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Purpose. This instruction provides the procedures and responsibilities for implementation of the DOD Joint Officer Management (JOM) and Joint Qualification System (JQS) per references a through c. Reference a delegates the authority to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to establish and publish regulations and procedures to ensure compliance with the statutory and Department policy standards for DOD's JOM program.

Applicability

a. This instruction applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Office of the Inspector General of the DOD, The Joint Staff, CJCScontrolled activities, the Military Departments, combatant commands, Defense agencies, jointly manned activities, DOD field activities, U.S. elements of combined commands and Military Department elements of U.S. Government agencies outside the DOD.

b. This instruction applies to all joint positions grades O-1 through O-6, all commissioned military officers grades O-1 through O-6 except as follows:

(1) Commissioned warrant officers.

(2) Retired commissioned officers.

(3) Officers of the Coast Guard.

(4) Officers on an inactive status list.

(5) Officers in the Retired Reserve.

c. Reference d applies to the management of General/Flag Officer (G/FO) positions and provides procedures for requesting changes to G/FO positions, joint qualifications for G/FO personnel, and procedures relating to O-7 and O-8 promotion selection boards. Appropriate G/FO data from the Special Assistant for General/Flag Officer Matters is incorporated into the Joint Duty Assignment List (JDAL) (Enclosure D) for production, is uploaded into the Joint Duty Assignment Management Information System (JDAMIS) (Enclosure C), and the Annual Joint Officer Management Report to the Congress (Enclosure M); therefore, discussion on processing these positions is necessary.

d. Enclosure L of this instruction applies to officer promotion selection boards convened under reference e.