Which document is this? DD Form 2585, official title DD Form 2585, Repatriation Processing Center Processing Sheet, September 2014. What does it do? It exists to Repatriation Processing Center Processing Sheet. Everything on this page builds on those two facts.
Will you need a different form because of where you serve? No. DD forms are Department-wide instruments, and that scope is what separates them from service publications. One edition, all branches, defense agencies included.
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.
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
- Are you escorting unaccompanied minor child(ren)? Press space bar to mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- Section 2 - to be completed by the "responsible person". 1. Airline and flight number.
- 2. Date of arrival (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 3. Repatriation center.
- 4. Processing Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 5. Processing time (military).
- Section 3 - Evacuee identifying information (to be completed by the "responsible person". 6. Name of evacuee (last, first, middle initial).
- 7. Country evacuated from.
- 8. Date of birth (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 9. Place of birth (city, state, and country).
- 10. Country of citizenship.
- 11. Gender. X first box if male, second box if female.
- 12. Social security number. Do not include dashes.
- 13. Marital status. X first box if single, second box if married, third box if widowed, fourth box if separated, or fifth box if divorced.
- 14.a. Passport number.
- 14.b. Country of issue.
- 15.b. Alien number.
- 15.b. Country of issue.
- Section 3 - Evacuee identifying information (continued). Table 1b - Foreign National. Code 13. Specify other, if none of the above.
- 16. Classification numbers and agency codes (from Table 1 and Table 2 applicable to person named in item 6). a. Classification number.
- 16 b. Agency code.
- 16.c Classification number.
- 16 d. Agency code.
- 16.e. Classification number.
Download the form
What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 10 pages with roughly 198 fields to complete.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 2585 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.
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.
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 2585?
- DD Form 2585, Repatriation Processing Center Processing Sheet, September 2014
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?