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Department of Defense form 2138. Official designation: DD Form 2138, Request for Transfer of Outpatient Record, January 1978.. Purpose: Request for Transfer of Outpatient Records. Current edition not stated, status not stated.
Governing directive: not stated. Responsible office: not stated. The DD designation signals joint scope — all military departments, combatant commands and defense agencies draw on a single edition of the document.
Common users: service members regardless of branch, Defense civilian staff, and the offices that file, verify or retain the finished document.
Timing of submission is fixed by not stated and by the implementing guidance of the submitting organization. What follows describes the blank document, not agency procedure.
Formats offered: PDF. Length: 1 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 17.
Free download applies to every format listed. Any current pdf reader opens the pdf files, though field behaviour is most reliable in a full desktop reader rather than a browser preview.
What the form asks for
- Part 3 - Requesting Facility. From (Complete mailing address of requesting facility).
- Date.
- Sponsor name (last, first, middle initial).
- Part 3 - Requesting Facility. From (Complete mailing address of requesting facility).
- Date.
- Press this reset button to clear the data from all fields
- Print name (last, first, middle initial) and relationship to sponsor (family prefix code). Embossed patient's card may be used.
- Part 2 - Sponsor information. Grade.
- Sponsor name (last, first, middle initial).
- Department.
- Social Security Number. Include dashes.
- Requester (Signature, grade and title).
- Print name (last, first, middle initial) and relationship to sponsor (family prefix code). Embossed patient's card may be used.
- Part 2 - Sponsor information. Grade.
- Department.
- Social Security Number. Include dashes.
- Requester (Signature, grade and title).
The document is filled from the top down. Identification precedes substance, substance precedes certification. Fields lower on the page are commonly keyed to entries made above them.
Verify the edition date against not stated before entry. Department-level revisions replace the blank across every service simultaneously, so an old copy in a desk drawer may no longer correspond to current field numbering.
Instructions printed on the form or in not stated govern individual field entries. Where the two differ, the governing publication controls.
The completed document moves to the office named in not stated or in local guidance. A retained copy is conventional practice.
Cross-referenced forms are found through the numbering system. The DD sequence is Department-level and unified, which means a number cited on the page identifies one document across the whole Department.
A DD number and a DA number may appear in the same instruction without being related. DA forms belong to the Army alone; DD forms belong to the Department and are administered at Department level. The sequences are independent.
Editions change because the underlying directive changes, because collection requirements are revised, or because Privacy Act language is updated. Checking the edition date at the point of download is the practical response.
The material here is descriptive. Nothing on the page constitutes legal or procedural advice, and no statement here determines whether a submitted form will be accepted. Such questions go to not stated, a servicing administrative office, or the authority identified in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2138?
- DD Form 2138, Request for Transfer of Outpatient Record, January 1978.
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?