Start here if you have been told to submit DD Form 2947-2. First, know what you are filling: TRICARE Young Adult Application - 2018 (WEST). The document is titled DD 2947, Sep 2016, "TRICARE Young Adult Application".
Then look at the edition date: not stated, publisher status not stated. After that, ask whether the form covers your situation. It almost certainly does regardless of your branch — DD forms run Department-wide rather than through a single service.
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.
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.
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 Old copies circulate in shared drives for years, and a DD form is revised centrally for every service at once, so a superseded blank may not carry the fields your reviewer expects.
Fill every box as you come to it. If an item does not apply, enter N/A — an empty field looks like an oversight, and the form comes back to you. Watch the date fields especially: use the format the form specifies, not your habitual one.
Stop at the Privacy Act Statement and read it through. You will find the authority for the collection, the principal purpose, the routine uses, and whether disclosure is voluntary or mandatory. Read it now, while you still have the choice of what to disclose.
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.
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
Begin by choosing a file. Available here: PDF. Plan for 4 pages and about 102 entries.
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.
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
- Contractor's name
- Telephone or fax for OCONUS
- Contractor website.
- Servicing contractor information: Name, mailing address, web address and service fees..
- US Family Health Plan
- Street Address
- City, state, 9-digit zip code
- Telephone
- US Family Health Plan
- Street Address
- City, state, 9-digit zip code
- Telephone
- TRICARE Young Adult option desired. Press space bar to mark X in first box if TRICARE Standard, second box if TRICARE Prime, third box if TRICARE Overseas Program Prime, or fourth box if Uniformed Services Family Health Plan.
- Section I - Sponsor information. 1. Sponsor name (last, first, middle initial) (must match DEERS).
- 3. Sponsor is: X first box if active duty, second if retired, third if Selected Reserve, fourth if Retired Reserve, or fifth if deceased.
- 4. Sponsor's work telephone number (include area code/extensions).
- Residential telephone number(s).
- 5. Sponsor's email address.
- X this box to receive TRICARE e-mails.
- X if new address.
- 6. Sponsor's residence address (street, apartment number, city, state, zip code, country).
- X if same as residence address.
- X if new address.
- 7. Sponsor's mailing address (provide APO or FPO if stationed overseas).
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.
When DD Form 2947-2 references another form, search on the series and number. Because DD numbers are common to every military department, the number by itself identifies exactly one document.
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 2947-2?
- DD 2947, Sep 2016, "TRICARE Young Adult Application"
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?