So what is DD Form 2609? The short answer: a Defense Department document, officially DD Form 2609, ROTC Summary Report, February 2016, used to Reserve Officers Training Corps Resources Summary Report. Anything else you need follows from that.
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 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.
How current is this? Edition not stated, publisher status not stated. That is the version described throughout this page.
What the form asks for
- A. Service.
- B. Date of report (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no dividers).
- (2) Actual: fiscal year.
- (3) Programmed: fiscal year.
- (4) Current estimate: fiscal year.
- (5) President's budget: fiscal year.
- (6) President's budget: fiscal year.
- a. Staff/support: current estimate.
- a. Staff/support: president's budget.
- a. Staff/support: president's budget.
- b. Cadet pay: actual.
- b. Cadet pay: programmed.
- b. Cadet pay: current estimate.
- b. Cadet pay: president's budget.
- b. Cadet pay: president's budget.
- c. Cadet subsistence: actual.
- c. Cadet subsistence: current estimate.
- c. Cadet subsistence: president's budget.
- c. Cadet subsistence: president's budget.
- d. Cadet travel: programmed.
- d. Cadet travel: current estimate.
- d. Cadet travel: president's budget.
- d. Cadet travel: president's budget.
- d. Cadet travel: actual.
Download the form
What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 3 pages with roughly 118 fields to complete.
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.
Does typing matter? It does. Your completed form will probably be scanned, forwarded and filed, and typed text comes through each of those steps unchanged while handwriting degrades. If pen is your only option, block capitals give the receiving clerk a fighting chance.
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 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.
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.
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.
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 2609?
- DD Form 2609, ROTC Summary Report, February 2016
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?