scope:

APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE

This Instruction applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities in the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to as the "DoD Components"). As used herein, the term "Military Services" refers to the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Marine Corps.

Its provisions encompass all active military manpower authorizations directly funded from DoD active duty military personnel appropriations, including reimbursables, and accounted for or programmed in the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) and in other reports submitted to OSD under the provisions of References (a) through (o).

PURPOSE

This Instruction establishes uniform policies, procedures, and definitions for military manpower accounting and programming within the Department of Defense. Cross-Service consistency in manpower reporting is necessary for effective management of defense military manpower.