Start here if you have been told to submit DD Form 2241. First, know what you are filling: Standard Alternate Item Referral/Reject Notification. The document is titled DD Form 2241, Standare Alternate Item Referral/Reject Notification, August 1980.
Next, check the edition. You want not stated, currently carried as not stated by the publisher. Then confirm the form applies to you — this is a Department of Defense form, so you use it whether you serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force or Coast Guard under Defense jurisdiction.
Once you know the form fits, find out when you file it. not stated sets the requirement, and not stated maintains the form itself. Your own command or agency adds local timing on top of that, so ask your administrative office if the deadline matters to you.
Before you download, pick your approach — editable file or printed page. What follows covers the formats first, then the entries, then what you do afterward.
Begin at the top and move down. Enter your identifying data first, then the body of the form, then the signature block. The sequence is printed in that order because entries below frequently follow from entries above.
Check the edition before you type a word. The date appears on the face of the form; it should read not stated. When it does not, discard the file and take a fresh copy from this page. Department-level revisions replace the blank across all services simultaneously, which means an old printout can be out of step everywhere.
If a particular field puzzles you, read the instructions printed on the form first, then go to not stated. When the two disagree, follow the directive.
Download the form
First, look at what you can download. The set covers PDF, the form runs 2 pages, and you will complete roughly 27 fields.
You will not be charged for any of these; the whole set is free. Before you start entering data, save the file to your computer and open it there. Fields behave far more reliably in a desktop reader than in a browser preview.
What the form asks for
- To.
- From.
- CIMM or WIMM.
- 4. Secondary item control center code.
- 5. Provisioning control code.
- 6. Date of request (Julian date).
- 7. Item serial number.
- 8. Action taken code.
- 9. Item name and modifier(s).
- 10. Secondary Item Control Center Submitted Item. National Stock Number.
- Part number.
- FSCM (Federal Supply Code for Manufacturers).
- 11. Proposed item. National Stock Number.
- Part number.
- FSCM.
- Item standardization code.
- 12. Source of data.
- 13. Copy of data enclosed. Press space bar to mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- 14. Information code.
- 14. Recommended action. X first box if respond to YL/YQ offer, second box if resubmit a new SSR under a new DOR, or third box if other.
- If other, explain.
- 16. Remarks/explanation.
- 17. Name of preparer (last, first, middle initial).
- 18. Office symbol.
Submit the completed form through the channel not stated or your local guidance specifies. Save a copy for yourself before it leaves your hands, whether that means a scan, a photograph or a duplicate file.
If the form points you to another document, you can find it by number alone. DD numbering runs across the whole Department, so you do not need to work out which service issued it — one number, one form, everywhere.
Be careful when a procedure pairs this form with a service form. Read the prefix, not just the digits. Service forms answer to a service proponent, while DD forms answer to not stated or an equivalent Department office, and the two sequences were never aligned. Grabbing the wrong prefix gets you a form that has nothing to do with your task.
Come back and check the edition next time you need this form. Editions change when the prescribing directive is reissued, when the information collected changes, or when the required notice language is updated, and none of those events reaches you directly. Verifying not stated at the moment you download is the whole defence.
One thing this page does not do: tell you whether your submission will be accepted. We publish the document and explain how to complete it, and that is where our role ends. Nothing here is legal advice. Take questions about eligibility, applicability or procedure to not stated, to your servicing personnel office, or to the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2241?
- DD Form 2241, Standare Alternate Item Referral/Reject Notification, August 1980
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?