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HomeRetiredMilitarynewseventsnewsletterDecember2023 Newest Form Wizard: DD 2656-6

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# Introducing Our Newest Form Wizard: DD 2656-6, Survivor Benefit Plan Election Change Certificate  

We are excited to announce our newest Form Wizard for the DD 2656-6, Survivor Benefit Plan Election Change Certificate. The DD Form 2656-6 is used to make changes to your Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) election, as you experience life-changing events throughout your retirement. This Form Wizard has built-in logic based on your current SBP status and will only provide you the options that are viable to you in updating your SBP election.    Our Form Wizards “take the form out of the form” and are a great tool to assist you in completing the forms necessary to keep your retirement account up to date.The Form Wizard will ask you a series of questions regarding your individual status and populate your responses within the form. Once all responses are populated, you will then be able to generate a completed copy of the form. Upon generating the completed PDF, you can print, sign/witness and then upload your completed form to askDFAS at **https://corpweb1.dfas.mil/askDFAS/ticketInput.action?subCategoryID=19104**.For additional information on askDFAS and the benefits in using it, please see the article provided within this newsletter.    We **strongly encourage** our customers to take advantage of using the Form Wizards even if they are not fully electronic because the Form Wizards eliminate the guesswork and assist in ensuring the form is completed correctly the first time. Form Wizards are located on the Forms Library webpage of the DFAS Retired and Annuitant website at **https://www.dfas.mil/raforms**. The Form Wizard is positioned above the PDF version of the form on the website.**Retiree Form Wizards**     DD 2894, Designation of Beneficiary Information (Arrears of Pay)     DD 2656-6, Survivor Benefit Plan Election Change Certificate**Annuitant/Survivor Form Wizards**     SF 1174, Claim for Unpaid Compensation of Deceased Member of the Uniformed Service (AOP)     DD 2656-7, Verification For Survivor Annuity     DD 2788, Child Annuitant’s School Certificate     DFAS 9415, Representative Payee Application     Please note that as forms are being updated in newer versions of Adobe. When using Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Safari to access an Adobe Form Wizard, you may need to download or save the PDF (by clicking the download or save icon in the upper right-hand corner of the page). Then go to the saved location and open the form/Form Wizard. It is not recommended to save completed forms on a public or shared computer due to Personal Identifiable Information (PII). If prompted, you may need to update to the latest version of Adobe Reader for Windows® or Mac to download and open the Form Wizard. 

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