So what is DD Form 458? The short answer: a Defense Department document, officially DD Form 458, Charge Sheet, May 2000, used to Charge Sheet. 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.
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
- of: enter authority
- Section 2. Charges and specifications. 10. Enter specific charge.
- Violation of the U C M J, Article:
- Subject to the following instructions. See R C M 601 e, or if none, so state.
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
- Section 1 - Personal data. 1. Name of accused: last, first, middle initial.
- 2. Social security number, do not include dashes.
- 3. Grade or rank.
- 4. Pay grade.
- 5. Unit or organization.
- 6. Current service. a. Initial date.
- 6.b. Term of current service.
- 7. Pay per month. a. Basic pay.
- 7.b. Sea or foreign duty pay per month.
- 7.c. Total pay per month.
- 8. Nature of restraint of accused.
- 9. Date restraint imposed.
- Enter specification.
- Section 3. Preferral. 11.a. Name of accuser: last, first, middle initial.
- 11.b. Grade.
- 11.c. Organization of accuser.
- 11.d. Signature of accuser.
- 11.e. Date signed. Four digit year, two digit month, two digit day.
- Affidavit: Before me, the undersigned, authorized by law to administer oath in cases of this character, personally appeared the above named accuser this: enter day
Download the form
What formats exist for this form? PDF. What is the scale of it? 2 pages and approximately 66 fields.
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.
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 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.
Do you need to know which branch issued a related form? No. DD numbering is Department-wide and unified, which means the number on its own is a complete address for the document.
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.
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 458?
- DD Form 458, Charge Sheet, May 2000
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?