You need DD Form 1617, and this page gives you the blank plus the steps for handling it. Start with what the form does: Department of Defense (DoD) Transportation Agreement Transfer of Civilian Employees Outside CONUS (OCONUS). Its official title is DD Form 1617, DoD Transportation Agreement - Transfer of Civilian Employees Outside CONUS, November 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.
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.
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.
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 A mismatch means you are working from a superseded printing, and because DD forms change Department-wide rather than service by service, the office receiving it will notice.
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
First, look at what you can download. The set covers PDF, the form runs 2 pages, and you will complete roughly 12 fields.
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.
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
- A. Employee name (last, first, middle initial).
- B. Type of agreement. Press space bar to mark X in first box if initial, second box if renewal, third box if permanent change of station, or fourth box if renewal in conjunction with PCS.
- C. Employee Social Security Number. Do not include dashes.
- D. New appointee or student trainee? X first box if yes, second box if no.
- E. Report date to new or first permanent duty station (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- F. Last PDS location.
- G. Actual residence at time of appointment.
- 2.a. I understand and agree that when I complete: (number of months)
- J. Other Remarks. To be completed by personnel office or employing agency officials only.
- H. Employee signature.
- I. Date signed (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
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.
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 1617?
- DD Form 1617, DoD Transportation Agreement - Transfer of Civilian Employees Outside CONUS, November 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?