scope:

REISSUANCE AND PURPOSE.

This Instruction reissues reference (a), implements policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for developing and sustaining comprehensive systems for providing, assessing, and monitoring medical readiness training and medical skills training for deployable military medical personnel.

APPLICABILITY

This Instruction applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments, (including the Coast Guard, when it is not operating as a Military Service in the Department of the Navy, by agreement with the Department of Transportation), the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DOD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as "the DOD Components").