Start here if you have been told to submit DD Form 2711-1. First, know what you are filling: Custody Reclassification. The document is titled DD Form 2711-1, Custody Reclassification, 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.
Last in this stage, choose your method: complete it on screen, or print the blank form and fill it out in pen. The sections below take each route step by step.
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 A mismatch means you are working from a superseded printing, and because DD forms change Department-wide rather than service by service, the office receiving it will notice.
Fill every box as you come to it. If an item does not apply, enter N/A — an empty field looks like an oversight, and the form comes back to you. Watch the date fields especially: use the format the form specifies, not your habitual one.
When you reach a Privacy Act Statement, read it before you continue. It tells you the legal authority for collecting your information, what the Department does with it, who else may see it, and whether you have to answer at all. That last point is worth knowing before you supply personal identifiers, not after.
Finish with the certification. Print the form and sign in ink, or apply a digital signature with your CAC if the receiving office accepts one. Do not type your name in the signature box and consider it done; that is a name, not a signature. Date the block immediately after signing.
Then check your work against the usual failures: an obsolete edition, empty required boxes, handwriting nobody can read after scanning, wrong date format, missing signature or date.
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 34 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.
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.
Before you take the xfdl file, make sure you can open it. Install IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or an equivalent client first, because your pdf reader will refuse the file. Then download and complete it as normal.
Whichever you pick, you pay nothing — every format here is a free download. One last tip: open your pdf in a desktop reader rather than in a browser tab, because browser viewers sometimes drop the interactive fields you need.
What the form asks for
- 1. Interviewer name.
- 2. Press space bar to mark X in first box if detained, second box if adjudged.
- 3. Identification. a. Prisoner name (last, first, middle).
- c. Release date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no dividers).
- d. Present custody.
- e. Housing unit.
- 4. Administrative factors. a. Suicide risk. X first box if no, second box if yes.
- b. Physical health problem. X first box if no, second box if yes.
- c. Mental health problem. X first box if no, second box if yes.
- d. Special quarters. X first box if no, second box if yes.
- e. Victim/witness notification program. X first box if no, second box if yes.
- 7. Override. a. X first box if no, second box if yes, or third box if not applicable).
- f. Sex offender registration requirements. X first box if no, second box if yes.
- 5. Classification criteria. a. Offense severity (enter 1 through 8).
- b. Number of disciplinary reports (last 90 days). None = 0, one = 1, two = 2, three or more = 4.
- c. Severest disciplinary report. None = 0, Category 1 = 1, Category 2 = 2, Category 3 = 3, Category 4 = 4, Category 5 = 5.
- d. Number of negative spot reports (last 90 days). 0 - 3 = 0, 4 - 6 = 2, 7 - 10 = 4, 11+ = 8.
- e. Number of positive observation reports (last 90 days). None = 0, one or more = -1.
- f. Current programming. Completed treatment program = -2, Involved but not completed = -1, No program = 0, Failed or dropped = 2.
- g. Job performance. Outstanding = -2, Above average or higher = -1, average = 0, below average = 2.
- h. Length of sentence time remaining. Detainee or 0 - 90 days = 0, 91 days - 1 year = 1, 1+ to 3 years = 2, 3+ to 5 years = 3, 5+ to 10 years = 5, 10+ years = 7, Life/death = 8.
- i. Pending charges/warrants/detainers. No = eligible to move from minimum to trustee, Yes = not eligible.
- j. Total points.
- 6. Classification decision. a. X first box if reduce (0 - 6 points), second box if same (7 - 10 points), or third box if increase (11+ points).
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.
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.
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 2711-1?
- DD Form 2711-1, Custody Reclassification, 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?