What is DD Form 2715-1? It is a Department of Defense form titled DD Form 2715-1, Disposition Board Recommendation, March 2013, and its job is straightforward: Disposition Board Recommendation. 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
- Report date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no dividers).
- 1. Prisoner name (last, first, middle).
- 3. Correctional facility/brig.
- 4. Reason for board action. Press space bar to mark X in first box if clemency, second box if restoration/return to duty, third box if mandatory supervised release, fourth box if parole, fifth box if supplemental/special clemency, or sixth box if other.
- If other, specify.
- 5. Recommendation. X first box if clemency, second box if restoration/return to duty, third box if mandatory supervised release, fourth box if parole, fifth box if supplemental/special clemency, or sixth box if other.
- If other, specify.
- 7.a. Typed name and grade of board chairman.
- b. Signature.
- c. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 8.a. Recommendation of Correctional Facility/Brig Commander.
- 6.a. Typed name and grade of recorder.
- b. Signature.
- c. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- b. Typed name and grade of commander.
- c. Signature.
- d. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Page number of this page.
- Total number of pages.
- 2. Registration number.
Download the form
Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 1 pages, about 21 entry fields.
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.
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.
What about a box that does not apply to you? Enter N/A rather than leaving it empty. An empty field reads as an oversight and sends the form back; N/A reads as an answer. What about dates? Use the format printed beside the field, not the one you write by habit.
What is the Privacy Act Statement doing on the form? Telling you, before you supply personal identifiers, under what authority the information is collected, what it will be used for, who else may see it, and whether answering is voluntary or mandatory. Is it worth reading? It is the only part of the form written for your benefit rather than the file's.
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.
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.
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 2715-1 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.
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.
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 2715-1?
- DD Form 2715-1, Disposition Board Recommendation, 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?