scope:

PURPOSE

This Instruction: 

Establishes policy and assigns responsibility under Reference (a) for developing standardized force structure data that will provide on-demand information in a net-centric environment. Force structure data will be available electronically in a joint hierarchical way for integration and use throughout the Department of Defense.

Establishes policy and directs implementation of Force Management Identifiers (FMIDS), following the direction of the Senior Readiness Oversight Council according to Reference (b), to uniquely identify and tag force structure data at all organizational levels of the Department of Defense. This policy will provide the foundation for net-centric data management throughout the Department of Defense. Such identifiers will facilitate GFM, readiness reporting according to Reference (c), and manpower management according to Reference (d).

APPLICABILITY

This Instruction applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Military Departments (including the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a Service in the Navy under agreement with the Secretary of Homeland Security), 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").