scope:

This Instruction:

Implements reference (a).

Updates DoD procedures, and responsibilities pertaining to the assignment and reassignment of Service members.

Establishes uniform procedures for filling military billets established under reference (b).

APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE. This Instruction:

Applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Military Departments, the Office of 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"). The term "Military Services," as used herein refers to the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Marine Corps.