Army Streamlines Claims for Your Baggage Blues and Lost Gear
Published Date: 3/31/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Army wants your thoughts on a new way to collect info about claims for lost or damaged personal stuff. If you’ve ever had to file a claim, this affects you! They’re asking for comments by June 1, 2026, to make sure the process is clear, useful, and not too much work. No big costs are expected, just a smoother way to handle claims.
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Army claims forms for property losses
The Army is proposing to collect information using DD Form 1842 and DD Form 1844 (OMB Control Number 0702-PROP) to process and settle claims for personal property lost, damaged, or destroyed incident to government service under 31 U.S.C. 3721. The collection lists 11,650 respondents, 23,300 annual responses, an average burden of 2 hours per response, and total annual burden of 46,600 hours; comments are requested by June 1, 2026.
Online and paper claim filing options
The Army will collect claims information primarily through service-specific websites, with paper DD Form 1842 and DD Form 1844 also available. Filing a claim is on occasion and the agency estimates each response takes about 2 hours on average.
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