scope:

Purpose:

In accordance with DoD Directive 5145.01, this issuance:

• Implements the requirement established in Executive Order 12473 for the Manual for Courts-Martial (MCM) to be reviewed annually.

• Establishes the organizational structure of the JSC and defines the roles, responsibilities, and procedures of the JSC in reviewing and proposing changes to the MCM and its supplementary materials and proposing legislation to amend Chapter 47 of Title 10, United States Code, also known and referred to in this instruction as the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).

• Provides authority to assign the responsibility for publishing the MCM and its supplementary materials to the Secretary of a Military Department.

APPLICABILITY.

This issuance 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 DoD.