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PURPOSE. This Instruction:

a. Reissues DoD Instruction 1304.27 (Reference (a)) under the authority of DoD Directive 5124.02 (Reference (b)).

b. Establishes departmental policy in accordance with Reference (b) and sections 204, 206, 307, and 372 of title 37, United States Code (U.S.C.) (Reference (c)).

c. Identifies conditions of entitlement and restrictions on authorization and payment. These and all other conditions of entitlement and restrictions on authorization and payment or rates will be determined in accordance with this Instruction and section 307 of Reference (c). 

APPLICABILITY. This Instruction applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint 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 within 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.