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Department of Defense form 2266. Official designation: DD Form 2266, Hometown News Release Information, June 1995. Purpose: Hometown News Release Information. Current edition not stated, status not stated.
Prescribing authority: not stated. Proponent: not stated. Unlike service-specific publications, DD forms carry Department-level authority and apply across the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force and Coast Guard when operating under Defense jurisdiction.
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.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 1 pages with about 73 entry fields.
Every listed format is free to download. Modern pdf software handles the pdf files, with the caveat that browser-embedded viewers sometimes ignore field properties that a desktop reader honours.
What the form asks for
- 1. P A O code, first number
- 1. P A O code, second number
- 1. P A O code, third number
- Item 2. Social security number, for identification only. Enter first number.
- Social security number, second number.
- social security number, third number.
- Social security number, fourth number.
- Social security number, fifth number
- Social security number, sixth number
- Social security number, seventh number
- Social Security number, eighth number
- Social security number, ninth number
- For releasing public affairs office use only.
- 3. Branch of service. Press space bar to mark X in first box if Army, second box if Air Force, third box if Navy, fourth box if Marine Corps, or fifth box if Coast Guard.
- 4. Status. X first box if active, second box if Reserve, third box if National Guard, or fourth box if civilian.
- 5. Rank.
- 6. Pay grade.
- 7. First name, middle initial, last name.
- 8. Sex.
- 9. Event, for example: arrival, promoted to Sergeant, received commendation medal, etc. Citation needed.
- 10. Your living parents, stepparents, guardians, aunt, uncle, grandparents or adult siblings. Item 10 a 1. First name, middle initial, last name.
- 10.a.2. Relationship to you.
- 10 a 3. Address: number and street.
- 10.a.4. City.
Completion runs in the order printed on the page: identifying data at the head, the body of the entry next, certification at the foot. Header data frequently governs what belongs in the fields below it.
The current edition is not stated. Superseded editions of DD forms are frequently rejected at the receiving office, since Department-wide forms change centrally and older layouts lose their field correspondence. Edition date appears in the lower corner of the printed blank.
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 notice: DD forms that collect personal data carry a Privacy Act Statement stating the authority for collection, the principal purpose, routine uses and whether disclosure is voluntary or mandatory. The statement is part of the form and should be read before entry, not after.
Frequent defects: obsolete edition, unfilled required boxes, handwriting that fails on reproduction, non-conforming date format, and certification without a corresponding date.
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.
Associated forms are traced by number within the series. Because the DD sequence is common to all military departments, no service qualifier is needed to identify a referenced form.
Where a DA form is cited alongside a DD form, the two belong to different systems: DA numbering is Army-specific and administered by an Army proponent, while DD numbering is Defense-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. Numbers do not translate between the systems.
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 2266?
- DD Form 2266, Hometown News Release Information, June 1995
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?