Which document is this? DD Form 2712, official title DD Form 2712, Prisoner Evaluation, March 2013. What does it do? It exists to Prisoner Evaluation. 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.
How current is this? Edition not stated, publisher status not stated. That is the version described throughout this page.
What the form asks for
- Report date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no dividers).
- 1. Prisoner name (last, first, middle).
- 3. Branch of service.
- 4. Housing unit.
- 5. Detail.
- 6. Custody level.
- 7. Period covered: From (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Period covered: To (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 8. Completed by: X first box if dorm supervisor, second box if work supervisor, or third box if other.
- If other, specify.
- Section 1 - Attitude and Traits (completed by dorm and work supervisors). Conduct. Enter number from 1 (Unsatisfactory) to 3 (Conforms) to 5 (Exemplary).
- Discipline. Enter number from 1 (Disciplinary Action) to 3 (Minor Infractions) to 5 (No Infractions).
- Supervision required. Enter number from 1 (Constant) to 3 (Moderate) to 5 (Minimal).
- Attitude toward supervisor. Enter number from 1 (Poor) to 3 (Borderline) to 5 (Respectful).
- Cooperation. Enter number from 1 (Uncooperative) to 3 (Moderate) to 5 (Cooperative).
- Personality. Enter number from 1 (Unfavorable) to 3 (Fair) to 5 (Exceptional).
- Group conformity. Enter number from 1 (Easily led) to 3 (Complies) to 5 (Self-reliant).
- Influence on others. Enter number from 1 (Disruptive) to 3 (Neutral) to 5 (Positive).
- Initiative. Enter number from 1 (Minimal) to 3 (Average) to 5 (Energetic).
- Temperament. Enter number from 1 (Volatile) to 3 (Indifferent) to 5 (Stable).
- Total points, section 1.
- Section 2 - Work performance (completed by work supervisor only). Quality of work. Enter number from 1 (Poor) to 3 (Acceptable) to 5 (Outstanding).
- Productivity. Enter number from 1 (Minimal) to 3 (Average) to 5 (Excellent output).
- Total for Section 2.
Download the form
What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 1 pages with roughly 33 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Can you leave fields blank? Not safely. A reviewer cannot tell a deliberate omission from a missed question, so mark inapplicable items N/A. And date fields? Match the format shown on the form — conventions differ, and misreading a date is easy.
Why read the Privacy Act Statement? Because it sits ahead of the personal data fields deliberately. It names the collection authority, the principal purpose, the routine uses of your data and the consequence of declining. Reading it afterward tells you nothing you can still act on.
What counts as a signature? Ink on a printed copy, or a credentialed digital signature — CAC-based, applied in software that supports it. What does not count? Your name typed into the signature box. That is a name. Then date the block, because an undated certification is a returned form.
What goes wrong most? The same short list: old edition, empty fields, illegibility, wrong date format, missing signature or date.
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.
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.
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.
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 2712?
- DD Form 2712, Prisoner Evaluation, 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?