Effective 18 December 2007, the ACTEDS office will no longer accept DD1556s to request training.  They have been replaced with the SF182. This fillable form includes the option to use electronic signatures (highly recommended). The information on the 182 is identical (with one exception) to that on the 1556, but it has been rearranged.

Block 15: All students funded by ACTEDS incur a service obligation. The “Yes” box must therefore be marked in Block 15.  If a student is going to class part-time, his or her obligation is the greater of the number of hours spent in class OR one month. If the student is taking more than one class in a semester, the obligations are served consecutively. Full-time students incur an obligation of three times the time spent in class. In either case, the obligated time starts the day after class ends.

Section C: Fill out blocks 1a, 1b, 1c, and 6 only. Block 6 should read:
Department of the Army
G-1 Resource Management Office
2461 Eisenhower Ave.
Alexandria, VA  22331
703-325-6523

Section D: Your immediate supervisor's information should go in Blocks 1a-1e. He or she can sign electronically in 1d.  Block 3a should read: Martha Newman, Chief, Engineers & Scientists (Non-Construction) Career Program Office. Block 3b should read: 703-806-0893. Block 3c should read: martha.newman1@us.army.mil.  Blocks 31d and 31e should be left blank.

Section E: Block 1a should read: Vonnie J. Marino, Budget Analyst.  The rest of Section E should be blank. Section F may be left blank also.

After signing the form, your supervisor should send it to martha.newman1@us.army.mil. For the electronic signature to take, the signer must save the signed form.

For questions, please call:

Martha Newman
Chief, Engineers & Scientists (Non-Construction) Career Program Office
410-436-4594/DSN 584-4594 (Mon & Tues)
703-806-0893/DSN 656-0893 (Wed - Fri).