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Defense Department form, series DD, number 2710. Full title: DD Form 2710, Prisoner Background Summary, March 2013. Function: Prisoner Background Summary. Edition in force: not stated. Publisher 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.
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 5 pages with about 200 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
- 3. Maiden name.
- 4. Nickname.
- 5. Aliases.
- 6. Age.
- 8. Sex. Press space bar to mark X in first box if male, second box if female.
- 8. Place of birth (city, county, state).
- 9. Date of birth (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 10. Race. X if American Indian/Alaska native.
- X if Asian.
- X if black or African American.
- X if native Hawaiian or other Pacific islander.
- X if white.
- X if unknown (reviewer of form will mark if prisoner does not answer).
- 11. Ethnicity. X first box if Hispanic or Latino, second box if not Hispanic or Latino, or third box if unknown.
- 12. Nationality.
- 13. Religion.
- 14. Height.
- 15. Weight.
- 16. Identifying marks (scars, tattoos, etc.). X first box if no, second box if yes.
- 17. Hair color. X first box if auburn, second box if black, third box if blond, fourth box if brown, fifth box if gray, sixth box if red, seventh box if silver, eighth box if white, or ninth box if bald.
- 18. Eye color. X first box if black, second box if blue, third box if brown, fourth box if green, fifth box if gray, sixth box if hazel, or seventh box if violet.
- 19. Gang association: X first box if no, second box if yes.
- Gang name/location (City, state).
- 20. Cult/extremist association: X first box if no, second box if yes.
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.
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 2710 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.
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 2710?
- DD Form 2710, Prisoner Background Summary, 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?