scope:

APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE

This Instruction applies to:

The Office of the Secretary of Defense, 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").

Any DoD Component assigned worldwide involved in the procurement, use, shipment, storage, inventory control, disposal by sale, or destruction of conventional arms, ammunition, and explosives. It also applies to all DoD contracts for which performance depends on access to DoD conventional AA&E.

Cooperative Research and Development Agreements and Memorandums of Agreement with other research partners and Government Agencies that involve furnished DoD conventional AA&E for a DoD effort.

Working groups and organizations formed to improve the oversight, management, control, safety, and security of conventional AA&E throughout the DoD logistics chain as addressed in the DoD Strategic Plan for the Distribution of AA&E (reference (e)).

REISSUANCE AND PURPOSE

This Instruction:

Reissues reference (a) according to the guidance in reference (b).

Continues the Physical Security Review Board, but renames it as the Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives (AA&E) Physical Review Board. The new name reflects the deletion of nuclear matters from the board's charter and the addition of conventional AA&E security policy implemented by reference (c).

Outlines the authorities, responsibilities, and functions relative to the formulation of worldwide uniform policy, standards, and guidance for the physical security of conventional arms, ammunition, and explosives in the possession or custody of the DoD Components.

Authorizes the publication and implementation of reference (c) consistent with the requirements of reference (d).