DD 214 Overview: Importance and Use of the Military
Discharge Form
BUPERSINST 1900.8D - correct answer ✔✔Which publication provides instructions for preparation and
distribution of the DD 214 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty?
NAVPERS 15560D - correct answer ✔✔Which publication provides separation/discharge reasons?
NAVPERS 1900/2 - correct answer ✔✔What is the "Separation Travel Orders" form number?
DD 214 - correct answer ✔✔Which form provides military services with information necessary for
administrative processing and enlistment /reenlistment determination as well as data required by
separatees for personal use?
E-7 - correct answer ✔✔Each command will establish internal accountability procedures for use and
destruction of forms. The commanding officer/officer in charge (CO/OIC) will appoint, in writing, an
individual in which enlisted grade or above control, and issue the DD-214?
Block 18 - correct answer ✔✔Which block of the DD-214 must a serial number be assigned?
NAVPERS 1070/74 - correct answer ✔✔What is the "Report of Home of Record and Place from Which
Ordered to a Tour of Active Duty" form number?
DD 2648 - correct answer ✔✔What is the "Pre-separation Counseling Checklist for Active Component
Service Members form number?
Appellate - correct answer ✔✔Which type of leave is a statutorily authorized non-pay leave status and in
such cases you should not issue a DD-214?
, 90 - correct answer ✔✔The DD-214 will be prepared for personnel being separated from a period of
Active Duty for Training (ADT), full-time training duty, or ADSW when the period of service was how
many or more days?
30 - correct answer ✔✔the case of personnel who have appeared before a physical evaluation board
(PEB) and have been placed in an awaiting-orders status pending final action by the Secretary of the
Navy (SECNA V), the mand responsible for administering the member's records and accounts will
complete blocks 1 through 8a ; 10 11 12a 12 , 13 , 14 , 19 through 22, and which other block prior to the
departure of the member?
DD 214-WS - correct answer ✔✔What will b e used in all cases to ensure accuracy, completeness, and
economy in the final preparation of the DD 214?
1 - correct answer ✔✔Which block of the DD-214 will the member's name be entered in to?
2 - correct answer ✔✔Which block of the DD-21 4 will the department, component, and branch be
entered into? (Page E1-8)
3 - correct answer ✔✔Which block of the DD-214 will the member's social security number be entered
into?
4 - correct answer ✔✔Which block of the DD-214 will the member's grade, rank, or rate be entered
into?
4b - correct answer ✔✔Which block of the DD-214 will the member's paygrade be entered into?
5 - correct answer ✔✔Which block of the DD-214 will the member's date of birth be entered into?
8 - correct answer ✔✔Enter, when applicable to block 6 on the DD-214, the terminal date of the
member's Reserve obligation under the Military Selective Service Act, which is how many years from the
date of the first enlistment or appointment?
Discharge Form
BUPERSINST 1900.8D - correct answer ✔✔Which publication provides instructions for preparation and
distribution of the DD 214 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty?
NAVPERS 15560D - correct answer ✔✔Which publication provides separation/discharge reasons?
NAVPERS 1900/2 - correct answer ✔✔What is the "Separation Travel Orders" form number?
DD 214 - correct answer ✔✔Which form provides military services with information necessary for
administrative processing and enlistment /reenlistment determination as well as data required by
separatees for personal use?
E-7 - correct answer ✔✔Each command will establish internal accountability procedures for use and
destruction of forms. The commanding officer/officer in charge (CO/OIC) will appoint, in writing, an
individual in which enlisted grade or above control, and issue the DD-214?
Block 18 - correct answer ✔✔Which block of the DD-214 must a serial number be assigned?
NAVPERS 1070/74 - correct answer ✔✔What is the "Report of Home of Record and Place from Which
Ordered to a Tour of Active Duty" form number?
DD 2648 - correct answer ✔✔What is the "Pre-separation Counseling Checklist for Active Component
Service Members form number?
Appellate - correct answer ✔✔Which type of leave is a statutorily authorized non-pay leave status and in
such cases you should not issue a DD-214?
, 90 - correct answer ✔✔The DD-214 will be prepared for personnel being separated from a period of
Active Duty for Training (ADT), full-time training duty, or ADSW when the period of service was how
many or more days?
30 - correct answer ✔✔the case of personnel who have appeared before a physical evaluation board
(PEB) and have been placed in an awaiting-orders status pending final action by the Secretary of the
Navy (SECNA V), the mand responsible for administering the member's records and accounts will
complete blocks 1 through 8a ; 10 11 12a 12 , 13 , 14 , 19 through 22, and which other block prior to the
departure of the member?
DD 214-WS - correct answer ✔✔What will b e used in all cases to ensure accuracy, completeness, and
economy in the final preparation of the DD 214?
1 - correct answer ✔✔Which block of the DD-214 will the member's name be entered in to?
2 - correct answer ✔✔Which block of the DD-21 4 will the department, component, and branch be
entered into? (Page E1-8)
3 - correct answer ✔✔Which block of the DD-214 will the member's social security number be entered
into?
4 - correct answer ✔✔Which block of the DD-214 will the member's grade, rank, or rate be entered
into?
4b - correct answer ✔✔Which block of the DD-214 will the member's paygrade be entered into?
5 - correct answer ✔✔Which block of the DD-214 will the member's date of birth be entered into?
8 - correct answer ✔✔Enter, when applicable to block 6 on the DD-214, the terminal date of the
member's Reserve obligation under the Military Selective Service Act, which is how many years from the
date of the first enlistment or appointment?
