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Purpose. To prescribe the policy, authority, and responsibility for the establishment and disestablishment of shore (field) activities of the Department of the Navy (DON) as authorized by reference (a), to define policy regarding approval of change of homeport assignment, and to provide for assignment and distribution of authority and responsibility for the administration of shore (field) activities of the DON and the coordination of all naval personnel located ashore in accordance with chapter 3, section 2, article 0312 of reference (b). This instruction has been administratively revised and should be reviewed in its entirety.