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PURPOSE. This Instruction:

a. Reissues DoD Directive 1332.14 (Reference (a)), by combining Reference (a) and DoD Instruction 1332.15 (Reference (b)) as one DoD Instruction (DoDI) in accordance with the guidance in DoD Instruction 5025.01 (Reference (c)) and the authority in DoD Directive 5124.02 (Reference (d)).

b. Establishes DoD policy, responsibilities, and procedures governing administrative separation of enlisted personnel from the Military Services.

APPLICABILITY. This Instruction applies:

a. To 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 in the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components"). The term "Military Services," as used herein refers to the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Marine Corps.

b. Only to administrative separation proceedings initiated on or after the date this issuance is signed unless the Secretary of the Military Department concerned determines that it should be applied in a particular case in which proceedings were initiated before that date.