Start here if you have been told to submit DD Form 2744. First, know what you are filling: Emergency/Auxiliary Generator Operating Log. The document is titled DD Form 2744, Emergency/Auxiliary Generator Operating Log (Inspection Testing), February 1996.
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.
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.
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.
Start at the header. Complete your identification before anything else, then work through the main entries, then finish at the certification. Skipping around causes contradictions between the top of the form and the bottom.
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
Begin by choosing a file. Available here: PDF. Plan for 2 pages and about 200 entries.
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.
What the form asks for
- 1. Engine data. a. Make.
- b. Model.
- c. Serial number.
- d. RPM.
- e. Hour meter.
- (1) Start.
- (2) Finish.
- h. Base/post.
- i. Unit.
- 2. Alternator data. a. Make.
- b. Model.
- c. Serial number.
- f. Phase.
- f. Inspection test operator.
- g. Date.
- g. Shop supervisor.
- h. Date.
- i. Location (building).
- j. Record identification number.
- 3. General conditions. Press space bar to mark X in first column if satisfactory, second column if Unsatisfactory, or third column if Normal.
- b. Exhaust condition. X first column if Satisfactory, second column if Unsatisfactory, or third column if Normal.
- c. Engine vibration. X first column if Satisfactory, second column if Unsatisfactory, or third column if Normal.
- Remarks (if additional comments).
- d. Loose items (bolts, linkage, etc.). X first column if Satisfactory, second column if Unsatisfactory, or third column if Normal.
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.
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.
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 2744?
- DD Form 2744, Emergency/Auxiliary Generator Operating Log (Inspection Testing), February 1996
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?