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PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY

This guidance implements title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.), section 1051a, by assigning responsibilities for: (1) providing administrative services and support to all Military Operation Liaison Officers (MOLOs); (2) paying for commanddirected travel by a MOLO; (3) paying travel, subsistence, and medical expenses of MOLOs from a developing country; (4) defining the purposes for which United States (U.S.) appropriations or other funds provided for this purpose may be expended; and (5) specifying the procedures for executing, managing, recording, and reporting such expenditures.

This guidance applies to all Headquarters (HQ) of Combatant Commands (COCOMs), component commands, and subordinate operational commands of the United States in connection with the planning for, or conduct of, a military operation. A requirement to comply with this guidance shall be incorporated into contracts, as appropriate. It covers the execution, management, recording, and reporting of expenditures of U.S. appropriations and other funds made available for the purpose of providing administrative services and support to all MOLOs; command-directed travel by a MOLO; and travel, subsistence, medical, and other personal expenses for a MOLO from a developing country in connection with the temporary assignment of that officer to a COCOM HQ, when that assignment is requested by the commander of the COCOM.

All MOLOs may be provided administrative services and support.

Mission-related travel expenses of a MOLO may be paid or reimbursed in accordance with the Joint Federal Travel Regulations (JFTR). This applies only to travel that is in support of the national interests of the United States and the commander of the headquarters to which the MOLO is temporarily assigned directs round-trip travel from the assigned headquarters to one or more locations. In no case will the reimbursement to a MOLO exceed that authorized to U.S. military members.

The following expenses of a MOLO from a developing country may be paid in connection with the assignment of that officer to the HQ of a COCOM (not to a component or subordinate operational command), if that assignment is at the request of the commander of the COCOM:

A. Travel and subsistence.

B. Personal expenses directly necessary to carry out the duties of the MOLO in connection with that assignment.

C. Medical care at a civilian medical facility if:

1. Adequate medical care is not available to the MOLO at the local military medical treatment facility;

2. The Secretary of Defense determines that payment of such medical care is necessary and in the best interest of the United States; and

3. Medical care is not otherwise available to the MOLO pursuant to any treaty or other international agreement.