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Department of Defense form 2516. Official designation: DD Form 2516, ASC History Log, February 1996. Purpose: Moving Head Disc History Log (Government-Owned ASC's). Current edition not stated, 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.
The form reaches military personnel across the services, civilian employees of the Department, and the personnel and records specialists who receive it.
When the form is filed is a matter of not stated and local instruction. The description here covers the document itself and how to obtain a copy.
Formats offered: PDF. Length: 1 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 200.
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. Function.
- 2. ASC.
- 3. Date opened (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 4. Date closed (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 5. Disc pack number, line 10.
- 6. Disc drive number.
- 7. Opening entries. a. Day.
- b. First SOH ASN.
- c. Time.
- d. Opening reload number.
- e. Initials.
- 8. Closing entries. a. Day.
- b. Last ASN.
- c. Time.
- d. Closing reload number.
- e. Initials.
- 9. Purge date.
- 10. Purged by and date.
- 11. Remarks.
- 5. Disc pack number, line 1.
- 6. Disc drive number.
- 7. Opening entries. a. Day.
- b. First SOH ASN.
- c. Time.
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.
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.
Field-level instructions appear on the form itself and in not stated. The directive is the controlling text.
Once executed, routing follows not stated and the submitting organization's own instruction. Keeping a copy is standard.
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.
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.
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.
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 2516?
- DD Form 2516, ASC History Log, February 1996
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?