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Defense Department form, series DD, number 2656-8. Full title: DD Form 2656-8, SBP Automatic Coverage Fact Sheet, 20110106 draft. Function: Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) Automatic Coverage Fact Sheet. Edition in force: not stated. Publisher status: not stated.
Prescribing authority: not stated. Proponent: not stated. Unlike service-specific publications, DD forms carry Department-level authority and apply across the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force and Coast Guard when operating under Defense jurisdiction.
Common users: service members regardless of branch, Defense civilian staff, and the offices that file, verify or retain the finished document.
Submission follows the schedule set by not stated and by local implementing procedures. This page provides the blank form for download and general orientation only.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 1 pages with about 38 entry fields.
Xfdl is present in the set. The format belongs to IBM Lotus Forms — long the Defense standard for electronic forms — and needs the matching viewer; pdf applications will report the file as unreadable.
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
- 1. Member's Name (Last, First, Middle initial)
- 2. Social Security Number. Do not include dashes.
- 3. Date of birth (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 4. Are you married? Press space bar to mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- 5. Do you have any dependent children? X first box if yes, second box if no.
- 6.a. Spouse's name (last, first, middle initial).
- 6.b. Social Security Number.
- 6.c. Date of birth (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 6.d. Date of marriage (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 6.e. Place of marriage (city, county, state).
- 7. Dependent children. a. Name (last, first, middle initial). Line 1 of 6.
- 7.b. Child's social security number.
- 7.c. Child's date of birth (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 7.d. Relationship (natural, step, adopted, foster).
- 7.a. Name of dependent child, line 2.
- 7.b. Child's social security number.
- 7.c. Child's date of birth.
- 7.d. Relationship.
- 7.a. Name of dependent child, line 3.
- 7.b. Child's social security number.
- 7.c. Child's date of birth.
- 7.d. Relationship.
- 7.a. Name of dependent child, line 4.
- 7.b. Child's social security number.
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.
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.
Related documents are located by series and number. DD forms sit in a single Department-wide sequence, so a form referenced inside DD Form 2656-8 is normally found by its number alone, without regard to service.
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.
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 2656-8?
- DD Form 2656-8, SBP Automatic Coverage Fact Sheet, 20110106 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?