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Defense Department form, series DD, number 2788. Full title: DD Form 2788, Child Annuitant's School Certification, 20150226 draft. Function: Child Annuitant's School Certification. 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.
The form reaches military personnel across the services, civilian employees of the Department, and the personnel and records specialists who receive it.
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.
Formats offered: PDF. Length: 2 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 42.
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What the form asks for
- 1. Member's social security number.
- 2. Member's name: last, first, middle initial.
- 3. Annuitant's social security number.
- 4. Annuitant's name: last, first, middle initial.
- 5. If under age of majority, name of legal representative.
- 6. Date of Birth: 4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day.
- 7. Are you married? Press space bar to mark X in first box if yes, second if no.
- 8. Are you currently attending school full time? X first box if yes, second if no.
- 10. If high school, expected date of completion: 4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day.
- 11.a. If other than high school, date term or semester began: 4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day.
- 11.b. Date term or semester ends:s 4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, go to item 15.
- 9.a. Name of school.
- 9.b. School address, include zip code.
- 9.c. Telephone number of school. Include area code.
- 14.a. If other than high school, date term or semester began: 4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day.
- 14.b. Date term or semester ended: 4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day.
- 12. If not currently attending school full time: a. name of last school attended.
- 12.c. Telephone number, include area code.
- 12.b. Address, include zip code.
- 13. If high school, date of completion: 4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day.
- 15. Do you plan to attend school full time during the next 150 days? X first box if yes, second if no.
- 17.a. Date term or semester will begin: 4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day.
- 17.b. Date term or semester will end: 4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day.
- 18. Signature of annuitant or legal representative. Remember to obtain school official's certification on Page 2.
Order of completion: identification block first, substantive entries second, certification and signature last. The blank is laid out in that sequence and the sequence is not arbitrary — later entries often depend on data established in the header.
Edition in use: not stated. Because DD forms are revised at Department level and distributed to all services at once, an obsolete printing may not match the fields an office expects. The date is printed on the form face.
Field-level instructions appear on the form itself and in not stated. The directive is the controlling text.
The completed document moves to the office named in not stated or in local guidance. A retained copy is conventional practice.
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.
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.
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 2788?
- DD Form 2788, Child Annuitant's School Certification, 20150226 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?