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Department of Defense form 2706. Official designation: DD Form 2706, Annual Report on Victim and Witness Assistance, March 2013. Purpose: Annual Report on Victim and Witness Assistance. 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.
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 22 entry fields.
The pdf is the primary distribution format. A fillable pdf accepts typed entries in defined field boxes and stores them in the file; a printable pdf is a flat image of the blank, meant for pen entry after printing. The distinction matters for legibility and for records that pass between offices.
What the form asks for
- 1. Reporting office.
- b. To: December 31 (enter year).
- (2) Number of witnesses informed of their rights to assistance (DD Form 2701 upon initial contact).
- 3.a.(1) Number of crime victims informed of their rights to assistance (DD Form 2701 upon initial contact).
- b.(1) Number of crime victims informed of their consultation rights in courts-martial (DD Form 2702 upon referral to court-martial).
- c. (2) Number of witnesses informed of their right to be notified of changes in the prisoner's status in prison (escape, parole, death) (DD Form 2703 upon sentencing to confinement).
- c. (1) Number of crime victims informed of their right to be notified of changes in the prisoner's status in prison (escape, parole, death) (DD Form 2703 upon sentencing to confinement).
- d. (2) Number of witnesses who elected to be notified of prisoner status changes (DD Form 2704 once informed of their right to be notified of changes in the prisoner's status).
- d. (1) Number of crime victims who elected to be notified of prisoner status changes (DD Form 2704 once informed of their right to be notified of changes in the prisoner's status).
- 4. DD Forms 2705 sent upon status change: (1) Number of prisoner status changes.
- (2) Number of notification letters sent.
- 2. Reporting period. a. From: January 1 (enter year).
- 5. As of December 31 (enter year):
- (2) Navy.
- (3) Air Force.
- Cumulative report of total service prisoners that have required victim and witness notifications: (1) Army.
- (5) Coast Guard.
- (4) Marines.
- (6) Other.
- 6. DoD Component Responsible Official. a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- b. Signature.
- c. 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.
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.
The signature block takes an actual signature. On paper this means ink; electronically it means a credentialed digital signature, commonly CAC-based. Typed text in a signature field satisfies neither.
Privacy Act notice: DD forms that collect personal data carry a Privacy Act Statement stating the authority for collection, the principal purpose, routine uses and whether disclosure is voluntary or mandatory. The statement is part of the form and should be read before entry, not after.
Frequent defects: obsolete edition, unfilled required boxes, handwriting that fails on reproduction, non-conforming date format, and certification without a corresponding date.
Instructions printed on the form or in not stated govern individual field entries. Where the two differ, the governing publication controls.
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.
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.
The material here is descriptive. Nothing on the page constitutes legal or procedural advice, and no statement here determines whether a submitted form will be accepted. Such questions go to not stated, a servicing administrative office, or the authority identified in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2706?
- DD Form 2706, Annual Report on Victim and Witness Assistance, March 2013
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?