scope:

Scope and Applicability

a. This instruction applies to all U.S. Navy personnel holders, users, and processors of NC2-ESI, and material previously classified as Single Integrated Operations Plan- Extremely Sensitive Information (SIOP-ESI).

b. Reference (a) provides complete instructions from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) for NC2-ESI. References (b) and (c) provide complete instructions for the Department of the Navy (DON) Personnel Security and Information Security Programs, respectively. They prescribe measures for accreditation, visitors, classification, reproduction, destruction, accountability, safekeeping, storage, transfer, transportation, dissemination, and transmission of official information, and include within their scope the documents that constitute NC2-ESI. This instruction is supplemental to references (a) through (c). It provides additional guidance to Navy commands where necessary and applies specifically to NC2- ESI.

c. Enclosures (1), (2), and (3) contain the policy and procedures for the DON with regard to the security of NC2-ESI. This instruction applies to all holders, users, and processors of NC2-ESI and material previously classified SIOP-ESI. Enclosure (3) is a sample memo and must contain all information indicated.

Purpose.

To implement reference (a), the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) policy for safeguarding nuclear command and control (NC2) extremely sensitive information (ESI). This instruction is a complete revision and must be reviewed in its entirety. Major changes to this revision include:

a. minor policy changes, while verifying compliance and applicability with current references.

b. direction for the process for submitting the annual NC2-ESI report to the Joint Staff Deputy Director, Nuclear and Homeland Defense Operations (Joint Staff J-36/DDNHDO).

c. establishment of Commanding Officer, Take Charge and Move Out Weapons School as an access granting authority.