Which document is this? DD Form 2268, official title DD Form 2268, DEERS Batch Transmittal, June 1987. What does it do? It exists to Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS) Batch Transmittal. Everything on this page builds on those two facts.
Does it apply to your branch? Yes. The DD prefix means Department of Defense, not one service, so the same blank serves the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force and the Coast Guard under Defense jurisdiction. There is no Army version and no Navy version to search for.
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.
How current is this? Edition not stated, publisher status not stated. That is the version described throughout this page.
What the form asks for
- 1.b. Originating office/code, 27 character limit.
- 1.c. Mailing address (include street address, city, state and zip code). Two lines, 29 characters each. Line 1.
- 1.c. Mailing address, line 2.
- 3. Number of documents enclosed.
- 4. Transmittal number. Enter branch of service of submitting office. Use capital A for Army, N for navy, M for marine corps, F for air force, P for Coast Guard, E for Public Health Service, I for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and O for other.
- This field is the first field for the 2 character army and navy code, or the eight character U I C or P A S code, or the R U C dash M C C or the O P F A C. If appropriate identifier code for your organization is less than 6 to 8 characters and doesn't require the army or navy command code, precede it with zeros so that each field is filled in.
- Second field for Army and Navy command codes or enter zero, if U I C or P A S codem R U C dash M C C or O P F A C codes are less than eight digits
- Enter third digit of 6 digit code
- Enter fourth digit of 6 digit code
- Enter fifth digit of 6 digit code
- Enter sixth digit of 6 digit code
- Enter first of three digit Julian date code, for example March 9 19 86 is zero 6 8.
- Enter second of three digit Julian date code.
- Enter third of three digit Julian date code
- Enter first of 3 digit batch sequence number. For the first new batch of each new day of year begin with 0 0 1.
- Enter second of 3 digit batch sequence number.
- Enter third of 3 digit batch sequence number.
- Begin entering 6 digit U I C or P A S code or R U C dash M C C or O P F A C here
- 1. From. a. Name of organization, 27 character limit.
- Enter second digit of 6 digit code
- 5. Individual forwarding batch. a. Signature.
- 5.c. Date signed (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 5.b. Phone numbers. (1) DSN.
- 5.b.(2) Commercial phone number.
Download the form
Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 2 pages, about 25 entry fields.
Why do two kinds of pdf exist? Because two kinds of user exist. One completes the form on screen and forwards a file; the other prints a blank and fills it by hand. The fillable release has interactive boxes, the printable release is a static image of the same page.
Is handwriting acceptable? Yes, but it is the weaker choice. Scanning flattens pen strokes and reproduction blurs them, while typed characters survive the whole chain intact. Print in capitals if you are working from a paper blank.
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.
Is there a charge? No — free, all formats. Where should you open the file? In a full pdf application on your own machine. Browser-embedded viewers handle field properties unpredictably.
Can you skip around the form? Better not to. The layout runs identification, then content, then certification, and entries near the bottom frequently take their meaning from what sits above them.
What if your copy is old? Replace it. Check the date printed on the form against not stated. Old blanks circulate for years in shared folders, and because a DD revision lands across the whole Department at once, the receiving office will be working from the new layout.
What if a specific field still puzzles you? Read the instructions printed on the form, then not stated. Which wins if they differ? The directive.
What happens after you finish? It routes to the office specified in not stated or in local guidance. And your own record? Save a duplicate first; nobody regrets having one.
What if DD Form 2268 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.
Can you assume a matching number is the same form? No, and this is where downloads go wrong. Read the prefix. Army numbering and Department numbering are independent systems, so the digits alone tell you nothing about which document you need.
Why do editions change at all? Three reasons, mostly: the prescribing directive gets reissued, the information collected changes, or the required notice language is amended. Are you notified when it happens? No. Which is why confirming not stated at the moment you download is worth the few seconds.
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 2268?
- DD Form 2268, DEERS Batch Transmittal, June 1987
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?