scope:

APPLICABILITY

This Instruction applies to:

OSD, the Military Departments (including the Coast Guard at all times, including when it is a Service in the Department of Homeland Security by agreement with that Department), 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 within the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components").

Members of the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service and the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and their family members, when they are on active duty.

Policy for funding MWR programs is governed by DoDI 1015.15 (Reference (d)) and this Instruction.

This Instruction does not apply to Armed Services exchange operations, which are addressed in DoDI 1330.09 (Reference (e)) and DoDI 1330.21 (Reference (f)) or to civilian employee MWR programs, which are addressed in DoDI 1015.08 (Reference (g)).

PURPOSE.

This Instruction reissues DoD Instruction (DoDI) 1015.10 (Reference (a)) and incorporates and cancels DoD Directive (DoDD) 1015.2 (Reference (b) in accordance with the authority in DoDD 5124.02 (Reference (c)) to establish and implement policy, assign responsibilities, and prescribe procedures for operating and managing programs for military MWR programs.