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DD Form 368 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 0368, Request for Conditional Release, August 2011. Stated purpose: Request for Conditional Release. Edition date not stated; status not stated.
Governing directive: not stated. Responsible office: not stated. The DD designation signals joint scope — all military departments, combatant commands and defense agencies draw on a single edition of the document.
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.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 2 pages with about 46 entry fields.
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.
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
- Section 1 - Request for release. 1.a. Service member name (last, first, middle initial).
- 1. b. Pay Grade.
- 1.c. Social Security Number or Electronic Data Interchange Personal Identifier.
- 1. d. Service Component.
- 1. e. Current Unit / Command.
- 1. f. (1) Street address.
- 1. f. (2) City.
- 1. f. (3) State.
- 1. f. (4) Zip code.
- 2. Recruiting office address. a. Street.
- 2.b. City.
- 2.c. State.
- 2.d. Zip code.
- 3. b. For Officer Member only. I hereby tender my resignation from the (enter current component).
- I request that it be accepted contingent upon actual appointment or enlistment in the (enter the requesting component here), and be effective the day preceding the date of my acceptance of appointment or enlistment.
- d. Member signature.
- 3.e. Date signed.
- 4. a. Request conditional release to enlist / appoint member into (enter service component).
- 4. b. Name of Recruiter (Last, first, Middle Initial).
- c. Recruiter signature.
- 4. d. Date Signed.
- 4.e. Title
- Section 2 - Approval/disapproval. Press space bar to mark X in first box if approved, second box if disapproved.
- If approved: The release is valid until (date).
The document is filled from the top down. Identification precedes substance, substance precedes certification. Fields lower on the page are commonly keyed to entries made above them.
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.
The completed document moves to the office named in not stated or in local guidance. A retained copy is conventional practice.
Related documents are located by series and number. DD forms sit in a single Department-wide sequence, so a form referenced inside DD Form 368 is normally found by its number alone, without regard to service.
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.
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.
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 368?
- DD Form 0368, Request for Conditional Release, August 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?