Start here if you have been told to submit DD Form 1722. First, know what you are filling: Request for Trial Before Military Judge Alone. The document is titled DD Form 1722, Request for Trial Before Military Judge Alone, October 1984.
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.
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.
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.
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
Step one is picking the format. You have PDF to choose from, across 1 pages, with approximately 20 fields to complete.
Take the pdf if you are unsure. Then check which kind you have: if the boxes highlight when you click them, you have a fillable pdf and can type straight into it, and your entries save with the file. If nothing highlights, you have a printable pdf — send it to a printer and use black 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
- United States versus (enter name of accused).
- 1. Accused. I have been informed that (enter name) is the military judge detailed to the court-martial.
- 2.a. Typed name of defense counsel (last, first, middle initial).
- 2.b. Rank.
- 2.c. Signature of defense counsel.
- 2.d. Date signed.
- 1.a. Typed name of accused (last, first, middle initial).
- 1.b. Rank.
- 1.c. Signature of accused.
- 1.d. Date signed.
- 4. Military judge. The foregoing request for trial before me alone is hereby: press space bar to mark X in first box if approved, second box if disapproved (see note 3).
- 3.a. Typed name of trial counsel (last, first, middle initial).
- 3.b. Rank.
- 3.c. Signature of trial counsel.
- 3.d. Date signed.
- 4.a. Typed name of military judge (last, first, middle initial).
- 4.b. Rank.
- 4.c. Signature of military judge.
- 4.d. Date signed.
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
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.
If the form points you to another document, you can find it by number alone. DD numbering runs across the whole Department, so you do not need to work out which service issued it — one number, one form, everywhere.
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.
One thing this page does not do: tell you whether your submission will be accepted. We publish the document and explain how to complete it, and that is where our role ends. Nothing here is legal advice. Take questions about eligibility, applicability or procedure to not stated, to your servicing personnel office, or to the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1722?
- DD Form 1722, Request for Trial Before Military Judge Alone, October 1984
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?