scope:

Purpose: This issuance implements policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures to identify required core capabilities for depot maintenance and the associated workloads needed to sustain those capabilities pursuant to DoD Directives 4151.18 and 5134.01, the January 31, 2018 Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum, and the January 5, 2018 Secretary of Defense Memorandum.

APPLICABILITY. This issuance:

a. Applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) 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 (referred to collectively in this issuance as the "DoD Components").

b. Does not apply to the United States Coast Guard.