What is DD Form 2602? It is a Department of Defense form titled DD Form 2602, Department of Defense Critical Acquisition Position - Rotation Review Summary, July 1998, and its job is straightforward: Department of Defense Critical Acquisition Position - Rotation Review Summary. 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.
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
- Component/organization.
- 1. To (Acquisition Career Program Board (ACPB)).
- 2. Via (Reviewing Official).
- 3. From (Organization and Address).
- Position Data. 4. Position number.
- 5. Job title.
- 6. Grade/rank.
- 7. Organization/location.
- 8. Military reserved position? Press space bar to mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- Incumbent identification and personal data. 9. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- 10. Grade/rank.
- 11. Social security number (or other identification number).
- 12. Acquisition career field.
- 13. Date of assignment to current position (4 digit year, 2 digit month).
- 14. Date of review (4 digit year, 2 digit month).
- 15. Disposition. X first box if the incumbent should remain in the present position, second box if should be reassigned to another position.
- 16. Date of next review (4 digit year, 2 digit month).
- If reassignment recommended: 17. Planned new position. a. Job title.
- 17.b. Grade/rank.
- 17.c. Organization.
- 18. Requesting official. a. Typed name.
- 18.b. Grade/rank.
- 18.c. Organization.
- d. Signature.
Download the form
Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 1 pages, about 29 entry fields.
Is xfdl worth downloading? Only if you have the viewer. The format comes from IBM Lotus Forms, which carried Defense form distribution for a long stretch, and no ordinary pdf application will read it.
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.
Is the form its own instruction manual? Partly. The rest sits in not stated, which is also the authority where the two texts conflict.
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.
What if DD Form 2602 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.
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 2602?
- DD Form 2602, Department of Defense Critical Acquisition Position - Rotation Review Summary, July 1998
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?