scope:

Scope and Applicability.

This instruction applies to the Navy Team. All active-duty Navy personnel, both Regular and Reserve; midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy (USNA) and the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC); Reserve personnel when performing active or inactive duty for training or engaging in any activity directly related to the performance of a Department of Defense (DoD) Reserve duty or function; members of other Services when assigned or attached to a Navy unit; all Navy civilians; and all other Navy commands and activities.

Purpose.

a. To establish Navy Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policy, mission, vision, goals, define requirements and assign responsibility for implementation of Navy DEI framework in references (a) through (h).

b. This instruction formalizes the Navy's DEI framework, governance, stakeholder roles and responsibilities, mission, vision, goals, training, education and core competencies. Major changes to Navy DEI policy include the governance of Navy DEI under the Culture of Excellence (COE) framework and the deckplate execution and assessment of DEI policy leveraging the Command Resilience Team (CRT) construct. This is a complete revision and should be reviewed in its entirety.