Start here if you have been told to submit DD Form 1936. First, know what you are filling: Individual Case Report - Exercise of Criminal Jurisdiction by Foreign Tribunals Over U.S. Personnel. The document is titled DD Form 1936, Individual Case Report - Exercise of Criminal Jurisdiction by Foreign Tribunals over U.S. Personnel, April 1974..
Next, check the edition. You want not stated, currently carried as not stated by the publisher. Then confirm the form applies to you — this is a Department of Defense form, so you use it whether you serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force or Coast Guard under Defense jurisdiction.
After that, turn to timing. The requirement comes from not stated; the form is maintained by not stated. Local implementing instructions fill in the dates, so check with the office that will receive your copy.
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.
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
First, look at what you can download. The set covers PDF, the form runs 2 pages, and you will complete roughly 52 fields.
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.
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
- To.
- From.
- Part 1. Accused Data. 1. Last name - first name - middle initial.
- 2. Grade.
- 3. Date eligible for return from overseas.
- 4. Social security number.
- 5. Organization.
- 6. Date of flagging action/legal hold.
- 7. Status. Press space bar to mark X in first box if military, second box if civilian, or third box if dependent.
- 8. Last home address.
- 9. Date of expiration of term of service.
- 10. Race.
- 11. Prior military or civilian convictions and punishment under article 15, U C M J.
- Part 2 - Pretrial data. 12. Nature of offense.
- 13. Date of offense.
- 14. Date apprehended.
- 16. Date of request(s) for U.S. custody.
- 18. Date of pretrial confinement.
- 15. Name of co-accused.
- 17. Place of offense.
- 19. Place(s) of pretrial confinement (in chronological order).
- 21. Charges under UCMJ.
- 23. Results of Article 32 investigation.
- 20. Date of request(s) for waiver of jurisdiction.
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.
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.
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 1936?
- DD Form 1936, Individual Case Report - Exercise of Criminal Jurisdiction by Foreign Tribunals over U.S. Personnel, April 1974.
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?