Start here if you have been told to submit DD Form 2884. First, know what you are filling: DoD Youth Program Annual Summary of Operations. The document is titled DD Form 2884, DoD Youth Program Annual Summary of Operations, July 2004.
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.
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.
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 Old copies circulate in shared drives for years, and a DD form is revised centrally for every service at once, so a superseded blank may not carry the fields your reviewer expects.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
Step one is picking the format. You have PDF to choose from, across 1 pages, with approximately 90 fields to complete.
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
- 3.b. How many installations offer: (1) Program activities.
- 3.b. How many installations offer: (2) Residential camps.
- 3.b. How many installations offer: (3) Instructional classes.
- 3.b. How many installations offer: (4) sports programs.
- 3.b. How many installations offer: (5) Adventure activities.
- 3.b. How many installations offer: (6) Special events.
- 3.b. How many installations offer: (7) Core programs.
- 3.b. How many installations offer: (8) Specialty camps.
- 3.b. How many installations offer: (9) Vacation camps.
- 3.b. How many installations offer: (10) Teen programs.
- 4. Total number of facilities designated as: a. Youth centers.
- 4.b. Total number of facilities designated as: b. Teen centers.
- 1. Branch of service/defense agency.
- 2. Time period covered (1 Oct XXXX - 30 Sep XXXX).
- 3. Total installations providing youth programs.
- 3.a. Total number of installations providing a youth sponsorship program.
- 4.c. Which of the following types of facilities do you use to provide services to youth? (1) Press space bar to mark X if off-installation schools.
- (2) X if on-installation schools (DoDEA).
- (3) X if on-installation schools sponsored by organizations other than DoDEA.
- (4) X if on-base facilities.
- (5) X if contracted facility.
- (6) X if other type of facility.
- Specify other type of facility.
- 5. What is the enrollment for each program on: a. Date in September (XX).
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.
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.
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 2884?
- DD Form 2884, DoD Youth Program Annual Summary of Operations, July 2004
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?