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PURPOSE. This Instruction:

a. Reissues DoD Directive (DoDD) 5160.48 (Reference (a)) as a DoD Instruction (DoDI) in accordance with the authority in DoDD 5122.05 (Reference (b)) to establish policy and assign responsibilities for PA&VI E&T across the DoD.

b. Designates the Defense Information School (DINFOS) in the Defense Media Activity (DMA) as the principal source of PA&VI E&T common core training in the DoD. The DINFOS charter is at Enclosure 2.

c. Implements PA&VI E&T guidance in References (b) through (i).

APPLICABILITY. 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 within the DoD (hereafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components").