scope:

Scope and Applicability.

This directive applies to all personnel, military and civilian, assigned or attached to NLSC headquarters and field units, including DSOs, RLSOs, the VLCP and their respective detachments and branch offices.

Purpose.

To issue policy for the operation of Defense Service Offices (DSOs), Region Legal Service Offices (RLSOs), their respective detachments and branch offices, and the Victims' Legal Counsel Program (VLCP). There have been a number of significant changes in Department of the Navy (DON) and NLSC policy and structure since the issuance of COMNAVLEGSVCCOMINST 5800.1G, to include the creation or renaming of several NLSC positions, addition of the VLCP, realignment of Navel Justice School under the Judge Advocate General, changes in the Reserve Law Program, the codification of Commander's Critical Information Requirements (CCIR) for Commander, Navel Legal Service Command (CNLSC), changes to Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) Article 32 hearings, and the Military Justice Act of 2016. This instruction is a complete revision of the previous instruction and should be read in its entirety.