scope:

The policies and processes contained in this instruction are applicable to:

a. All material, regardless of supply material condition code, held in naval inventory records or in contracted custody and classified as ammunition, inert weapons or components, and ordnance containers or packaging items designated as reusable (hereafter referred to as conventional ordnance). This instruction does not apply to nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles or biological and chemical weapons.

b. All naval activities that manufacture, maintain, receive, issue, store or ship conventional ordnance, including sonobuoys.

c. All government and contractor personnel involved with naval conventional ordnance production, operational logistics support, and life cycle and information systems management are included under the provisions of this instruction.

d. All activities responsible for reporting transactions to the Ordnance Information System (OIS). This includes all major claimants or commands, type commanders, and regional commands with subordinate commands and activities that handle or store conventional ordnance for the purpose of inventory accuracy oversight, corrective action, and training. Shore activities with large customer bases, high throughput and or large amounts of stock under management are designated as primary stock points with special inventory requirements as stated within this instruction.

Purpose

a. To provide policy regarding the accountability for conventional ordnance inventory.

b. To assign responsibilities for achieving and sustaining conventional ordnance inventory accuracy.

c. To establish conventional ordnance inventory accuracy and inventory effectiveness performance objectives.

d. To implement requirements and procedures contained in references (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e).

e. This revision updates several references, adds enclosure (1) for class V material management, and changes a number of responsibilities previously assigned to the Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUPSYSCOM) and Naval Education and Training Command (NETC), while adding responsibilities to NAVSUPSYSCOM Global Logistics Support-Ammunition (NAVSUP GLS-AMMO) and ship masters. This instruction is a complete revision and should be reviewed in its entirety.