You need DD Form 1780, and this page gives you the blank plus the steps for handling it. Start with what the form does: Shipment Evaluation and Inspection Record. Its official title is DD Form 1780, Shipment Evaluation and Inspection Record, September 1988.
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 A mismatch means you are working from a superseded printing, and because DD forms change Department-wide rather than service by service, the office receiving it will notice.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 66 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
- SCAC.
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
- Report control symbol.
- 2. Member's name (last, first, middle initial).
- 3. Grade/rank.
- 4. Component.
- 5. Carrier name.
- 6. PPGBL/order number.
- 7. Origin PPSO.
- GBLOC.
- 8. Destination PPSO.
- GBLOC.
- 9. Code of service.
- 10. Pickup address (street, city, state and zip code).
- Press space bar to mark X if non-temporary storage.
- 11. Delivery address (street, city, state and zip code).
- 1. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no dividers).
- 13. Missed pickup. X first box if yes, second box if no.
- 14. Required delivery date (RDD) (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 15. Missed RDD. X first box if yes, second box if no.
- 15. Estimated loss/damage.
- 17. Date in storage-in-transit (SIT) (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 18. Date out of SIT (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 12. Pickup date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
Now that it is complete, send it where not stated or your local procedure says it goes. Before you do, make yourself a copy — scan it or save the file elsewhere. It costs you nothing and saves you the whole exercise if the original goes missing.
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.
Come back and check the edition next time you need this form. Editions change when the prescribing directive is reissued, when the information collected changes, or when the required notice language is updated, and none of those events reaches you directly. Verifying not stated at the moment you download is the whole defence.
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 1780?
- DD Form 1780, Shipment Evaluation and Inspection Record, September 1988
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?