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PURPOSE

DoD Manual (DoDM) 5040.06 provides guidance and prescribes procedures for recording, captioning, handling, preserving, and storing VI records to maximize the usefulness of VI to both the DoD mission and the historical record. The guidance and procedures authorized by DoDM 5040.06 are contained in four separate volumes: "Decision Logic Table Instructions for Recording and Handling Visual Information Material," "Instructions for Handling Visual Information Material," "VI Records Schedule," and "Department of Defense Imagery and Caption Style Guide," currently in development.

This Volume is issued pursuant to the authority of DoD Instruction 5040.6 (Reference (a)). It designates VI records as either archival or temporary. Once approved by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), this Volume, as a records schedule, will provide legal authorization for the destruction of disposable VI records.

This Volume cancels Attachment 3 of ASD(PA) Directives-Type Memorandum (Reference (b)).

APPLICABILITY

This Volume 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 referred to collectively as the "DoD Components"). The Manual is mandatory for use by all DoD Components. The Heads of the DoD Components and their designees may issue supplementary guidelines and instructions as necessary.

This Volume does not cover the VI media, content, or organizations listed in Enclosure 2.