You need DD Form 2251, and this page gives you the blank plus the steps for handling it. Start with what the form does: Door Keys and Special Locks, Request for. Its official title is DD Form 2251, Request for Door Keys and Special Locks, April 1981.
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.
Then settle the schedule. You are working under not stated, with not stated responsible for the document, and your organization layers its own deadlines on that. Ask before you assume a date.
Last in this stage, choose your method: complete it on screen, or print the blank form and fill it out in pen. The sections below take each route step by step.
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
Begin by choosing a file. Available here: PDF. Plan for 1 pages and about 92 entries.
Choose pdf as your default. Next, click inside a box. A fillable pdf responds by outlining the field and letting you type; the text stays in the document when you save it. A printable pdf does not respond, which tells you to print the page and complete it by hand.
Type when you can. Printed entries stay legible after the form is scanned, copied and forwarded, and handwriting often does not survive that trip. If you must write by hand, use block capitals and press firmly.
What the form asks for
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
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.
When DD Form 2251 references another form, search on the series and number. Because DD numbers are common to every military department, the number by itself identifies exactly one document.
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 2251?
- DD Form 2251, Request for Door Keys and Special Locks, April 1981
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?