scope:

Purpose: In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5122.05, this issuance:

• Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for interacting with business and business industry organizations pursuant to DoDD 5500.07, DoD 5500.07-R, and DoDD 5410.18.

• Provides guidance relative to policies and programs for:

o Participating in public affairs-oriented activities involving businesses and business industry organizations.

o Handling outside requests for a DoD statement of non-objection to use DoD visual information (VI), as well as VI from other sources depicting military material, equipment, personnel, and official military-specific uniforms and insignia for commercial purposes.