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Department of Defense form 2257. Official designation: DD Form 2257, Designation or Termination of Military Postal Clerk (M P C), Financial Postal Clerk (F P C), Custodian of Postal Effects (C O P E), Postal Finance Officer (P F O), May 2000.. Purpose: Designation/Termination MPC-FPC-COPE-PFO. 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.
Users include uniformed members of any branch, DoD civilian employees, contractor personnel where authorized, and the administrative staff who process the completed record.
Submission follows the schedule set by not stated and by local implementing procedures. This page provides the blank form for download and general orientation only.
Formats offered: PDF. Length: 1 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 21.
All formats download free of charge. Pdf files open in any modern reader; interactive fields behave most predictably in a desktop application, less so in browser viewers.
What the form asks for
- 1. To. (Use complete address.)
- 2. From. (Use complete address.)
- 3. The individual named below is designated: Press space bar to mark X in first box if military postal clerk (military), second box if financial postal clerk (civilian), third box if custodian of postal effects, or fourth box if postal finance officer.
- 4. Name (last, first, middle initial) (typed or printed).
- 5. Pay Grade.
- 6. Branch of Service.
- 7. Activity for which designated.
- 8. Acknowledgement. Signature of designee.
- 8. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 9.a. Typed or printed name of designating official (last, first, middle initial).
- 9.b. Pay grade.
- 9.c. Signature.
- 9.d. Duty title.
- Termination. 10. The above designation is terminated effective: (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day.)
- 11. Reason for termination. Explain in detail.
- 12.a. Typed or Printed Name of Terminating Official (last, first, middle initial).
- 12.b. Pay grade.
- 12.c. Signature.
- 12.d. Duty Title.
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
Order of completion: identification block first, substantive entries second, certification and signature last. The blank is laid out in that sequence and the sequence is not arbitrary — later entries often depend on data established in the header.
Edition in use: not stated. Because DD forms are revised at Department level and distributed to all services at once, an obsolete printing may not match the fields an office expects. The date is printed on the form face.
Certification requires a signature in the designated block — ink on paper, or a digital signature where the receiving office supports one. Typing a name into the field does not constitute execution. CAC-based signing is the usual digital method for Defense forms.
Privacy Act Statements accompany DoD forms that gather personal identifiers. Content of the statement: legal authority, principal purpose, routine uses, and the effect of declining to provide the information. It is printed on the form for that reason.
Recurring errors: entry on a superseded edition, blanks left in mandatory fields, illegible handwriting on scanned copies, dates in a format other than the one the form specifies, missing signature or missing date beside the signature.
Instructions printed on the form or in not stated govern individual field entries. Where the two differ, the governing publication controls.
After completion, the copy goes to the office designated by not stated or by local procedure. Retention of a personal copy is ordinary practice and costs nothing.
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.
Scope of this page: distribution of a published form and description of its contents. It offers no legal guidance and no assurance regarding any particular submission. Direct procedural questions to not stated, to the servicing personnel office, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2257?
- DD Form 2257, Designation or Termination of Military Postal Clerk (M P C), Financial Postal Clerk (F P C), Custodian of Postal Effects (C O P E), Postal Finance Officer (P F O), May 2000.
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?