scope:

PURPOSE

Instruction. This Instruction is composed of several volumes, each containing its own purpose. The purpose of the overall Instruction is to establish and implement policy, establish procedures, provide guidelines and model programs, delegate authority, and assign responsibilities regarding civilian personnel management within the Department of Defense.

Volume. This Volume of this Instruction:

Assigns authority and responsibility and prescribes procedures for implementation of the DoD CARE Program. The purpose of the Program is to accomplish the reduction and realignment of the Department's workforce with minimum employee and organizational disruption and in a humane and effective manner. During such reduction and realignment actions, the CARE Program achieves its objective through the use of mandatory employee placements (Volume 1800 of this Instruction), civilian separation incentives, early retirements, retraining initiatives, transition entitlements and benefits, and continuity of operations tools described in the 1700 series of Volumes of this Instruction.

Cancels and supersedes Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management and Personnel Memorandum (Reference (a)).

APPLICABILITY

Unless specifically excepted from one or more elements of the CARE Program by DoD policy, this Volume applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint 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 collectively as the "DoD Components"). The term "Military Departments" as used in this Volume refers to the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Marine Corps (including their applicable National Guard and Reserve Units).

Unless otherwise stated herein, this Volume does not apply to nonappropriated fund employees or non-U.S. citizen employees.