scope:

To assign responsibilities and provide guidance for the administration of the IP within the Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) in consonance with references (a) and (b).

Applicability. Activities shall administer the expenditure of IP funds with the objective of providing every eligible IMS, within the limits of resources available, the opportunity to view as many as possible of the topics or themes listed in subparagraph 3a above. Participation in IP activities, other than those that are an integral part of the course program of instruction, is voluntary but will be encouraged as stated in reference (a). IP funds are not to be used for the following:

a. Purchase of alcoholic beverages.

b. Purchase of food outside the military installation unless associated with an IP trip where students do not stay at or have the opportunity to dine upon a military installation.

c. Payment of entertainment expenses for activities that are substantially of a recreational character, including, but not limited to, entrance fees at sporting events, theatrical and musical productions, and amusement parks.

d. Support of purely academic objectives such as field study trips that are an integral part of the training course curriculum. In such cases, expenses will be included as part of the tuition cost rather than being drawn from IP funds.

e. Defray transportation expenses to and from field study assignments when such assignments are for academic purposes and not specifically intended to further the goals of the IP. Nor should IP funds be used to provide routine transportation services, e.g., to and from classes or transporting arriving and departing IMSs unless a programmed IP event is planned.