Start here if you have been told to submit DD Form 2496. First, know what you are filling: International Student Academic Report. The document is titled DD Form 2496, International Student Academic Report, February 1996..
Your second step is the edition, not stated, listed as not stated. Your third is scope. Because the number carries a DD prefix, you use the same blank as every other military department and defense agency; no service-specific version exists for you to hunt down.
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.
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.
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 A mismatch means you are working from a superseded printing, and because DD forms change Department-wide rather than service by service, the office receiving it will notice.
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 36 fields.
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.
What the form asks for
- 1. Forwarding address. Subsequent training, if applicable, or country security assistance organization.
- 2. From. Training installation preparing form.
- 3. Student name (last, first, middle initial).
- 4. Grade or rank.
- 5. Country.
- 6. Foreign military sales case or international military education and training F. Y. and worksheet control number.
- 7. Course title.
- 8. Course identification number.
- 9. Course military articles and services list.
- 10. Duration of course. a. From (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 10. b. To (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 11. Did student complete course? Press space bar to mark X in first box if yes, second box if no.
- 12. Student was awarded: X first box if diploma/certificate of completion, second box if certificate of attendance, or third box if other.
- 13. English comprehension level, enter test score. a. In country test.
- 13.b. CONUS test score.
- 14. b. Language proficiency (enter ratings). (1) Comprehension.
- 14.b.(2) Speaking.
- 14. b. (3) Reading.
- 14. b. (4) Writing.
- Item 14. c. Performance in class (enter ratings). (1) Attitude and motivation.
- 14. c. (2) Attendance and punctuality.
- 14. c. (3) Ability to grasp instruction.
- 14. c. (4) Performance in practical exercises.
- 14. c. (5) Participation in class activities.
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.
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.
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.
Before you go, note what is not covered here. You have the blank form and instructions for completing it; you do not have legal guidance, and no statement on this page determines what any office will do with your submission. Direct those questions to not stated, to the personnel office that serves you, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2496?
- DD Form 2496, International Student Academic Report, February 1996.
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?