Start here if you have been told to submit DD Form 1848. First, know what you are filling: Sensitive Compartmented Information Debriefing Memorandum. The document is titled DD Form 1848, Sensitive Compartmented Information Debriefing Memorandum, January 1983.
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.
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.
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.
For questions about a specific entry, check the form's own instructions, and if that does not settle it, open not stated. The directive controls where they differ.
Download the form
Begin by choosing a file. Available here: PDF. Plan for 1 pages and about 15 entries.
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.
Go with the typed route whenever the choice is yours. Consider what happens after you submit: the copy gets scanned, forwarded and filed, and each pass costs handwriting some legibility. Block letters help if you are stuck with a pen.
What the form asks for
- I was reminded of the need for special protection of S C I material, of the fact that access to this material is governed by the terms of the S C I Nondisclosure Agreement that I previously signed, and of my continuing obligation to comply with the terms of that agreement. Enter signature here.
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
- This memorandum records the fact that I was debriefed on this date on the following Sensitive Compartmented Information, S C I, Special Access Programs, use unclassified indicators only: Line 1 of 3
- Line 2 of 3
- Line 3 of 3
- Rank/grade.
- Social security number.
- Date of debriefing (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Billet number.
- Organization.
- I certify that the debriefing presented by me was in accordance with relevant S C I procedures. Enter signature of authorized briefer.
- Printed/typed name (last, first, middle initial).
- Date of debriefing (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Organization.
- Printed/typed name (last, first, middle initial).
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 1848?
- DD Form 1848, Sensitive Compartmented Information Debriefing Memorandum, January 1983
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?