Start here if you have been told to submit DD Form 2934. First, know what you are filling: National Language Service Corps (NLSC) Global Language Self-Assessment. The document is titled DD Form 2934, NLSC Pilot Global Skills Self-Assessment, January 2016.
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.
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.
Work through the fields one at a time and leave nothing blank. When a box does not apply to you, write N/A rather than skipping it, so the reviewer can see you read the question. Follow the date format printed beside each date field instead of the one you normally use.
Do not skip past the Privacy Act Statement. It is placed ahead of the personal data fields on purpose: it explains under what authority you are being asked, what happens to the information, and what follows if you decline. Take the minute it costs.
Sign last, and sign properly. On paper that means ink in the signature block. Electronically it means a digital signature, usually applied with your Common Access Card in a reader that supports it. Typing your name into the field does not sign anything. Then add the date beside your signature — an unsigned or undated form is the most common reason one comes back.
Then check your work against the usual failures: an obsolete edition, empty required boxes, handwriting nobody can read after scanning, wrong date format, missing signature or date.
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
Begin by choosing a file. Available here: PDF. Plan for 4 pages and about 12 entries.
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.
All of it downloads free. When you are ready to work, do this: save the file locally, then open it in a full pdf application. Browsers often ignore field properties, and you can lose everything you typed.
What the form asks for
- 1. Self-rating of listening proficiency in target language. Press space bar to mark X in first box if no proficiency, second box if elementary proficiency, third box if slightly better but not quite: fourth box if limited working proficiency, fifth box if slightly better but not quite: sixth box if general professional proficiency, seventh box if slightly better but not quite: eighth box if advanced professional proficiency, ninth box if slightly better but not quite: tenth box if educated native proficiency.
- NLSC control number.
- Target language.
- 2. Self-rating of reading proficiency in target language. X first box if no proficiency, second box if elementary proficiency, third box if slightly better but not quite: fourth box if limited working proficiency, fifth box if slightly better but not quite: sixth box if general professional proficiency, seventh box if slightly better but not quite: eighth box if advanced professional proficiency, ninth box if slightly better but not quite: tenth box if educated native proficiency.
- 3. Self-rating of speaking proficiency in target language. X first box if no proficiency, second box if elementary proficiency, third box if slightly better but not quite: fourth box if limited working proficiency, fifth box if slightly better but not quite: sixth box if general professional proficiency, seventh box if slightly better but not quite: eighth box if advanced professional proficiency, ninth box if slightly better but not quite: tenth box if educated native proficiency.
- 4. Self-rating of writing proficiency in target language. X first box if no proficiency, second box if elementary proficiency, third box if slightly better but not quite: fourth box if limited working proficiency, fifth box if slightly better but not quite: sixth box if general professional proficiency, seventh box if slightly better but not quite: eighth box if advanced professional proficiency, ninth box if slightly better but not quite: tenth box if educated native proficiency.
Now that it is complete, send it where not stated or your local procedure says it goes. Before you do, make yourself a copy — scan it or save the file elsewhere. It costs you nothing and saves you the whole exercise if the original goes missing.
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.
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 2934?
- DD Form 2934, NLSC Pilot Global Skills Self-Assessment, January 2016
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?