Which document is this? DD Form 2654, official title DD Form 2654, Involuntary Allotment Notice and Processing, December 1999. What does it do? It exists to Involuntary Allotment Notice and Processing. 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.
Where does the requirement come from? From not stated, with not stated responsible for the document itself. Those are the names to cite if anyone asks under what authority you filed.
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
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- Section 4. Member response. 10. Member will initial in the appropriate space or spaces: a. I acknowledge that this is a valid judgment and consent to the establishment of an involuntary allotment.
- Initial if: 10. b. I contest this Involuntary Allotment Application for the following reasons. Initial here. If contesting, you must explain the reason in item 11, Remarks, and provide appropriate evidence to support the reason.
- Initial if: 10. b. (1) That my rights under the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act were not complied with during the judicial proceeding upon which this application is based.
- Initial if: 10. b. (2) That exigencies of military duty caused my absence from appearance in a judicial proceeding forming the basis for the judgment upon which this application is sought.
- Initial if: 10. b. (3) That information contained in the application is false or erroneous in material part.
- Initial if: 10. b. (4) The judgment has been fully satisfied, superseded, or set aside.
- Initial if: 10. b. (5) The judgment has been materially amended, or partially satisfied. Provide evidence of the amount satisfied and the amount which remains in effect.
- Initial if: 10. b. (6) There is a legal impediment to the establishment of the involuntary allotment. For example, the judgment debt has been discharged in bankruptcy, or you have filed for protection from the creditor or creditors under the bankruptcy laws of the United States, or the applicant is not the judgment creditor or a proper successor in interest to the creditor.
- Section 5. Commander's action and determinations. 13. Commander or designee will initial in the appropriate space: a. The member has completed Section 4 of this form and the member's response to include any additional submissions is hereby forwarded for appropriate action.
- Initial if: 13. b. The member refused to respond by the authorized suspense date and this form is hereby returned without Section 4 completed by the member.
- 14. Complete only if the member asserted exigencies of military duty as reason for contesting the involuntary allotment application. Initial in the appropriate space. a. Exigencies of military duty did not cause the absence of the member from an appearance in the judicial proceeding upon which this Involuntary Allotment Application is sought.
- Initial if: 14. b. Exigencies of military duty caused the absence of the member from an appearance in the judicial proceeding upon which this application for involuntary allotment is sought. Initial here. Exigency existed due to: Mark x. as applicable and explain in item 15, Remarks.
- Section 1. Notification of application for involuntary allotment. 1. Member identification. a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- 1. b. Social security number. Do not include dashes.
- 1. c. Rank.
- 4. Extension. Necessary until (date - 4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 6. Commander or designee. a. Signature.
- 6. b. Signature block
- 6. Date signed (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Section 3 - Notice to Member by Commander or Authorized Designee. 8. Commander or designee. a. Signature.
- 8. b. Signature block.
- 8. c. Date signed (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 9. Member acknowledgment. a. Signature.
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Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 4 pages, about 47 entry fields.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 2654?
- DD Form 2654, Involuntary Allotment Notice and Processing, December 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?