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Review a current DD Form 214

Compare a current draft or issued separation packet with common DoD field instructions. Review the DD Form 214 first, then review DD Form 214-1 only if that addendum is included in the packet.

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Source edition: February 17, 2022 · Source verified August 21, 2026.

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Main form

DD Form 214, Certificate of Uniformed Service

Current form only. This checklist covers the DD Form 214 issued under the DoD instruction effective February 17, 2022. Older printings and service-specific layers are out of scope.

Identity and document control

Review surname, forename, and middle name.Table 1, Block 1 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review current uniformed service branch and component.Table 1, Block 2 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the DoD ID number.Table 1, Block 3 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the unique serial number. If DD Form 214-1 accompanies the form, review that both serial numbers match.Table 1, Block 4 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review current grade or rate.Table 1, Block 5a · DoD Instruction 1336.01 Read the field decoder

Review current pay grade.Table 1, Block 5b · DoD Instruction 1336.01 Read the field decoder

Review date of birth in YYYYMMDD format.Table 1, Block 6 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Obligation and contact

Review the military service obligation termination date in YYYYMMDD format.Table 1, Block 7a · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review Selected Reserve, Individual Ready Reserve, or N/A if the obligation is complete.Table 1, Block 7b · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the personal long-term phone number.Table 1, Block 7c · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the personal long-term email address.Table 1, Block 7d · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Entry, assignment, and transfer

Review entry city, State, and ZIP code when issued alone, or review that this block is N/A when issued with DD Form 214-1.Table 1, Block 8a · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review home of record city, State, and ZIP code under Service directives when issued alone, or review that this block is N/A when issued with DD Form 214-1.Table 1, Block 8b · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review last duty assignment and major command.Table 1, Block 9a · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the station where separated.Table 1, Block 9b · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the command to which transferred, or N/A.Table 1, Block 10 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Coverage and specialty

Review None or the coverage amount elected on Form 8286.Table 1, Block 11 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review number, title, and years and months for specialties held at least one year. If issued with DD Form 214-1, include Reserve Component specialties during time in the current component. Otherwise use this active duty period.Table 1, Block 12 · DoD Instruction 1336.01 Read the field decoder

Service dates and totals

Review the earliest YYYYMMDD entry date for continuous active service not previously covered by a DD Form 214 when issued alone, or review N/A when issued with DD Form 214-1.Table 1, Block 13a · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the separation date in YYYYMMDD format when issued alone, or review N/A when issued with DD Form 214-1.Table 1, Block 13b · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review net active service this period in YYMMDD format when issued alone, or review N/A when issued with DD Form 214-1.Table 1, Block 13c · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review total prior active service in YYMMDD format when issued alone, or review N/A when issued with DD Form 214-1.Table 1, Block 13d · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review total active service in YYMMDD format and that it equals 13c plus 13d when issued alone, or review N/A when issued with DD Form 214-1.Table 1, Block 13e · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review total inactive service in YYMMDD format when issued alone, or review N/A when issued with DD Form 214-1.Table 1, Block 13f · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review foreign service during this active duty period in YYMMDD format when issued alone, or review N/A when issued with DD Form 214-1.Table 1, Block 13g · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review sea service in YYMMDD format under the Table 1 calculation when issued alone, or review N/A when issued with DD Form 214-1.Table 1, Block 13h · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the initial entry training date in YYYYMMDD format when issued alone, or review N/A when issued with DD Form 214-1.Table 1, Block 13i · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the effective date of pay grade in YYYYMMDD format.Table 1, Block 13j · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Career record and remarks

Review career decorations, medals, badges, citations, campaign ribbons, and applicable areas of operations.Table 1, Block 14 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review qualifying in-service courses, weeks, and completion month and year. Exclude combat-skills courses. If issued with DD Form 214-1, use time in the current component. Otherwise use the period covered by this form.Table 1, Block 15 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review days of accrued leave paid for the entire career.Table 1, Block 16 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review Yes or No for the required dental examination and treatment statement when issued alone, or review N/A when issued with DD Form 214-1.Table 1, Block 17 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review FINAL, HIGH-3, REDUX, or BRS as applicable.Table 1, Block 18 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review No when issued alone or Yes when DD Form 214-1 accompanies it.Table 1, Block 19 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review every applicable remark, including service continuity, first full term, missing information or reissuance, upgraded discharge, contingency operations, IRR recall, administrative issuance, disability pay, and non-pay or excess leave. Apply the current correction or reissue rule rather than repeating expired transitional language.Table 1, Block 20 and Paragraph 3.2.c · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the post-separation city, State, and ZIP code.Table 1, Block 21a · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review nearest relative name and city, State, and ZIP code.Table 1, Block 21b · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the specified State or locality with Yes, or review No.Table 1, Block 22 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Member and official certification

Review the member digital signature or the Service annotation used when the member could not digitally sign.Table 1, Block 23a · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the member signature date in YYYYMMDD format.Table 1, Block 23b · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the authorized official name, grade, and title.Table 1, Block 24a · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the authorized official digital signature or permitted annotation.Table 1, Block 24b · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the official signature date in YYYYMMDD format.Table 1, Block 24c · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Separation record

Review the type of separation recorded under the applicable DoD and Service directive.Table 1, Block 25 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review that the character of service uses one Table 1 authorized entry.Table 1, Block 26 · DoD Instruction 1336.01 Read the field decoder

Review the cited Service regulation, instruction, or manual.Table 1, Block 27 · DoD Instruction 1336.01 Read the field decoder

Review the separation code on the Service copy. This checklist does not validate it against the controlled SPD list.Table 1, Block 28 and Paragraph 3.3.a(7)-(8) · DoD Instruction 1336.01 Read the field decoder

Review the Service-level reentry code.Table 1, Block 29 · DoD Instruction 1336.01 Read the field decoder

Review the narrative reason recorded for the transfer or separation.Table 1, Block 30 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review time-lost dates in YYYYMMDD format.Table 1, Block 31 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

If included

If included: DD Form 214-1, Certificate of Uniformed Service, Reserve Component Addendum

Current form only. This checklist covers the DD Form 214-1 issued under the same DoD instruction. Older printings and service-specific layers are out of scope.

The DD Form 214-1 is the Reserve Component Addendum of the DD Form 214 series. It is issued only with a DD Form 214, it is not required with every DD Form 214, and it carries the same serial number as its DD Form 214. Review this section whenever the separation packet includes the addendum. The checklist never asks whether the packet includes one.

Identity and document control

Review surname, forename, and middle name.Table 2, Block 1 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review current uniformed service branch and component.Table 2, Block 2 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the DoD ID number.Table 2, Block 3 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review that the serial number matches the accompanying DD Form 214.Table 2, Block 4 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Record of Service: Points

Review total active points calculated under DoDI 1215.07.Table 2, Block 5a · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review total inactive points calculated under DoDI 1215.07.Table 2, Block 5b · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review that total career points equals 5a plus 5b.Table 2, Block 5c · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review total points for retired pay, which may be less than 5c because of statutory limits.Table 2, Block 5d · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Record of Service: Time

Review the YYYYMMDD enlistment or appointment date into the current component.Table 2, Block 6a · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review net component active service in YYMMDD format.Table 2, Block 6b · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review net component inactive service in YYMMDD format.Table 2, Block 6c · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review career active service in YYMMDD format.Table 2, Block 6d · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review career inactive service in YYMMDD format.Table 2, Block 6e · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review total service for pay in YYMMDD format based on the Pay Entry Base Date.Table 2, Block 6f · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review creditable service for retired pay in YYMMDD format, which may be less than 6f because of statutory restrictions or non-qualifying years.Table 2, Block 6g · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Non-Regular Retirement

If Block 7a is N/A, review the entire section as N/A.

Review the date years of service were completed for NRR eligibility, or N/A if eligibility has not been attained.Table 2, Block 7a · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the 60th birthday in YYYYMMDD format.Table 2, Block 7b · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the NRR eligibility age reduction in YYMMDD format under 10 U.S.C. 12731 and 12732 and DoDI 1215.07.Table 2, Block 7c · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the projected NRR pay date in YYYYMMDD format and that it reflects 7b minus 7c.Table 2, Block 7d · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the Retired Reserve transfer date in YYYYMMDD format, or N/A.Table 2, Block 7e · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Activations

Review all active duty and full-time National Guard duty listed by DoDI 1215.06 across the entire career.

Review the statutory authority for each activation order.Table 2, Block 8a · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review that only unclassified operation information or N/A is shown. Do not enter or paste the value into this public site.Table 2, Block 8b · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review Yes or No for whether the activation qualifies for NRR eligibility age reduction.Table 2, Block 8c · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the activation begin date in YYYYMMDD format.Table 2, Block 8d · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the activation end date in YYYYMMDD format.Table 2, Block 8e · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review Yes or No for deployment to a foreign country.Table 2, Block 8f · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Other Reserve Component record

Review the Post-9/11 GI Bill transfer-of-eligibility obligation end date in YYYYMMDD format, or N/A.Table 2, Block 9 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review accrued leave days carried over from the applicable Service pay system.Table 2, Block 10 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the highest pay grade satisfactorily held as determined by the Secretary concerned.Table 2, Block 11 · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Member and official certification

Review the member digital signature or a legible permitted signature.Table 2, Block 12a · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the member signature date in YYYYMMDD format.Table 2, Block 12b · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the authorized official name, grade, title, and signature.Table 2, Block 13a · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Review the official signature date in YYYYMMDD format.Table 2, Block 13b · DoD Instruction 1336.01

Official source

DoD Instruction 1336.01, Certificate of Uniformed Service (DD Form 214/5 Series)

Publisher: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
Edition: February 17, 2022
Locator: Tables 1 and 2, as cited beside each checklist item
Source verified: August 21, 2026
Source URL: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/133601p.pdf

What this checklist does

Checklist controls

Before you print or save

Identity and document control

Obligation and contact

Entry, assignment, and transfer

Coverage and specialty

Service dates and totals

Career record and remarks

Post-separation contact and sharing

Member and official certification

Separation record

Identity and document control

Record of Service: Points

Record of Service: Time

Non-Regular Retirement

Activations

Other Reserve Component record

Member and official certification

DoD Instruction 1336.01, Certificate of Uniformed Service (DD Form 214/5 Series)