scope:

This instruction applies to all individuals who may occasionally embark or take passage in U.S. naval ships, with the following exceptions:

a. Civilians who are accredited as U.S. Navy Technicians. (See reference (c).)

b. News correspondents who are authorized to embark under the procedures prescribed by reference (d).

c. Members of the Congress, congressional staff members, and congressional committee staff members who have been invited to embark for the purpose of orientation, or to witness certain operations or demonstrations.

d. Those civilian youth groups under Navy sponsorship, described in reference (e), who are authorized to embark under the following directives:

(1) Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC) cadets on training cruises and visits in support of objectives of the ROTC Vitalization Act of 1964, Public Law 88-647. (See reference (f).)

(2) Naval Sea Cadet Corps (NSCC) personnel on training cruises and visits in connection with NSCC activities approved by CNO. (See reference (g).)

(3) National Scouting Program participants. (See reference (h).)

(4) Navy Science Awards Program participants; the Chief of Naval Research is assigned overall responsibility for administering that program. (See reference (i).)

e. Special agents of the Naval Investigative Service, where embarkation is authorized under standing directives issued by the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT); Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet (CINCLANTFLT); Commander in Chief, U,S. Naval Forces, Europe (CINCUSNAVEUR); or Commander, Military Sealift Command (COMSC).