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PURPOSE. In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5124.02 (Reference (a)), this instruction reissues DoD Instruction 1320.11 (Reference (b)) to update policy, responsibilities, and procedures for:

a. The implementation of section 628 of Title 10, United States Code (Reference (c)) on the use of Special Selection Boards for commissioned officers on Military Service active-duty lists (including former commissioned officers previously on active duty) and commissioned warrant officers (chief warrant officers and former warrant officers) on Service warrant officer activeduty lists.

b. Reserve Component use of Special Selection Boards for commissioned officers on the reserve active-status list in accordance with section 14502 of Reference (c).

APPLICABILITY. This instruction applies to:

a. 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 within the Department of Defense.

b. The commissioned officers on the active-duty list, former commissioned officers previously on active duty, warrant officers, former warrant officers, commissioned warrant officers on the warrant officer active-duty list, and commissioned officers on the reserve activestatus list.