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Defense Department form, series DD, number 2903-3. Full title: DD Form 2903-3, Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay Agreement 6-Month Installment Payment, October 2005. Function: Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay Agreement 6-Month Installment Payment. 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.
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.
Formats offered: PDF. Length: 1 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 13.
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
- The effective date of my separation shall be: enter date.
- 2.a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- 2.b. Social Security Number. Do not include dashes.
- 3.a. Total buyout amount.
- 3.b. Payment terms. Receive one-half of my buyout in the amount of: enter amount.
- 3.b. And the second half in the amount of: enter amount.
- 3.c. Initials.
- 4.a. Employee signature.
- 4.b. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no separators).
- 4.c. Human Resources Officer representative signature.
- 4.d. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no separators).
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
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.
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.
Instructions printed on the form or in not stated govern individual field entries. Where the two differ, the governing publication controls.
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.
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.
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 2903-3?
- DD Form 2903-3, Voluntary Separation Incentive Pay Agreement 6-Month Installment Payment, October 2005
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?