So what is DD Form 2768? The short answer: a Defense Department document, officially DD Form 2768, Military Air Passenger and or Cargo Request, March 1998., used to Military Air Passenger/Cargo Request. 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.
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. Applicable travel statement: Press space bar to mark X in first box if priority 1, Direct support of operational forces, second box if Priority 2, Required use travel, or third box if Priority 3, Official Business travel.
- 2. Purpose of travel. a. P U J C Code.
- 2.b. Complete mission description.
- 2.c. Priority 2 compelling considerations and reason why commercial travel is unacceptable.
- 3. Total number of passengers.
- 4. Senior traveler. a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- 4.b. Grade/DV code.
- 4.c. Duty title.
- 4.d. Branch of service.
- b. Grade/DV code.
- c. Duty Title.
- d. Branch of service.
- a. Name, line 2.
- a. Name, line 3.
- b. Grade/DV code.
- c. Duty Title.
- d. Branch of service.
- 6. Desired flight itinerary. (1) Leg 1. a. Departure ICAO.
- b.(1) Departure date and time (Zulu)/month and year, plus or minus two hours.
- c.(1) Arrival ICAO.
- d.(1) Arrive date/time (zulu)/month/year, plus or minus 2 hours.
- (2) Leg 2. a. Departure ICAO.
- b.(3) Departure date and time.
- c.(2) Arrival ICAO.
Download the form
Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 2 pages, about 88 entry fields.
Why will not the xfdl file open? Because it is not a pdf. Xfdl belongs to IBM Lotus Forms, long the Department's electronic form format, and it needs IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or an equivalent reader installed first.
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.
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 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.
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 2768 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.
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.
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 2768?
- DD Form 2768, Military Air Passenger and or Cargo Request, March 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?