scope:

PURPOSE. This Instruction:

a. Reissues DoD Directive (DoDD) 4140.58 (Reference (a)) as an Instruction in accordance with the authority in DoDD 5124.02 (Reference (b)) to update policy and responsibilities for preparing and submitting the NGRER to the Congress on Reserve Component (RC) equipment in accordance with section 10541 of title 10, United States Code (Reference (c)).

b. Reiterates policy and assigns responsibilities associated with equipping the RCs.

c. Incorporates new reporting requirements directed in Public Law 110-181 (Reference (d)).

APPLICABILITY. This Instruction 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, the National Guard Bureau, and all other organizational entities within the Department of Defense.