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DD Form 2589 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 2589, Acquisition Position Restricted to Member of the Armed Forces, July 1998. Stated purpose: Acquisition Position Restricted to Member of the Armed Forces. 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.
The form reaches military personnel across the services, civilian employees of the Department, and the personnel and records specialists who receive it.
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 19.
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.
The xfdl release corresponds to IBM Lotus Forms. This format carried Department-wide form distribution for years and opens only in IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or a compatible client, not in a pdf reader.
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. Reporting D. O. D. component.
- 2. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 3. Command. a. Title.
- b. Location.
- c. Unit identification code (UIC).
- 4. Position title.
- 5. Position number.
- 6. Military grade.
- 7. A. O. C. or A. F. S. C. or N. O. B. C. or O. C. C. series.
- 8. Status. Press space bar to mark X in first box if filled, second box if vacant.
- 9. Position's military essentiality reason code.
- 10. Determination reason. X first box if required by law, second box if essential for performance, or third box if other compelling reason.
- 11. Discussion,
- 12. Approved by (name).
- Signature.
- 14. Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition) recommendation.
- 13. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 15. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Press this reset button to clear the data from all fields
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.
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.
Related documents are located by series and number. DD forms sit in a single Department-wide sequence, so a form referenced inside DD Form 2589 is normally found by its number alone, without regard to service.
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.
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 2589?
- DD Form 2589, Acquisition Position Restricted to Member of the Armed Forces, July 1998
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?