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Department of Defense form 2656-2. Official designation: DD Form 2656-2, SBP Termination Request, April 2009. Purpose: Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) Termination Request. 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.
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.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 2 pages with about 19 entry fields.
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.
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
- Section 2. Retired member identification. 1. Name: last, first, middle initial.
- 2. Social security number. Do not include dashes.
- 3. Retirement date (date retired pay commences): 4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day.
- Section 3 - Termination Request. 4. Retiree. a. Signature
- 4. b. Date signed. 4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day
- Section 4 - Spouse concurrence. 5. Spouse. a. Signature
- 5.b. Date signed: 4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day.
- 5. c. Printed name: last, first, middle initial
- 5. d. Social security number. Do not include dashes.
- 6. a. Witness name: last, first, middle initial.
- 6. b. Military installation, If applicable
- 6. c. Title
- 6. d. Signature.
- 6. e. Date signed: 4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day.
- 6. f. Street address
- 6. g. City
- 6. h. State
- 6. i. Zip code
- Press this reset button to clear the data from all fields
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.
Guidance for specific entries sits on the form face and in not stated; the directive is authoritative where the two do not agree.
The completed document moves to the office named in not stated or in local guidance. A retained copy is conventional practice.
Related documents are located by series and number. DD forms sit in a single Department-wide sequence, so a form referenced inside DD Form 2656-2 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.
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.
This page distributes a published Department of Defense document and describes it. It is not a source of legal advice and makes no representation about acceptance of any completed form. Questions of applicability, eligibility or procedure belong to not stated, the servicing personnel office, or the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2656-2?
- DD Form 2656-2, SBP Termination Request, April 2009
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?