scope:

APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE

This Instruction:

Applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Military Departments, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 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").

Applies to foreign incidents involving the deliberate or inadvertent release of CBRNE materials, including Toxic Industrial Chemicals and Toxic Industrial Materials.

PURPOSE

This Instruction establishes policy and assigns responsibilities under Reference (a) for DoD support to U.S. Government (USG) foreign consequence management (FCM) operations in response to a foreign chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high-yield explosive (CBRNE) incident.