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DD Form 2041 — DD Form 2041, Rating Comparison Worksheet, September 76

Rating Comparison Worksheet

What is DD Form 2041? It is a Department of Defense form titled DD Form 2041, Rating Comparison Worksheet, September 76, and its job is straightforward: Rating Comparison Worksheet. That single line covers most of what people want to know before they download it.

Is there a version specific to your service? No. A DD number is issued at Department level, which is the whole point of the prefix — every military department and defense agency works from one identical document. Looking for a branch variant wastes time you do not have.

Where does the requirement come from? From not stated, with not stated responsible for the document itself. Those are the names to cite if anyone asks under what authority you filed.

Is this the right edition? The current one is dated not stated, and the publisher carries it as not stated. Check that against whatever copy you already have before going further.

What the form asks for

  • 6.a. RATING OF ACTIVITY IN PERCENT. Enter RATING of STUDENT ACTIVITY IN PERCENT.
  • 6.b. Enter RATING of ACTUAL ACTIVITY IN PERCENT.
  • 6.a. RATING OF ACTIVITY IN PERCENT. Enter RATING of STUDENT ACTIVITY IN PERCENT.
  • 6.b. Enter RATING of ACTUAL ACTIVITY IN PERCENT.
  • 6.a. RATING OF ACTIVITY IN PERCENT. Enter RATING of STUDENT ACTIVITY IN PERCENT.
  • 6.b. Enter RATING of ACTUAL ACTIVITY IN PERCENT.
  • 6.a. RATING OF ACTIVITY IN PERCENT. Enter RATING of STUDENT ACTIVITY IN PERCENT.
  • 6.b. Enter RATING of ACTUAL ACTIVITY IN PERCENT.
  • 6.a. RATING OF ACTIVITY IN PERCENT. Enter RATING of STUDENT ACTIVITY IN PERCENT.
  • 6.b. Enter RATING of ACTUAL ACTIVITY IN PERCENT.
  • 6.a. RATING OF ACTIVITY IN PERCENT. Enter RATING of STUDENT ACTIVITY IN PERCENT.
  • 6.b. Enter RATING of ACTUAL ACTIVITY IN PERCENT.
  • 6.a. RATING OF ACTIVITY IN PERCENT. Enter RATING of STUDENT ACTIVITY IN PERCENT.
  • 6.b. Enter RATING of ACTUAL ACTIVITY IN PERCENT.
  • 6.c. VARIANCE. Result of Deviation of RATING of STUDENT ACTIVITY IN PERCENT to RATING of ACTUAL ACTIVITY IN PERCENT is automatically entered in this field.
  • 6.a. RATING OF ACTIVITY IN PERCENT. Enter RATING of STUDENT ACTIVITY IN PERCENT.
  • 6.b. Enter RATING of ACTUAL ACTIVITY IN PERCENT.
  • 6.c. VARIANCE. Result of Deviation of RATING of STUDENT ACTIVITY IN PERCENT to RATING of ACTUAL ACTIVITY IN PERCENT is automatically entered in this field.
  • 6.a. RATING OF ACTIVITY IN PERCENT. Enter RATING of STUDENT ACTIVITY IN PERCENT.
  • 6.b. Enter RATING of ACTUAL ACTIVITY IN PERCENT.
  • 6.c. VARIANCE. Result of Deviation of RATING of STUDENT ACTIVITY IN PERCENT to RATING of ACTUAL ACTIVITY IN PERCENT is automatically entered in this field.
  • 6.a. RATING OF ACTIVITY IN PERCENT. Enter RATING of STUDENT ACTIVITY IN PERCENT.
  • 6.b. Enter RATING of ACTUAL ACTIVITY IN PERCENT.
  • 6.c. VARIANCE. Result of Deviation of RATING of STUDENT ACTIVITY IN PERCENT to RATING of ACTUAL ACTIVITY IN PERCENT is automatically entered in this field.

Download the form

What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 1 pages with roughly 60 fields to complete.

What is the difference between fillable and printable? A fillable pdf has real field boxes that accept typed text and hold it inside the file. A printable pdf is a flat blank with no fields at all, intended for a printer and a pen. Which one you have determines how you complete the form, so it is worth checking first.

Should you type or write? Type, whenever the choice is yours. The reason is what happens after submission: the record gets copied and scanned, and every pass costs handwriting legibility that typed entries never lose.

Why will not the xfdl file open? Because it is not a pdf. Xfdl belongs to IBM Lotus Forms, long the Department's electronic form format, and it needs IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or an equivalent reader installed first.

Do you pay for these? No. Free download, every format. What should you avoid? Filling the form inside a browser tab; the fields frequently do not save.

In what order do you complete it? The printed order, top to bottom. Header data comes before the body, and the body before the signature block. The sequence is not decorative — later entries are keyed to earlier ones.

Why does the edition matter so much here? Because DD forms are revised centrally. When the Department reissues one, it reissues it for all branches simultaneously, and the field layout can shift. Compare the printed date against not stated before you type anything.

Where do you look up an unclear entry? The form face first, not stated second. And when the two disagree? not stated controls.

Where does the completed form go? To the office named in not stated or in your organization's local procedure. Should you keep a copy? Always — a scan or a saved file costs nothing and spares you the whole exercise if the original disappears.

What if DD Form 2041 points to another form? Search the series and number. Because the DD sequence is common to every military department, no branch qualifier is needed to land on the right file.

Do DA and DD numbers ever correspond? Never. DA numbering is Army-specific, administered by an Army proponent, while DD numbering is Department-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. Identical digits in the two systems mean two unrelated documents, which is why the prefix matters more than the number.

Should you archive this file and reuse it next year? Better not. Forms are revised as directives are reissued, as data requirements shift and as statutory notice text is updated, and none of that reaches you directly. Download fresh, check the edition date.

Will your completed form be accepted? That is not a question this page can answer. What you have here is a published Department of Defense document, a description of it and instructions for filling it out. Nothing on the page is legal advice, and nothing here determines what any office does with a submission. Where do the remaining questions go? To not stated, to your servicing personnel office, or to the office named in not stated.

Questions and answers

What is DD Form 2041?
DD Form 2041, Rating Comparison Worksheet, September 76
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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