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DD Form 2498 — DD Form 2498, Report of Dependents of Active Duty Military Personnel and Dependents of U.S. Citizen Civilian Employees, September 1999

Dependents of Active Duty Military Personnel and Dependents of US Citizen Civilian Employees, Report of

What is DD Form 2498? It is a Department of Defense form titled DD Form 2498, Report of Dependents of Active Duty Military Personnel and Dependents of U.S. Citizen Civilian Employees, September 1999, and its job is straightforward: Dependents of Active Duty Military Personnel and Dependents of US Citizen Civilian Employees, Report of. That single line covers most of what people want to know before they download it.

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.

Who is behind it? not stated maintains the form, and not stated is the publication that requires it. Those two names answer most questions about why you are being asked to submit anything at all.

Which edition should you have? not stated, listed as not stated. A copy dated otherwise is a copy worth replacing.

What the form asks for

  • Column 1, Command sponsored. Enter number of dependents of active duty personnel, total Alaska.
  • Column 2, Non command sponsored. Enter number of dependents of active duty personnel, total Alaska.
  • Column 3, Enter number of dependents of active duty personnel, total Alaska.
  • Column 4, Enter number of dependents of U S citizen civilian employees, total Alaska.
  • Column 1, Command sponsored. Enter number of dependents of active duty personnel, total Hawaii
  • Column 2, Non command sponsored. Enter number of dependents of active duty personnel, total Hawaii.
  • Column 3, Enter number of dependents of active duty personnel, total Hawaii.
  • Column 4, Enter number of dependents of U S citizen civilian employees, total Hawaii.
  • Column 1, Command sponsored. Enter number of dependents of active duty personnel, total U S Territories.
  • Column 2, Non command sponsored. Enter number of dependents of active duty personnel, total U S Territories.
  • Column 3, Enter number of dependents of active duty personnel, total U S Territories.
  • Column 4, Enter number of dependents of U S citizen civilian employees, total U S Territories.
  • Column 1, Command sponsored. Enter number of dependents of active duty personnel, total American Samoa.
  • Column 2, Non command sponsored. Enter number of dependents of active duty personnel, total American Samoa.
  • Column 3, Enter number of dependents of active duty personnel, total American Samoa.
  • Column 4, Enter number of dependents of U S citizen civilian employees, total American Samoa.
  • Column 1, Command sponsored. Enter number of dependents of active duty personnel, total Guam.
  • Column 2, Non command sponsored. Enter number of dependents of active duty personnel, total Guam.
  • Column 3, Enter number of dependents of active duty personnel, total Guam.
  • Column 4, Enter number of dependents of U S citizen civilian employees, total Guam.
  • Column 1, Command sponsored. Enter number of dependents of active duty personnel, total Johnston Atoll.
  • Column 2, Non command sponsored. Enter number of dependents of active duty personnel, total Johnston Atoll.
  • Column 3, Enter number of dependents of active duty personnel, total Johnston Atoll.
  • Column 4, Enter number of dependents of U S citizen civilian employees, total Johnston Atoll.

Download the form

Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 2 pages, about 200 entry fields.

Fillable or printable — which do you have? Click inside a box. If it accepts a cursor and typed text, the file is fillable and your entries save with it. If nothing happens, the pdf is flat, and the only way forward is printing it and writing on paper.

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.

Where do you start? At the top. Identification first, the substance of the entry second, certification last. Why that order? Because fields lower on the page often depend on data you established in the header, and filling out of sequence produces contradictions.

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.

Who receives it? The office not stated designates, subject to whatever local instruction your organization adds. What do you keep? A copy, made before the form leaves your hands.

Do you need to know which branch issued a related form? No. DD numbering is Department-wide and unified, which means the number on its own is a complete address for the document.

Why do some instructions cite both a DA and a DD form? Because the procedure touches both systems, not because the forms are related. Service forms answer to a service proponent; DD forms answer to not stated or another Department office. The sequences were never aligned.

How often does a form like this change? Unpredictably — revision follows directive changes, altered collection requirements and updated notice language. What is the practical defence? Verifying not stated every time you download rather than trusting a saved copy.

Is any of this advice? No. This page distributes a published Defense form and explains its contents, which is a different thing from telling you whether your circumstances qualify or whether a reviewer will accept your copy. Direct questions of eligibility, applicability and procedure to not stated, to your servicing personnel office, or to the office designated in not stated.

Questions and answers

What is DD Form 2498?
DD Form 2498, Report of Dependents of Active Duty Military Personnel and Dependents of U.S. Citizen Civilian Employees, September 1999
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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