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Treat DD Form 2851 as Department-level, which changes how you look for it. Title: DD Form 2851, Request to Correct Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) Agency Error, November 2001.. Function: Request to Correct Thrift Savings Plan Agency Error. Because the number carries DD rather than a service prefix, the same edition covers all military departments and the defense agencies at once. Nobody issues a Navy copy or an Air Force copy.
not stated is the prescribing publication and not stated the office responsible for the document. Deadlines belong to local implementing guidance, not to either of those, so a submission date is a question for the receiving office.
Use not stated, status not stated. Older printings circulate widely and lose their currency Department-wide the moment a new edition issues.
Available: PDF, across 2 pages, roughly 27 fields.
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What the form asks for
- 1. Name. Enter as last name, first name, middle initial.
- 2. Grade.
- 3. Date of birth. Four digit year, two digit month, two digit day.
- 5.a. Duty DSN telephone number. Include area code and punctuation marks.
- 5.b. Duty commercial telephone number. Include area code and punctuation marks.
- 6. Member's unit name and address.
- 7. Branch of service. X first box if Air Force, second box if Army, third box if Navy, fourth box if Marine Corps, fifth box if Coast Guard, sixth box if Public Health, or seventh box if NOAA.
- 8. Input source. Unit name, address, and telephone number.
- 9. Status. X first box if active duty, second box if guard, or third box if reserves.
- 10. Payroll date. Four digit year, two digit month, two digit day.
- 11. Date payment made to NFC. Four digit year, two digit month, two digit day.
- 12. Claimant's brief explanation of error.
- 13. Input source's explanation of extenuating circumstances.
- 14. Documentation attached to support claim. Mark X if Leave and Earnings Statements.
- 14. Mark X if TSP participants statements.
- 14. Mark X if TSP form 1, TSP election form.
- 15. For official use only.
- 16.a. Claimant's signature.
- 16.b. Date signed. Four digit year, two digit month, two digit day.
- 16.c. E-mail address.
- 17. Input Source. a. Signature.
- 17.b. Date signed. Four digit year, two digit month, two digit day.
- 17.c. E-mail address.
- 18. Additional remarks. Use this space to continue any item if necessary.
Start by matching the printed date to not stated. Old blanks accumulate in shared folders for years. Because the Department reissues to all services in one action, nobody is still accepting the previous layout by local custom.
For anything ambiguous in a specific field, the form's own instructions come first and not stated controls where the two differ.
Submit to the office named in not stated or in local instruction; retain a duplicate before it leaves. Joint routing often sends a DD form across organizational boundaries, and tracing one afterward is not a same-day matter.
Look up cross-referenced forms by series and number. DD numbering is unified across the Department, which removes the usual step of identifying which service issued the thing.
Do not read across from a service number. DA numbering is Army-specific under an Army proponent; DD numbering is Department-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. The sequences are unrelated, so identical digits in each identify two different documents. Read the prefix, not the digits.
Revision follows directive changes, changed data requirements and amended notice language, unannounced. Verify not stated each time rather than trusting a saved copy — the cost of the check is seconds.
This page publishes a Defense document and explains its contents. It does not advise, does not rule on applicability, and determines nothing about how a completed form will be treated. Direct such questions to not stated, to the servicing personnel office, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2851?
- DD Form 2851, Request to Correct Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) Agency Error, November 2001.
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?