Which document is this? DD Form 2711-1, official title DD Form 2711-1, Custody Reclassification, March 2013. What does it do? It exists to Custody Reclassification. Everything on this page builds on those two facts.
Will you need a different form because of where you serve? No. DD forms are Department-wide instruments, and that scope is what separates them from service publications. One edition, all branches, defense agencies included.
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
- 1. Interviewer name.
- 2. Press space bar to mark X in first box if detained, second box if adjudged.
- 3. Identification. a. Prisoner name (last, first, middle).
- c. Release date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no dividers).
- d. Present custody.
- e. Housing unit.
- 4. Administrative factors. a. Suicide risk. X first box if no, second box if yes.
- b. Physical health problem. X first box if no, second box if yes.
- c. Mental health problem. X first box if no, second box if yes.
- d. Special quarters. X first box if no, second box if yes.
- e. Victim/witness notification program. X first box if no, second box if yes.
- 7. Override. a. X first box if no, second box if yes, or third box if not applicable).
- f. Sex offender registration requirements. X first box if no, second box if yes.
- 5. Classification criteria. a. Offense severity (enter 1 through 8).
- b. Number of disciplinary reports (last 90 days). None = 0, one = 1, two = 2, three or more = 4.
- c. Severest disciplinary report. None = 0, Category 1 = 1, Category 2 = 2, Category 3 = 3, Category 4 = 4, Category 5 = 5.
- d. Number of negative spot reports (last 90 days). 0 - 3 = 0, 4 - 6 = 2, 7 - 10 = 4, 11+ = 8.
- e. Number of positive observation reports (last 90 days). None = 0, one or more = -1.
- f. Current programming. Completed treatment program = -2, Involved but not completed = -1, No program = 0, Failed or dropped = 2.
- g. Job performance. Outstanding = -2, Above average or higher = -1, average = 0, below average = 2.
- h. Length of sentence time remaining. Detainee or 0 - 90 days = 0, 91 days - 1 year = 1, 1+ to 3 years = 2, 3+ to 5 years = 3, 5+ to 10 years = 5, 10+ years = 7, Life/death = 8.
- i. Pending charges/warrants/detainers. No = eligible to move from minimum to trustee, Yes = not eligible.
- j. Total points.
- 6. Classification decision. a. X first box if reduce (0 - 6 points), second box if same (7 - 10 points), or third box if increase (11+ points).
Download the form
What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 1 pages with roughly 34 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.
Does typing matter? It does. Your completed form will probably be scanned, forwarded and filed, and typed text comes through each of those steps unchanged while handwriting degrades. If pen is your only option, block capitals give the receiving clerk a fighting chance.
Where do you start? At the top. Identification first, the substance of the entry second, certification last. Why that order? Because fields lower on the page often depend on data you established in the header, and filling out of sequence produces contradictions.
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.
What if DD Form 2711-1 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.
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.
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 2711-1?
- DD Form 2711-1, Custody Reclassification, 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?