CG-612 Directives and Publications Division

Washington, DC

Forms Management

Please read The United States Coast Guard Forms Management Program Instruction, COMDINST 5213.9B (February 2024).

Other Coast Guard Adobe Acrobat Forms:

• Coast Guard Auxiliary
• National Vessel Documentation Center (NVDC)

Other Government Agency (OGA) Forms:

• U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
  • DD forms
  • Links to other armed services forms
• U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)
  • Standard Forms (SF)
  • Optional Forms (OF)
  • Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
• U.S. Navy
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• U.S. Department of State
• U.S. Department of Labor
• U.S. Government Printing Office

Viewing of a CG Form: Official Coast Guard Forms are in Portable Document Format created by Adobe products.  If you see a "Please Wait" error message when attempting to open a form, take the following 3 steps:

1. Save the form to a location on your computer.  Take note of where the file was saved.
2. Go to the location you saved the file and open it in Adobe Acrobat.
3. Click "Enable All Features" at the top.
4. The form should now open normally.

How to validate and cancel a CG Form:

Prepare and submit Form CG-5215A, Directives, Publications, and Forms Validation to CG-612. Send submissions to CG-612 Forms Shared Inbox..

Questions about CG Forms:

Send an e-mail to the Coast Guard Forms Shared Inbox.