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DD Form 2268 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 2268, DEERS Batch Transmittal, June 1987. Stated purpose: Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) Batch Transmittal. Edition date 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.
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.
Available formats: PDF. The form runs 2 pages and contains approximately 25 fillable fields.
Distribution centres on pdf. Two states exist: fillable, where field boxes accept keyboard input and retain it, and printable, a static blank produced for manual completion. Typed data reproduces cleanly across copies; handwritten data depends on the writer.
What the form asks for
- 1.b. Originating office/code, 27 character limit.
- 1.c. Mailing address (include street address, city, state and zip code). Two lines, 29 characters each. Line 1.
- 1.c. Mailing address, line 2.
- 3. Number of documents enclosed.
- 4. Transmittal number. Enter branch of service of submitting office. Use capital A for Army, N for navy, M for marine corps, F for air force, P for Coast Guard, E for Public Health Service, I for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and O for other.
- This field is the first field for the 2 character army and navy code, or the eight character U I C or P A S code, or the R U C dash M C C or the O P F A C. If appropriate identifier code for your organization is less than 6 to 8 characters and doesn't require the army or navy command code, precede it with zeros so that each field is filled in.
- Second field for Army and Navy command codes or enter zero, if U I C or P A S codem R U C dash M C C or O P F A C codes are less than eight digits
- Enter third digit of 6 digit code
- Enter fourth digit of 6 digit code
- Enter fifth digit of 6 digit code
- Enter sixth digit of 6 digit code
- Enter first of three digit Julian date code, for example March 9 19 86 is zero 6 8.
- Enter second of three digit Julian date code.
- Enter third of three digit Julian date code
- Enter first of 3 digit batch sequence number. For the first new batch of each new day of year begin with 0 0 1.
- Enter second of 3 digit batch sequence number.
- Enter third of 3 digit batch sequence number.
- Begin entering 6 digit U I C or P A S code or R U C dash M C C or O P F A C here
- 1. From. a. Name of organization, 27 character limit.
- Enter second digit of 6 digit code
- 5. Individual forwarding batch. a. Signature.
- 5.c. Date signed (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 5.b. Phone numbers. (1) DSN.
- 5.b.(2) Commercial phone number.
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.
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.
Field-level instructions appear on the form itself and in not stated. The directive is the controlling text.
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.
Related documents are located by series and number. DD forms sit in a single Department-wide sequence, so a form referenced inside DD Form 2268 is normally found by its number alone, without regard to service.
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.
Revision occurs when the prescribing directive is reissued, when the data collected changes, or when statutory notice language is amended. Verification of the edition date at download addresses all three.
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 2268?
- DD Form 2268, DEERS Batch Transmittal, June 1987
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?