Consider what a Department-level form is for. DD Form 1952 — DD Form 1952, Dosimetry Application and Record of Previous Radiation Exposure, September 2011 — was established to Dosimeter Application and Record of Occupational Radiation Exposure, and it was placed in the DD sequence because the underlying transaction occurs throughout the Defense establishment in substantially the same shape. Standardizing the record was cheaper and more reliable than letting six services each design their own.
This is why the arrangement matters to you rather than only to the archivists. not stated governs the form throughout the Department, with not stated as the responsible office, so the record you create is legible outside your own component. Joint assignments, agency details and cross-service transactions all depend on that: the paperwork does not have to be reconstructed each time it crosses a boundary.
Current edition: not stated, status not stated. Understand why that date is worth attention here. When the Department reissues a form, the replacement takes effect across every component simultaneously, so an older copy is not merely locally out of date — it is out of date in every office that might receive it.
Work down the page in the printed order, and understand why the order exists. The identifying block establishes whose record this is and under what circumstances it arises. The body of the form then answers questions that are only meaningful once that context is fixed. The signature block comes last because a certification signed before the entries are complete certifies nothing.
Check the edition date before you type anything, against not stated. Old blanks accumulate in shared drives for years, and the cost of one is not obvious until a reviewer cannot find a field. Because DD forms are revised centrally and replaced across the Department in a single action, there is no component still tolerating the old layout as a local practice.
Where a specific field is genuinely unclear, the instructions printed on the form come first and not stated governs where the two do not agree.
Download the form
The set published here is PDF, covering 2 pages with roughly 57 fields.
Every format is free, as published government documents are. A note on tools, though — the interactive field layer that makes a fillable pdf useful is precisely the part browser viewers handle least reliably. Save the file, open it in a full pdf reader, and the fields behave as the form's designer intended.
What the form asks for
- 1. Full name (last, first, middle).
- 2. Date of birth (2 digit day, 2 digit month, 4 digit year).
- 3. Social security number.
- 4. Duty section (department, unit, etc., or company if contractor).
- 5. Job title.
- 6. Duty phone number.
- 7. Email address.
- 8. Have you worn a dosimeter issued by this command in the past? Press space bar to mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- 9. Duty status. X first box if permanent, second box if temporary (6 weeks or less).
- 10. If temporary, mailing address (street, city, state, and zip code).
- Occupational Exposure History. 11. Name of employer, line 1. If you have not previously been issued a dosimeter, enter "None" and go to Remarks section.
- 12. Employer address (street, city, state, zip code).
- 13. From (month).
- 13. From (year).
- 14. To (month).
- 14. To (year).
- 11. Name of employer, line 2.
- 12. Employer address.
- 13. From (month).
- 13. From (year).
- 14. To (month).
- 14. To (year).
- 11. Name of employer, line 3. Attach a list if more entries are needed.
- 12. Employer address.
Submission follows not stated and whatever local instruction supplements it. Make a copy before the original leaves. Department forms travel across organizational lines by design, and the administrative distance that makes them useful is the same distance that makes tracing a lost one difficult.
Cross-referenced documents are found by series and number, with nothing further required. That the DD sequence is unified across the Department means a cited number identifies one form and no other, which is the practical payoff of centralizing the numbering in the first place.
Where a service form is cited in the same instruction, the two numbering systems should not be read across. DA numbering belongs to the Army and is administered by an Army proponent; DD numbering belongs to the Department and is administered by not stated or an equivalent Department office. The systems developed separately and were never harmonized, so identical digits in each identify two documents with nothing in common. The prefix, not the number, tells you which system you are in.
Understanding why editions change explains why checking them is not optional. Revision follows directive reissue, changes in what data is required, and amendments to mandatory notice text — decisions made at Department level and communicated through publication rather than notification. The file you saved does not update itself, so the edition date at download is what you rely on.
The role of this page is narrow and worth stating plainly. It makes a published Defense form available and explains its structure. It does not advise, does not interpret policy for your circumstances, and cannot indicate how any office will treat a completed copy — those judgments rest with the authorities that own the process. Direct such questions to not stated, to the administrative office that services you, or to the authority named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1952?
- DD Form 1952, Dosimetry Application and Record of Previous Radiation Exposure, September 2011
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?