scope:

This instruction applies to all Navy personnel (military, civilian, and contractors), commands, and activities that store and handle munitions or have a responsibility for the design of new or modification of existing ammunition or explosive items.

Purpose. To define policy, authority and responsibility for management of the Navy's disposition process for excess, obsolete, unserviceable, and waste military munitions generated or received at naval activities. The disposition process includes demilitarization (demil), recycling, declassification, and disposal. This instruction is a substantial revision and should be reviewed in its entirety.