Start here if you have been told to submit DD Form 2707. First, know what you are filling: Confinement Order. The document is titled DD Form 2707, Confinement Order, March 2013.
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.
Once you know the form fits, find out when you file it. not stated sets the requirement, and not stated maintains the form itself. Your own command or agency adds local timing on top of that, so ask your administrative office if the deadline matters to you.
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.
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 A mismatch means you are working from a superseded printing, and because DD forms change Department-wide rather than service by service, the office receiving it will notice.
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 39 fields to complete.
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.
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
- 1. Person to be confined. a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- 1.b. Social security number.
- 2. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no separators).
- 1.c. Branch of service.
- 1.d. Grade.
- e. Unit or agency (parent unit).
- 3. Type of confinement. a. Pre-trial. Press space bar to mark X in first box if no, second box if yes.
- 3.b. Result of NJP? X first box if no, second box if yes.
- 3.c. Result of court-martial? X first box if no, second box if yes.
- 3.c. Court-martial type. X first box if SCM, second box if SPCM, third box if GCM, fourth box if vacated suspension.
- 4. Offenses/charges of UCMJ articles violated.
- 5. Sentence adjudged.
- 5.b. Adjudged date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 6. If the sentence is deferred, date deferment is terminated (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 7. Person directing confinement. a. Typed name, grade, and title.
- 7.c. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 7.d. Time.
- 8.a. DNA Processing required? X first box if yes, second box if no.
- Collected? X first box if yes, second box if no.
- If collected, kit number:
- b. Sex offender registration required? X first box if yes, second box if no.
- 8. Legal review and approval. c. Typed name, grade, and title.
- 8.e. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 9. Medical Certificate. a. The above named inmate was examined by me at: Time.
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.
When DD Form 2707 references another form, search on the series and number. Because DD numbers are common to every military department, the number by itself identifies exactly one document.
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.
Finally, understand the limits of what you have read. This page distributes a published Department of Defense form and describes how to fill it out. It does not give legal or procedural advice, and it cannot promise any outcome for your particular case. For that, contact not stated, your administrative office, or the authority identified in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2707?
- DD Form 2707, Confinement Order, March 2013
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?