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DD Form 2536 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 2536, Request for Armed Forces Participation in Public Events (Non-Aviation), 20160211 draft. Stated purpose: Request for Armed Forces Participation in Public Events (Non- Aviation). Edition date 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.
Users include uniformed members of any branch, DoD civilian employees, contractor personnel where authorized, and the administrative staff who process the completed record.
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: 2 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 40.
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.
What the form asks for
- Section I - Event Data. 1. Specific requirement (i.e., band, marching unit, color guard, tank, etc.).
- 2. Date of event: 4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day.
- 3. Time of event: from.
- To.
- 4. Title of event (website, if applicable).
- 5. Expected attendance.
- 6. Site of event (park, auditorium, etc.).
- 7. Address of event (street, city, state, zip code).
- 8. Program (describe theme and objective, audience size and civic makeup, and purpose of Armed Forces participation).
- 10. Is there any charge (admission, parking, etc.)? If so, specify.
- 11. Is this event being used to raise funds for any purpose? If yes, specify how funds will be distributed.
- 12. Will all aspects of this event be available to all persons without regard to race, creed, color, gender or national origin? X first box if yes, second box if no.
- Section II - Sponsoring organization data. 13. Name and website of sponsoring organization.
- 14. Is the sponsoring organization a civic organization? X first box if yes, second if no.
- 15. Does the event have the official backing of the local government? X first box if yes, second if no.
- 16.a. Does the sponsoring organization exclude or discriminate against any person based on race, creed, color, gender or national origin? X first box if yes, second box if no.
- 17. Sponsor's representative. a. Name.
- b. Address (street, city, state, zip code).
- d. Alternate telephone number.
- c. Primary telephone number (include area code).
- e. Fax number (include area code).
- f. E-mail address.
- Section VI - Certification. 19.a. Signature of sponsor's representative.
- b. Date signed (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
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.
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.
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 2536?
- DD Form 2536, Request for Armed Forces Participation in Public Events (Non-Aviation), 20160211 draft
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?