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Defense Department form, series DD, number 2715-1. Full title: DD Form 2715-1, Disposition Board Recommendation, March 2013. Function: Disposition Board Recommendation. Edition in force: not stated. Publisher 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.
Common users: service members regardless of branch, Defense civilian staff, and the offices that file, verify or retain the finished document.
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 1 pages with about 21 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.
What the form asks for
- Report date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no dividers).
- 1. Prisoner name (last, first, middle).
- 3. Correctional facility/brig.
- 4. Reason for board action. Press space bar to mark X in first box if clemency, second box if restoration/return to duty, third box if mandatory supervised release, fourth box if parole, fifth box if supplemental/special clemency, or sixth box if other.
- If other, specify.
- 5. Recommendation. X first box if clemency, second box if restoration/return to duty, third box if mandatory supervised release, fourth box if parole, fifth box if supplemental/special clemency, or sixth box if other.
- If other, specify.
- 7.a. Typed name and grade of board chairman.
- b. Signature.
- c. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 8.a. Recommendation of Correctional Facility/Brig Commander.
- 6.a. Typed name and grade of recorder.
- b. Signature.
- c. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- b. Typed name and grade of commander.
- c. Signature.
- d. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Page number of this page.
- Total number of pages.
- 2. Registration 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.
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.
Recurring errors: entry on a superseded edition, blanks left in mandatory fields, illegible handwriting on scanned copies, dates in a format other than the one the form specifies, missing signature or missing date beside the signature.
Field-level instructions appear on the form itself and in not stated. The directive is the controlling text.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 2715-1?
- DD Form 2715-1, Disposition Board Recommendation, 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?