scope:

Applicability.

This regulation applies to the Active Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated.

Purpose

This regulation prescribes selection criteria for assignment of Active Army (AA) personnel to the Defense Attaché System (DAS) and selection criteria for assignment of Army Reserve Component (RC) personnel to DAS drilling individual mobilization augmentee (DIMA) positions. It specifies the responsibilities of headquarters, agencies, and staff support elements involved in AA and RC DAS activities, required qualifications for personnel seeking DAS duty, procedures for submitting initial DAS applications, requests for consecutive DAS assignments, and procedures for requesting assignment to RC DAS DIMA duty.