You need DD Form 1208, and this page gives you the blank plus the steps for handling it. Start with what the form does: Specific Gravity Tests. Its official title is DD Form 1208, Specific-Gravity Tests, December 1999.
Then look at the edition date: not stated, publisher status not stated. After that, ask whether the form covers your situation. It almost certainly does regardless of your branch — DD forms run Department-wide rather than through a single service.
After that, turn to timing. The requirement comes from not stated; the form is maintained by not stated. Local implementing instructions fill in the dates, so check with the office that will receive your copy.
Before you download, pick your approach — editable file or printed page. What follows covers the formats first, then the entries, then what you do afterward.
Now fill it in. Work from the top of the page downward, and do not jump ahead — the identifying block comes first, the substance of your entry second, the certification last. Later boxes often depend on what you put at the top.
Check the edition before you type a word. The date appears on the face of the form; it should read not stated. When it does not, discard the file and take a fresh copy from this page. Department-level revisions replace the blank across all services simultaneously, which means an old printout can be out of step everywhere.
For questions about a specific entry, check the form's own instructions, and if that does not settle it, open not stated. The directive controls where they differ.
Download the form
Begin by choosing a file. Available here: PDF. Plan for 1 pages and about 87 entries.
Download the pdf first. After it opens, test a field with your cursor. Fillable means you type, tab to the next box, and save your work inside the file. Printable means the page is a flat blank, so print it and write your answers in ink.
Prefer typing over writing. Your form will likely be scanned and emailed onward, and typed text reproduces at every stage while pen strokes fade or blur. When you do write, print in capitals so the receiving clerk can read it.
What the form asks for
- 1. Project.
- 2. Date.
- 3. Boring number.
- 4. Job number.
- 5. Excavation number.
- 6. Specific gravity of solids. Flask calibration data. a. Flask number.
- b. Clean, dry weight (grams).
- c. Flask plus water weight (grams).
- d. Observed temperature (degrees Celsius).
- Determination data. f. Dish number, column 1.
- Dish number, column 2.
- Dish number, column 3.
- g. Weight of dish + dry soil (grams), column 2.
- g. Weight of dish + dry soil (grams), column 3.
- h. Weight of dish (grams), column 2.
- h. Weight of dish (grams), column 3.
- h. Weight of dish (grams), column 1.
- i. Weight of dry soil (Ws) (grams), column 2.
- i. Weight of dry soil (Ws) (grams), column 3.
- i. Weight of dry soil (Ws) (grams), column 1.
- j. Weight of flask + water + immersed soil (Wbws) (grams), column 2.
- j. Weight of flask + water + immersed soil (Wbws) (grams), column 3.
- k. Temperature of water (Tx) (degrees Celsius), column 2.
- k. Temperature of water (Tx) (degrees Celsius), column 1.
With the form finished, route it to the office named in not stated or in your organization's own instruction. Keep a copy first. People rarely regret having one and frequently regret not having one.
Should you need a related form, look it up by its number. The DD sequence is Department-wide, which makes your search simple: no service qualifier, no branch-specific variant to track down.
Watch out for one trap here. If your instructions cite a DA form as well, do not assume the numbers are connected. DA numbering belongs to the Army alone; DD numbering belongs to the Department and is administered by not stated or another Department office. The same number in each system means two unrelated forms, so read the prefix before you download.
Plan to repeat this step whenever the form comes up again. Revisions follow directive changes, changes in what data is collected, and updates to notice language. Since nobody notifies you, check not stated at download and you have covered it.
Before you go, note what is not covered here. You have the blank form and instructions for completing it; you do not have legal guidance, and no statement on this page determines what any office will do with your submission. Direct those questions to not stated, to the personnel office that serves you, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1208?
- DD Form 1208, Specific-Gravity Tests, December 1999
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?