scope:

PURPOSE.

This Instruction:

a. Reissues DoD Directive (DoDD) 1334.2 (Reference (a)) as a DoD Instruction (DoDI) in accordance with the authority in DoDD 5124.02 (Reference (b)) to establish policies and procedures and assign responsibilities to frock officers in accordance with sections 777 and 777a of title 10, United States Code (Reference (c)).

b. Incorporates and cancels Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (PDUSD(P&R)) Memorandums (References (d) and (e)), and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy Memorandums (References (f), (g), and (h)). 

APPLICABILITY.

This Instruction applies to:

a. OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) 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 within the Department of Defense.

b. All commissioned officers in the Military Services, except for the United States Coast Guard.