You need DD Form 93, and this page gives you the blank plus the steps for handling it. Start with what the form does: Record of Emergency Data. Its official title is DD Form 93, Record of Emergency Data, January 2008.
Next, check the edition. You want not stated, currently carried as not stated by the publisher. Then confirm the form applies to you — this is a Department of Defense form, so you use it whether you serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force or Coast Guard under Defense jurisdiction.
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.
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 A mismatch means you are working from a superseded printing, and because DD forms change Department-wide rather than service by service, the office receiving it will notice.
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 4 pages, and you will complete roughly 52 fields.
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.
Type when you can. Printed entries stay legible after the form is scanned, copied and forwarded, and handwriting often does not survive that trip. If you must write by hand, use block capitals and press firmly.
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.
You will not be charged for any of these; the whole set is free. Before you start entering data, save the file to your computer and open it there. Fields behave far more reliably in a desktop reader than in a browser preview.
What the form asks for
- 1. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- 2. Social Security Number. Do not include dashes.
- 3.a. Service/Civilian Category. Press space bar to mark X in first box if Army, second box if Navy, third box if Marine Corps, fourth box if Air Force, or fifth box if DoD.
- If DoD, X first box if civilian, second box if contractor.
- 3.b. Reporting unit code/duty station.
- 4.a. Spouse name, if applicable. Last, first, middle initial.
- If no spouse, mark X in first box if single, second box if divorced, third box if widowed.
- 4.b. Address (include zip code) and telephone number.
- 5. Children. a. Name (last, first, middle initial), line 1.
- 5.b. Relationship.
- 5.c. Date of birth (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 5.d. Address (include zip code) and telephone number.
- 5.a. Child name, line 2.
- 5.b. Relationship.
- 5.c. Date of birth (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 5.d. Address (include zip code) and telephone number.
- 5.a. Child name, line 3.
- 5.b. Relationship.
- 5.c. Date of birth (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 5.d. Address (include zip code) and telephone number.
- 5.a. Child name, line 5.
- 5.b. Relationship.
- 5.c. Date of birth (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 5.d. Address (include zip code) and telephone number.
Now that it is complete, send it where not stated or your local procedure says it goes. Before you do, make yourself a copy — scan it or save the file elsewhere. It costs you nothing and saves you the whole exercise if the original goes missing.
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 93?
- DD Form 93, Record of Emergency Data, January 2008
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?