Start here if you have been told to submit DD Form 2890C. First, know what you are filling: DoD Multimodal Dangerous Goods Declaration (Continuation Sheet). The document is titled DD Form 2890C, DoD Multimodal Dangerous Goods Declaration (Continuation Sheet), October 2005.
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.
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.
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 A mismatch means you are working from a superseded printing, and because DD forms change Department-wide rather than service by service, the office receiving it will notice.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 52 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.
Handle xfdl in two steps. First confirm you have IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or a compatible reader on your machine; ordinary pdf software will report the file as broken. Once the viewer is running, download and fill the form.
All of it downloads free. When you are ready to work, do this: save the file locally, then open it in a full pdf application. Browsers often ignore field properties, and you can lose everything you typed.
What the form asks for
- 1. Shipper/consignor/sender.
- 2. Transport Document Number.
- 3. Page number of this page.
- Total number of pages.
- 4. Shipper's Reference (TCN).
- 14. Shipping Marks. Description of goods (UN number, PSN, HC, SCH, PG, number and kind of package, and additional information as required by regulation).
- Net mass/quantity (kg/l).
- Gross mass (kg).
- Description of goods, line 2.
- Net mass/quantity (kg/l).
- Gross mass (kg).
- Description of goods, line 3.
- Net mass/quantity (kg/l).
- Gross mass (kg).
- Description of goods, line 4.
- Net mass/quantity (kg/l).
- Gross mass (kg).
- Description of goods, line 5.
- Net mass/quantity (kg/l).
- Gross mass (kg).
- Description of goods, line 6.
- Net mass/quantity (kg/l).
- Gross mass (kg).
- Description of goods, line 7.
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.
If the form points you to another document, you can find it by number alone. DD numbering runs across the whole Department, so you do not need to work out which service issued it — one number, one form, everywhere.
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 2890C?
- DD Form 2890C, DoD Multimodal Dangerous Goods Declaration (Continuation Sheet), October 2005
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?