The Department of National Defence (DND) 404 driver’s license, issued on behalf of the DND, is a legal driver’s licence under the Canadian Driver’s License Agreement. The licence permits DND employees, Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members and other approved and qualified drivers to operate specific DND vehicles.
It is not necessary to have a civilian drivers’ licence to drive military vehicles. If one’s military trade requires an individual to drive military vehicles, the individual will be trained and receive DND 404’s, which is the military equivalent to the civilian drivers’ licence. However, this 404 is only applicable when driving DND vehicles. Examples shown are of front and back of a DND 404 from 1960 and 70’s. The back page lists the vehicles the user is authorized (qualified) to drive:
A sample of US military driver licence (1940’s):
A current Canadian sample military DND 404:
