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Defense Department form, series DD, number 2949. Full title: DD Form 2949, Joint Inspector General Action Request, September 2011. Function: Joint Inspector General Action Request. 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.
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.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 1 pages with about 25 entry fields.
Distribution centres on pdf. Two states exist: fillable, where field boxes accept keyboard input and retain it, and printable, a static blank produced for manual completion. Typed data reproduces cleanly across copies; handwritten data depends on the writer.
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.
Free download applies to every format listed. Any current pdf reader opens the pdf files, though field behaviour is most reliable in a full desktop reader rather than a browser preview.
What the form asks for
- 1. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- 2. Grade/rank.
- 3. Social security number (optional).
- 4. Status. X first box if military, second if civilian.
- If military: X first box if Air Force, second if Army, third if Navy, fourth if Marine Corps, fifth if Coast Guard.
- X first box if Active Duty, second if Reserve, third if National Guard, fourth if other.
- If other, specify.
- If civilian: X first box if appropriated fund, second if nonappropriated fund.
- X if contractor.
- X if foreign or local national.
- X if other.
- If other, specify.
- 5. Unit identification code/organization address.
- 7. Contact telephone numbers (include area code/DSN). a. Duty.
- b. Home.
- c. Cell.
- 6. Preferred mailing address (if different).
- 8. E-mail address(es).
- 9. Specific action requested (what do you want the IG to do for you?).
- 10. Information pertaining to this request (background, list attached documents, others talked with about this matter, etc.).
- 11. Statement. X first box if I do, second box if I do not consent to release my personal information inside official channels.
- a. Date signed (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- b. Signature.
- 12. IG/Case number (assigned by Joint IG).
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.
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.
Guidance for specific entries sits on the form face and in not stated; the directive is authoritative where the two do not agree.
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.
Related documents are located by series and number. DD forms sit in a single Department-wide sequence, so a form referenced inside DD Form 2949 is normally found by its number alone, without regard to service.
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.
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 2949?
- DD Form 2949, Joint Inspector General Action Request, September 2011
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?