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Defense Department form, series DD, number 2461. Full title: DD Form 2461, Authorization for Emergency Evacuation Advance and Allotment Payments for DoD Civilian Employees, March 2000.. Function: Authorization for Emergency Evacuation Advance and Allotment Payments for DoD Civilian Employees. Edition in force: not stated. Publisher status: not stated.
Issued under not stated, with not stated as proponent. A DD number marks a Department-wide instrument: the same blank form serves every military department and the defense agencies, rather than one service alone.
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 83.
Pdf serves as the base format. In the fillable variant, each box is an interactive field that holds typed text inside the document. In the flat printable variant, no fields exist — the page prints as a blank to be completed by hand. Typed entries survive transmission; handwriting does not always survive scanning.
An xfdl file is provided as well. Xfdl is the IBM Lotus Forms format, historically standard across Defense form distribution, and it requires IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or an equivalent reader; ordinary pdf software will not open it.
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
- 8. Evacuated installation.
- 14. Other dependents (if additional space is needed, use back). a. Name, line 1.
- 14.b. Date of birth (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 14.a. Name, line 2.
- 14.b. Date of birth.
- 14.a. Name, line 3.
- 14.b. Date of birth.
- 14.a. Name, line 4.
- 14.b. Date of birth.
- 14.a. Name, line 5.
- 14.b. Date of birth.
- 14.a. Name, line 6.
- 14.b. Date of birth.
- 21. Payment Record (if additional space is needed, use back). a. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day), line 1.
- 21.b. Paid by (ADSN).
- 21.c. Voucher number.
- 21.d. Type of payment.
- 21.e. Amount.
- 21.b. Paid by (ADSN).
- 21.c. Voucher number.
- 21.d. Type of payment.
- 21.e. Amount.
- 21.a. Date, line 2.
- 21.a. Date, line 3.
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.
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.
Instructions printed on the form or in not stated govern individual field entries. Where the two differ, the governing publication controls.
Once executed, routing follows not stated and the submitting organization's own instruction. Keeping a copy is standard.
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.
Forms are reissued for several reasons: directive revision, changed data requirements, updated notice language. Confirming not stated at the moment of download covers the risk.
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 2461?
- DD Form 2461, Authorization for Emergency Evacuation Advance and Allotment Payments for DoD Civilian Employees, March 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?