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DOD Activity Address Directory (DoDAAD) Overseas Address Line Change for 

Canada and Mexico 

1. ORIGINATING SERVICE/AGENCY AND POC INFORMATION:

a. Service/Agency: Defense Logistics Management Standards Office 

(DLMSO), DLA J6251 

b. Originator: DLMSO 

2. FUNCTIONAL AREA: DOD Activity Address Directory (DoDAAD) 

3. REFERENCE: 

a. DoD 4000.25-M, Defense Logistics Management System (DLMS) DLMS 

Volume 6 (DoD Logistics Systems Interoperability Support Services), 

Chapter 2 - Department of Defense Activity Address Directory 

4. REQUESTED CHANGE:

a. Description of Change: This change corrects a problem with the last line of 

the overseas address lines for Canada and Mexico. 

b. Background: 

1) The last line of an address may be constructed by entering data into 

specific data fields, which DODAAD uses to format the last line of the 

address. Central Service Points may bypass the formatted entry of the 

last line of address based on specific data fields by using “freeform.” 

That capability is not being changed. 

2) Address lines in the DoDAAD are restricted to thirty five characters, 

including spaces, based on the military shipping label.

3) Currently, the last line of the address for most non-U.S. addresses is 

formatted as City, ISO 2 Country Code and International Postal Code 

(IPC). The two exceptions are Canada and Mexico. 

4) The format for Canada and Mexico includes an additional field for a 

two character Province and State Code (respectively), making the 

format different from other overseas locations. The current address 

format is incorrectly not using the ISO country code in the last line of 

the address for Canada and Mexico. 

c. Procedures: The following procedures are approved:

1) For Canadian DoDAACs, the ISO country code will be added after the 

Province code. Adding three more characters will not impact how the 

last line is constructed programmatically in DoDAAD, because 

Canada only has a seven character IPC (versus the field length of ten) 
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and the city it already restricted to only twenty-one characters. 

2) For Mexican DoDAACs, the ISO country code will be added after the 

state code. Adding three more characters will not impact how the last 

line is constructed programmatically in DoDAAD, because Mexico 

only has a five character IPC and the city it already restricted to only 

twenty-one characters. 

3) Army and Air Force will need to make similar changes to their 

respective DoDAAD update applications to ensure that the last line of 

the address for Canada and Mexico includes both ISO country code. 

4) Army and Air Force provide an implementation date for when the 

change can be made. 

5. REASON FOR CHANGE:

a. Mailing address must have the Country Code or Country Name for all nonU.S. addresses. 

6. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES: 

a. Advantages: Addresses for Canada and Mexico will include the required 

country code. 

b. Disadvantages: None noted. 

7. IMPACT: 

a. Implementation: DAASC will implement the change to the DoDAAD 

updated web page as soon as possible.

b. Publication: No publication changes required. 

8. ESTIMATED SAVINGS/COST AVOIDANCE ASSOCIATED WITH 

IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS CHANGE: None noted.