You need DD Form 1412, and this page gives you the blank plus the steps for handling it. Start with what the form does: Inventory of Articles Shipped in House Trailer. Its official title is DD Form 1412, Inventory of Articles Shipped in House Trailer, July 1974.
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.
Then settle the schedule. You are working under not stated, with not stated responsible for the document, and your organization layers its own deadlines on that. Ask before you assume a date.
Finally, decide how you will complete it. You can type into a fillable file or print a blank and write by hand, and the rest of this page walks you through both paths in order.
Begin at the top and move down. Enter your identifying data first, then the body of the form, then the signature block. The sequence is printed in that order because entries below frequently follow from entries above.
Your first action is verification. Find the edition date on the form and match it against not stated. A mismatch means you are working from a superseded printing, and because DD forms change Department-wide rather than service by service, the office receiving it will notice.
If a particular field puzzles you, read the instructions printed on the form first, then go to not stated. When the two disagree, follow the directive.
Download the form
First, look at what you can download. The set covers PDF, the form runs 1 pages, and you will complete roughly 200 fields.
Choose pdf as your default. Next, click inside a box. A fillable pdf responds by outlining the field and letting you type; the text stays in the document when you save it. A printable pdf does not respond, which tells you to print the page and complete it by hand.
Type when you can. Printed entries stay legible after the form is scanned, copied and forwarded, and handwriting often does not survive that trip. If you must write by hand, use block capitals and press firmly.
What the form asks for
- Item number, label 1. Enter sequentially
- Articles.
- Condition at origin. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
- Exceptions at destination, if any. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
- Item number, label 2. Enter sequentially
- Enter articles
- Condition at origin. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
- Exceptions at destination, if any. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
- Item number, label 3. Enter sequentially
- Enter articles
- Condition at origin. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
- Exceptions at destination, if any. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
- Item number, label 4. Enter sequentially
- Enter articles
- Condition at origin. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
- Exceptions at destination, if any. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
- Item number, label 5. Enter sequentially
- Enter articles
- Condition at origin. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
- Exceptions at destination, if any. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
- Item number, label 6. Enter sequentially
- Enter articles
- Condition at origin. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
- Exceptions at destination, if any. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
Submit the completed form through the channel not stated or your local guidance specifies. Save a copy for yourself before it leaves your hands, whether that means a scan, a photograph or a duplicate file.
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.
Be careful when a procedure pairs this form with a service form. Read the prefix, not just the digits. Service forms answer to a service proponent, while DD forms answer to not stated or an equivalent Department office, and the two sequences were never aligned. Grabbing the wrong prefix gets you a form that has nothing to do with your task.
Do not archive this file and reuse it in a year. Forms are reissued as directives are revised, as data requirements shift, and as statutory notice text is amended. Your protection is simple: download fresh each time and confirm the edition date.
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 1412?
- DD Form 1412, Inventory of Articles Shipped in House Trailer, July 1974
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?