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The scope here is Department-wide. DD Form 295 — D D Form 295, Application for Evaluation of Learning Experiences during Military Service, April 2000 — exists to Application for the Evaluation of Learning Experiences During Military Service, and it applies across the services rather than inside one. That is what the DD prefix encodes: joint issue, single edition, every branch and defense agency working from identical paper.
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.
Formats: PDF. Length 4 pages, approximately 175 entries. Pick on the basis of how you will complete it.
Take the fillable pdf unless you have a reason not to. Fillable means the boxes are real fields that accept typed text and retain it in the file. Printable means a flat blank — no fields, printer and pen only. The difference is not cosmetic: one produces a record that reproduces cleanly through scanning and forwarding, the other depends on penmanship.
What the form asks for
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
- Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no separators).
- To (name and address of educational institution, agency, or employer).
- Section 1 - To be completed by applicant. 1. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- 2. Grade, rank or rating.
- Social security number. Do not include dashes
- 4. Previous service number(s).
- 5. Present branch of service (includes National Guard and Reserve components). Press space bar to mark X in first box if Army, second box if Navy, third box if Air Force, fourth box if Marine Corps, or fifth box if Coast Guard.
- 6. Applicant's mailing address for reply from eductional institution.
- 7. Date of birth (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no separators).
- 8. Permanent home address.
- 9. Highest grade of school completed. X first box if 6, second box if 7, third box if 8, fourth box if 9, fifth box if 10, sixth box if 11, or seventh box if 12.
- 10. Highest year of college completed. X first box if none, second box if Freshman (1 - 29 semester hours), third box if sophomore (33-59 hours), fourth box if Junior (60 - 39 hours), or fifth box if Senior (90 - 100 hours).
- 11. College degree earned. X first box if associate, second box if bachelor.
- 12.a. Name of educational institution last attended.
- b. Mailing address.
- 13. Military correspondence courses completed. a. Course name, line 1 (if none taken, print "NONE").
- b. ACE guide course or occupation identification number.
- c. Course sponsor (AIPD, MCI, ECI, CGI).
- d. Date course completed (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- c. Course sponsor.
- a. Course name, line 8.
- b. Ace guide course or occupation ID number.
- c. Course sponsor.
Verify the edition before the first keystroke. The date on the form face should read not stated. If it does not, discard the file. Field numbering shifts between editions, and on a DD form the new layout reaches every receiving office in every service at once — there is no lag during which the old version is still normal somewhere.
Unclear entries — read the form face, then not stated; the directive prevails.
Send it as not stated or local guidance specifies. Save a copy. Cross-service and cross-agency routing is normal for Department forms, and a lost original outside your own organization is harder to chase down.
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.
Prefix before number. A DA citation and a DD citation in the same instruction point at separate systems — one Army, administered by an Army proponent, one Department-wide under not stated — and there is no correspondence between them at any number.
Editions change when the prescribing directive is reissued, when the data collected changes, or when notice language is amended. None of that reaches you. Checking not stated at download is the entire defence, and it is cheaper than repeating a submission.
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 295?
- D D Form 295, Application for Evaluation of Learning Experiences during Military Service, April 2000
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?