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DD Form 2920 — DD Form 2920, DoD MILSPETS Transfer of Account Document, December 2008

DoD MILSPETS Transfer of Account Document

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Defense Department form, series DD, number 2920. Full title: DD Form 2920, DoD MILSPETS Transfer of Account Document, December 2008. Function: DoD MILSPETS Transfer of Account Document. 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.

When the form is filed is a matter of not stated and local instruction. The description here covers the document itself and how to obtain a copy.

Formats offered: PDF. Length: 2 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 130.

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.

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

  • Enter as 2 digit month, 2 digit day, 2 digit year separated by slashes.
  • 8.a. Prepared by (signature).
  • c. Outgoing official signature.
  • d. Incoming official signature.

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.

Certification requires a signature in the designated block — ink on paper, or a digital signature where the receiving office supports one. Typing a name into the field does not constitute execution. CAC-based signing is the usual digital method for Defense forms.

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.

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.

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.

Some procedures pair a DD form with a service form. The two numbering systems are separate — service forms answer to a service proponent, DD forms to not stated or another Department office — and a matching number in each system means nothing.

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 2920?
DD Form 2920, DoD MILSPETS Transfer of Account Document, December 2008
Which edition is current?
Not stated by the publisher
Who is responsible for this form?
Not stated
In which formats can it be downloaded?
PDF

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