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Defense Department form, series DD, number 2717. Full title: DD Form 2717, DoD Voluntary/Involuntary Appellate Leave Action, March 2013. Function: Department of Defense Voluntary/Involuntary Appellate Leave Action. 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.
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 3 pages with about 31 entry fields.
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 1 - action memorandum. 1. To (inmate).
- 2. From (correctional facility).
- 3.a. Type of court martial.
- b. Date adjudged (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- c. Date court-martial approved by convening authority (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- d. Sentence.
- 4. You have accrued ordinary leave in the amount of (number of days).
- 6. Your request/mandatory appellate leave begins on (date).
- 21. If you have any further questions regarding your release on appellate leave, please contact:
- at DSN:
- or commercial (phone number).
- All correspondence shall be addressed to:
- You were briefed by (name, grade, title).
- Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Signature.
- Section 2 - inmate endorsement. 1. To (Correctional facility - street, city, state and zip code).
- 2. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 3. I understand that I have accrued ordinary leave in the amount of (days).
- I have previously sold (days).
- and am entitled to sell a total of (days).
- Initial if electing to: a. Receive pay and allowances during the period of accured leave and then continue in unpaid appellate leave status; or
- Initial if electing to: b. Receive payment for the accrued leave, as of the day before the appellate leave begins, and then serve the entire period of appellate leave in unpaid leave status; or
- Initial if electing to: c. a combination of both a. and b. above.
- Receive pay and allowances for (days).
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.
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.
Cross-referenced forms are found through the numbering system. The DD sequence is Department-level and unified, which means a number cited on the page identifies one document across the whole Department.
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.
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 2717?
- DD Form 2717, DoD Voluntary/Involuntary Appellate Leave Action, 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?