You need DD Form 2329, and this page gives you the blank plus the steps for handling it. Start with what the form does: Record of Trial by Summary Court-Martial. Its official title is DD Form 2329, Record of Trial by Summary Court-Martial, August 1984.
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.
Finally, decide how you will complete it. You can type into a fillable file or print a blank and write by hand, and the rest of this page walks you through both paths in order.
Now fill it in. Work from the top of the page downward, and do not jump ahead — the identifying block comes first, the substance of your entry second, the certification last. Later boxes often depend on what you put at the top.
Your first action is verification. Find the edition date on the form and match it against not stated. A mismatch means you are working from a superseded printing, and because DD forms change Department-wide rather than service by service, the office receiving it will notice.
Look up an unclear item on the form face before anywhere else, then in not stated. Should the two texts conflict, the directive is the one you follow.
Download the form
Step one is picking the format. You have PDF to choose from, across 2 pages, with approximately 78 fields to complete.
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.
Prefer typing over writing. Your form will likely be scanned and emailed onward, and typed text reproduces at every stage while pen strokes fade or blur. When you do write, print in capitals so the receiving clerk can read it.
Before you take the xfdl file, make sure you can open it. Install IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or an equivalent client first, because your pdf reader will refuse the file. Then download and complete it as normal.
Whichever you pick, you pay nothing — every format here is a free download. One last tip: open your pdf in a desktop reader rather than in a browser tab, because browser viewers sometimes drop the interactive fields you need.
What the form asks for
- 1. a. Name of accused (last, first, middle initial).
- 1. b. Grade or rank.
- 1. c. Unit or organization of accused.
- 1. d. Social security number.
- 2. a. Name of convening authority (last, first, middle initial).
- 2. b. Rank.
- 2. c. Position.
- 2. d. Organization of convening authority.
- 3. a. Name of summary court martial, if summary court martial was accuser, so state.
- 3. b. Rank.
- 3. c. Unit or organization of summary court martial.
- 4. At a preliminary proceeding held on: (day and month).
- Year.
- The summary court-martial gave the accused a copy of the charge sheet. Press space bar to mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- 5. The summary court-martial informed the accused of the following: a. The fact that the charge(s) had been referred to a summary court-martial and the date of referral. X first box if yes, second box if no.
- b. The identity of the convening authority. X first box if yes, second box if no.
- c. The name(s) of the accuser(s). X first box if yes, second box if no.
- d. The general nature of the charge(s). X first box if yes, second box if no.
- e. The accused's right to object to trial by summary court-martial. X first box if yes, second box if no.
- f. The accused's right to inspect the allied papers and immediately available personnel records. X first box if yes, second box if no.
- g. The names of the witnesses who could be called to testify and any documents or physical evidence which the summary court-martial expected to introduce into evidence. X first box if yes, second box if no.
- h. The accused's right to cross-examine witnesses and have the summary court-martial cross-examine on behalf of the accused. X first box if yes, second box if no.
- i. The accused's right to call witnesses and produce evidence with the assistance of the summary court-martial if necessary. X first box if yes, second box if no.
- j. That during the trial the summary court-martial would not consider any matters, including statements previously made by the accused to the summary court-martial, unless admitted in accordance with the Military Rules of Evidence. X first box if yes, second box if no.
With the form finished, route it to the office named in not stated or in your organization's own instruction. Keep a copy first. People rarely regret having one and frequently regret not having one.
Should you need a related form, look it up by its number. The DD sequence is Department-wide, which makes your search simple: no service qualifier, no branch-specific variant to track down.
Here is where people go wrong. They see a number in an instruction and download whichever form matches it. But DA and DD are separate systems — Army-specific in one case, Department-wide under not stated in the other — so check which series you were sent to before you take the file.
Plan to repeat this step whenever the form comes up again. Revisions follow directive changes, changes in what data is collected, and updates to notice language. Since nobody notifies you, check not stated at download and you have covered it.
Finally, understand the limits of what you have read. This page distributes a published Department of Defense form and describes how to fill it out. It does not give legal or procedural advice, and it cannot promise any outcome for your particular case. For that, contact not stated, your administrative office, or the authority identified in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2329?
- DD Form 2329, Record of Trial by Summary Court-Martial, August 1984
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?