1.c. Branch of service.
- 1.d. Grade.
- e. Unit or agency (parent unit).
- 3. Type of confinement. a. Pre-trial. Press space bar to mark X in first box if no, second box if yes.
- 3.b. Result of NJP? X first box if no, second box if yes.
- 3.c. Result of court-martial? X first box if no, second box if yes.
- 3.c. Court-martial type. X first box if SCM, second box if SPCM, third box if GCM, fourth box if vacated suspension.
- 4. Offenses/charges of UCMJ articles violated.
- 5. Sentence adjudged.
- 5.b. Adjudged date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 6. If the sentence is deferred, date deferment is terminated (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 7. Person directing confinement. a. Typed name, grade, and title.
- 7.c. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 7.d. Time.
- 8.a. DNA Processing required? X first box if yes, second box if no.
- Collected? X first box if yes, second box if no.
- If collected, kit number:
- b. Sex offender registration required? X first box if yes, second box if no.
- 8. Legal review and approval. c. Typed name, grade, and title.
- 8.e. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 9. Medical Certificate. a. The above named inmate was examined by me at: Time.
Download the form
What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 1 pages with roughly 39 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.
In what order do you complete it? The printed order, top to bottom. Header data comes before the body, and the body before the signature block. The sequence is not decorative — later entries are keyed to earlier ones.
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.
Where do you look up an unclear entry? The form face first, not stated second. And when the two disagree? not stated controls.
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.
Do DA and DD numbers ever correspond? Never. DA numbering is Army-specific, administered by an Army proponent, while DD numbering is Department-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. Identical digits in the two systems mean two unrelated documents, which is why the prefix matters more than the number.
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 2707?
- DD Form 2707, Confinement Order, March 2013
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?