So what is DD Form 2539? The short answer: a Defense Department document, officially DD Form 2539, Voluntary Leave Transfer Program Leave Recipient Application, May 1989, used to Voluntary Leave Transfer Program Leave Recipient Application. Anything else you need follows from that.
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.
Who decides this form exists? not stated owns it; not stated directs its use. If someone told you to file this, the authority traces back to those.
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. Pay block number.
- 2. Employee identification. a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- 2. b. Social security number. Include dashes.
- 2. c. Position title.
- 2. d. Grade/step.
- 2. e. Organization.
- 2. f. Salary.
- 3. Leave data. a. As of (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 3. b. Annual leave balance.
- 3. c. Sick leave balance.
- 3. d. Date available leave expires (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 3. e. Accrual rate for annual leave.
- 4. Medical emergency. a. Description (attach appropriate documentation).
- 4. b. Expected duration.
- 4. c. Approximate frequency, if recurring.
- 5. Contact during period of emergency. a. Employee telephone number, if available (include area code).
- 5. b. Other point of contact, if applicable. b. (1) Name (last, first, middle initial).
- 5. b. (2) Telephone number (include area code).
- 5. b. (3) Address (street, city, state and zip code).
- 6. b. Date signed (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 7. b. Date signed (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 6.a. Employee signature.
- 7.a. Supervisor signature.
Download the form
What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 1 pages with roughly 23 fields to complete.
What does any of this cost? Nothing. Every format listed is a free download. One practical note: save the file and open it in a desktop pdf reader, because browser previews often ignore interactive fields and lose what you typed.
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.
What is the first thing to check? The edition date on the face of the form. Does it read not stated? If not, the copy is superseded, and a superseded DD form is a real problem: Department-level revisions replace the blank for every service at once, so an old file on a shared drive is stale everywhere, not just in your office.
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.
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.
How do you find a form referenced inside this one? By its number alone. The DD sequence runs across the entire Department, so a number identifies exactly one document regardless of which service cited it.
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.
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.
What does this page actually provide? The blank form and a description of it. What does it not provide? Legal guidance, procedural rulings, or any assurance about a particular filing. Who answers those? not stated, the administrative office that serves you, or the authority identified in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2539?
- DD Form 2539, Voluntary Leave Transfer Program Leave Recipient Application, May 1989
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?