You need DD Form 2715-3, and this page gives you the blank plus the steps for handling it. Start with what the form does: Prisoner Restoration/Return to Duty, Clemency and Parole Statement. Its official title is DD Form 2715-3, Prisoner Restoration/Return to Duty, Clemency and Parole Statement, March 2013.
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.
For questions about a specific entry, check the form's own instructions, and if that does not settle it, open not stated. The directive controls where they differ.
Download the form
Step one is picking the format. You have PDF to choose from, across 2 pages, with approximately 47 fields to complete.
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.
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
- Report date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no separators).
- 1. Prisoner name (last, first, middle).
- 2. DoD Identification number or Social security number (last 4 only).
- 3. Correctional facility.
- Section 1 - Restoration/Return to duty. Press space bar to mark X in first box if requests restoration/return, or second box if does not request.
- Section 2 - Clemency. 6. Mark X if waiving right to be considered for clemency.
- 7. I hereby request to be considered for clemency in the following form(s): Mark X if reduction in length of sentence.
- Mark X if reduction or remission of forfeitures.
- Mark X if reduction or remission of fine.
- Mark X if substitution of administrative discharge for punitive discharge.
- Mark X if remission of dismissal (officers and cadets only).
- Mark X if mitigation of a Dishonorable Discharge to a Bad Conduct Discharge.
- Mark X if restoration to pay grade.
- Enter pay grade if applicable.
- Mark X if restoration of precedence (officers only).
- 8. My reasons for requesting clemency are as follows:
- 9. Prisoner/supervisee signature.
- 10. Witness signature.
- 11. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 12. Certification. a. Certifying official (name, grade and title).
- Signature of certifying official.
- Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Section 3 - Parole. 13. Under regulation I become eligible for parole consideration on: (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 14. Mark X in first box if desire, or second box if do not desire, to be considered for parole.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 2715-3?
- DD Form 2715-3, Prisoner Restoration/Return to Duty, Clemency and Parole Statement, March 2013
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?