You need DD Form 419, and this page gives you the blank plus the steps for handling it. Start with what the form does: Move Request for Transportation and Operations Division. Its official title is DD Form 419, Move Request for Transportation and Operations Division, December 1997..
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.
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.
Look up an unclear item on the form face before anywhere else, then in not stated. Should the two texts conflict, the directive is the one you follow.
Download the form
First, look at what you can download. The set covers PDF, the form runs 2 pages, and you will complete roughly 39 fields.
Choose pdf as your default. Next, click inside a box. A fillable pdf responds by outlining the field and letting you type; the text stays in the document when you save it. A printable pdf does not respond, which tells you to print the page and complete it by hand.
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. To: Recipient's name, organizational address, include unit designation, office symbol, base, state, country, and zip code.
- Item 2. Is mandatory, enter sender's name, organizational address, include unit designation, office symbol, base, state, country, and zip code
- 3. Moving date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 4. Moving time (estimated).
- Press space bar to mark X in first box if a.m., second box if p.m.
- 5. Point of contact (mandatory). a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- b. Room number.
- c. Telephone (include area code).
- 6. Origin of move (mandatory).
- 7. Destination of move (mandatory).
- 8. Furniture items to be picked up or moved (mandatory). a. Number of desks.
- b. Number of chairs.
- c. Number of tables.
- d. Number of file cabinets.
- e. Number of safes.
- f. Number of bookcases.
- g. Number of modular workstations.
- h. Number of lockers.
- i. Number of boxes.
- j. Number of coat racks.
- k. Number of mobile pedestals.
- l. Number of partitions.
- m. Number of supply cabinets.
- n. Number of miscellaneous items.
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.
When DD Form 419 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.
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.
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 419?
- DD Form 419, Move Request for Transportation and Operations Division, December 1997.
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?