Start here if you have been told to submit DD Form 1441. First, know what you are filling: Circuit Data. The document is titled DD Form 1441, Circuit Data, December 1997.
Your second step is the edition, not stated, listed as not stated. Your third is scope. Because the number carries a DD prefix, you use the same blank as every other military department and defense agency; no service-specific version exists for you to hunt down.
Once you know the form fits, find out when you file it. not stated sets the requirement, and not stated maintains the form itself. Your own command or agency adds local timing on top of that, so ask your administrative office if the deadline matters to you.
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.
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.
Before your first entry, look at the corner of the page and compare the printed date with not stated. If they do not match, stop and download again. Old copies circulate in shared drives for years, and a DD form is revised centrally for every service at once, so a superseded blank may not carry the fields your reviewer expects.
Look up an unclear item on the form face before anywhere else, then in not stated. Should the two texts conflict, the directive is the one you follow.
Download the form
Begin by choosing a file. Available here: PDF. Plan for 1 pages and about 38 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
- Enter TERM STATION line1
- Enter OPERATING AGENCY line1
- Enter USER TERMINAL EQUIPMENT line1
- Enter USER CONTACT line1
- Enter TERM STATION line2
- Enter OPERATING AGENCY line2
- Enter USER TERMINAL EQUIPMENT line2
- Enter USER CONTACT line2
- Enter Type Circuit
- Enter Use
- Enter the Name of the Central Control Officer
- Enter Modulation Rate
- Enter Crypto Service
- Enter Activation Authority
- Enter Date and time Installed Enter date as 4 digit year followed by 2 digit month and 2 digit day
- Enter Deactivation Authority
- Enter Date and time Ceased Enter Date as 4 digit year followed by 2 digit month and 2 digit day
- Enter the Circuit Modification Authority Line1
- Enter the Circuit Modification Date and Time Completed Line1 Enter Date as 4 digit year followed by 2 digit month and 2 digit day
- Enter the Circuit Modification Authority Line2
- Enter Circuit Modification Date and Time Completed Line2 Enter the date as 4 digit year followed by 2 digit month and 2 digit day
- Enter Conditioning Equipment PAD
- Enter Conditioning Equipment Repeat Coils
- Enter Conditioning Equipment Line Amplifier
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 1441?
- DD Form 1441, Circuit Data, December 1997
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?