You need DD Form 2518, and this page gives you the blank plus the steps for handling it. Start with what the form does: Fulfillment of DoD Mandatory Training Requirement. Its official title is DD Form 2518, Fulfillment of DOD Mandatory Training Requirement, September 1988..
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.
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.
Before your first entry, look at the corner of the page and compare the printed date with not stated. If they do not match, stop and download again. Old copies circulate in shared drives for years, and a DD form is revised centrally for every service at once, so a superseded blank may not carry the fields your reviewer expects.
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 1 pages, and you will complete roughly 27 fields.
Download the pdf first. After it opens, test a field with your cursor. Fillable means you type, tab to the next box, and save your work inside the file. Printable means the page is a flat blank, so print it and write your answers in ink.
Go with the typed route whenever the choice is yours. Consider what happens after you submit: the copy gets scanned, forwarded and filed, and each pass costs handwriting some legibility. Block letters help if you are stuck with a pen.
Check your software before choosing xfdl. That format belongs to IBM Lotus Forms, long used for Defense form distribution, and it needs the matching viewer. Get the viewer installed, then come back for the file.
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
- 2. Course Number.
- 3. Course title.
- 6. Signature.
- Section 1 - Individual request. 1. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- 7. Date signed (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 8. Social security number. Do not include dashes.
- 9. Title.
- 4. Course level (entry, intermediate, senior, etc.).
- 10. Series.
- 11. Grade/rank.
- 12. Office symbol.
- 13. Location.
- 14. Current level (entry, immediate, senior, etc.).
- 15. Date entered current level (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Section 2 - Supervisor's recommendation. 16. Concurrence/nonconcurrence. Press space bar to mark X in first box if concur, second box if do not concur.
- 17. Supervisor signature.
- 18. Date signed (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 19. Duty title.
- 20. Office symbol.
- 21. Location.
- Section 3 - Disposition. 22. Approval/disapproval. X first box if approved, second box if disapproved.
- 23. Signature of approving official.
- 24. Date signed (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 25. Duty title.
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.
Watch out for one trap here. If your instructions cite a DA form as well, do not assume the numbers are connected. DA numbering belongs to the Army alone; DD numbering belongs to the Department and is administered by not stated or another Department office. The same number in each system means two unrelated forms, so read the prefix before you download.
Do not archive this file and reuse it in a year. Forms are reissued as directives are revised, as data requirements shift, and as statutory notice text is amended. Your protection is simple: download fresh each time and confirm the edition date.
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 2518?
- DD Form 2518, Fulfillment of DOD Mandatory Training Requirement, September 1988.
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?