scope:

Applicability

a. This NPD applies to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities and Technical and Service Support Centers.

b. The provisions of this NPD relate to the detailing of military personnel to NASA under the terms of the NASA/DoD agreements cited in paragraph 4. They do not relate to military personnel temporarily assigned to NASA to serve in a liaison or observer capacity or to perform other functions for the DoD.

c. In this directive, all document citations are assumed to be the latest version unless otherwise noted.

d. In this directive, the terms: "may" or "can" denote discretionary privilege or permission, "should" denotes a good practice and is recommended, but not required, "will" denotes expected outcome, and "are/is" denotes descriptive material.