scope:

PURPOSE. This Instruction:

a. Reissues DoD Directive (DoDD) 3305.6 (Reference (a)) as a DoD Instruction (DoDI) in accordance with the guidance in DoDI 5025.01 (Reference (b)) and the authority in Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum (Reference (c)), sections 136 and 167 of title 10, United States Code (Reference (d)), and DoD Directive 5111.1 (Reference (e)).

b. Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for determining SOF foreign language policy.

APPLICABILITY

a. This Instruction 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 collectively referred to as the "DoD Components").

b. This Instruction also applies to all contracts with civilian organizations and consultants engaged to support SOF and related DoD language training for SOF personnel and to all agreements with U.S. Government agencies through which a DoD Component provides or receives support for SOF language training to the extent incorporated into those agreements.