scope:

APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE

This Directive applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 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 in the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components"). The term "Military Services," as used herein, refers to the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Marine Corps. 

This Directive does not modify existing Military Department operational and training responsibilities that involve CREW systems.

PURPOSE

This Directive: 

Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for a DoD Executive Agent and Single Manager for Military Ground-Based CREW (hereafter referred to as CREW) Technology.

Designates the Secretary of the Navy as the DoD Executive Agent consistent with Reference (a).

Establishes a Joint CREW Program Board, a CREW Military Technical Acceptance Board (MTAB), and a CREW Science and Technology (S&T) Board, as described in Enclosure 2, and a Single Manager, as described in Enclosure 3, to assist in the execution of these assigned responsibilities. 

Replaces Reference (b).