What is DD Form 2708? It is a Department of Defense form titled DD Form 2708, Receipt for Pre-trial/Post-trial Prisoner or Detained Person, March 2013, and its job is straightforward: Receipt for Pre-Trial/Post Trial Prisoner or Detained Person. 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.
Is this the right edition? The current one is dated not stated, and the publisher carries it as not stated. Check that against whatever copy you already have before going further.
What the form asks for
- 1.a. Received from (Unit/agency).
- c. Time.
- d. Prisoner name (last, first, middle).
- e. Registration number/social security number (last 4 digits only).
- f. Grade.
- g. Branch.
- 2. Type of confinement. Press space bar to mark X if pre-trial.
- X if post-trial.
- X if under custody.
- 4. Purpose of transfer (reason for temporary release).
- 5. Status of personal property (where prisoner's personal property is located: unit supply room, personal storage facility, home of record, etc.).
- 3. Offenses/charges or UCMJ articles violated (list article number(s) and specific charges associated with each).
- 6. Remarks (noteworthy information about prisoner's health, behavior etc. that will assist).
- 7. Receipt for person/prisoner. a. Name, grade, title.
- b. Social security number (last 4 digits only).
- c. Grade.
- d. Unit/agency.
- b. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no dividers).
- b. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no dividers).
- i. Duty station.
- h. Installation.
- e. 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 22 fields to complete.
Fillable or printable — which do you have? Click inside a box. If it accepts a cursor and typed text, the file is fillable and your entries save with it. If nothing happens, the pdf is flat, and the only way forward is printing it and writing on paper.
Is handwriting acceptable? Yes, but it is the weaker choice. Scanning flattens pen strokes and reproduction blurs them, while typed characters survive the whole chain intact. Print in capitals if you are working from a paper blank.
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.
Why does the edition matter so much here? Because DD forms are revised centrally. When the Department reissues one, it reissues it for all branches simultaneously, and the field layout can shift. Compare the printed date against not stated before you type anything.
Which fields are required? Treat all of them as required, marking N/A where an item genuinely does not apply. What trips people on dates? Writing them in a familiar format instead of the one the form specifies.
What does the Privacy Act notice cover? Four things: the legal authority behind the collection, the purpose, the routine uses, and whether disclosure is required. When should you read it? Before entering personal information, while the choice is still open.
Is a typed name enough? No. The signature block takes an actual signature: pen on paper, or a digital signature applied with your Common Access Card where the receiving system accepts one. Add the date beside it before you close the file.
Which mistakes are worth a final check? Superseded edition, gaps in mandatory fields, unreadable writing on a scanned copy, non-conforming date format, unsigned or undated certification.
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.
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.
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.
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 2708?
- DD Form 2708, Receipt for Pre-trial/Post-trial Prisoner or Detained Person, March 2013
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?