Which document is this? DD Form 2717, official title DD Form 2717, DoD Voluntary/Involuntary Appellate Leave Action, March 2013. What does it do? It exists to Department of Defense Voluntary/Involuntary Appellate Leave Action. Everything on this page builds on those two facts.
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 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
- Section 1 - action memorandum. 1. To (inmate).
- 2. From (correctional facility).
- 3.a. Type of court martial.
- b. Date adjudged (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- c. Date court-martial approved by convening authority (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- d. Sentence.
- 4. You have accrued ordinary leave in the amount of (number of days).
- 6. Your request/mandatory appellate leave begins on (date).
- 21. If you have any further questions regarding your release on appellate leave, please contact:
- at DSN:
- or commercial (phone number).
- All correspondence shall be addressed to:
- You were briefed by (name, grade, title).
- Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Signature.
- Section 2 - inmate endorsement. 1. To (Correctional facility - street, city, state and zip code).
- 2. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 3. I understand that I have accrued ordinary leave in the amount of (days).
- I have previously sold (days).
- and am entitled to sell a total of (days).
- Initial if electing to: a. Receive pay and allowances during the period of accured leave and then continue in unpaid appellate leave status; or
- Initial if electing to: b. Receive payment for the accrued leave, as of the day before the appellate leave begins, and then serve the entire period of appellate leave in unpaid leave status; or
- Initial if electing to: c. a combination of both a. and b. above.
- Receive pay and allowances for (days).
Download the form
What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 3 pages with roughly 31 fields to complete.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
How do you sign electronically? With a digital signature, usually CAC-based, in a reader that handles it. Will typing your name work? Not as execution — it fills a field without certifying anything. Either way, the date goes in immediately after.
What goes wrong most? The same short list: old edition, empty fields, illegibility, wrong date format, missing signature or date.
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.
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.
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.
Do DA and DD numbers ever correspond? Never. DA numbering is Army-specific, administered by an Army proponent, while DD numbering is Department-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. Identical digits in the two systems mean two unrelated documents, which is why the prefix matters more than the number.
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.
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 2717?
- DD Form 2717, DoD Voluntary/Involuntary Appellate Leave Action, 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?