Personnel Management

Mr. William Fitzhugh

Director

Mission 

Develop relevant, responsive and data driven military personnel policies and programs, and provide oversight on assignments, separations, force management, military decorations and awards, Voluntary Education, and Transition Assistance in support of Department of War and the sustainment of the All-Volunteer Force.

Vision

Ensure military personnel policies and programs support the Secretary of War, Military Departments, and the Combatant Commanders in managing their uniformed personnel while executing their statutory and assigned roles and missions.

 

Military Force Management

• Officer and Enlisted Force Management Policy
  • DoDI 1315.18, Procedures for Military Personnel Assignments
  • DoDI 1327.07, Career Intermission Program (CIP) For Service Members
  • DoDI 1332.32, Selective Early Retirement or Removal of Officers on the Active Duty List, the Warrant Officer Active Duty List, or the Reserve Active Status List
  • DoDI 1332.45, Retention Determinations for Non-Deployable Service Members
  • Monthly Non-Deployable Report Template (PDF File) 
  • DoDI 1336.07, Management of Personnel Tempo
     
• Reserve Component Affairs    
  • DoDI 1200.15, Assignment to and Transfer Between Reserve Categories and Discharge from Reserve Status
  • DoDI 1215.06, Uniform Reserve, Training and Retirement Categories for the Reserve Components 
  • DoDI 1215.07, Service Credit For Non-Regular Retirement 
  • DoDI 1215.13, Reserve Component (RC) Member Participation Policy
  • DoD Directive 1352.01, Management and Mobilization of Regular and Reserve Retired Military Members  
  • DoDI 1235.13, Administration and Management of the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) and the Inactive National Guard (ING) 
     
• Officer and Enlisted Separations Policy
  • DoDD 1000.20 Active Duty Service Determinations for Civilian or Contractual Groups
  • DoDI 1300.06, Conscientious Objectors 
  • DoDI 1315.15, Special Separation Policies for Survivorship 
  • DoDI 1332.14, Enlisted Administrative Separations 
  • DoDI 1332.30, Separation of Regular and Reserve Commissioned Officers   
  • DoDI 1332.43, Voluntary Separation Pay (VSP) Program for Service Members 
  • DoDI 1332.46, Temporary Early Retirement Authority (TERA) for Service Members
     
• Defense/Reserve Officer Personnel Management Acts (DOPMA/ROPMA)
  • DOPMA/ROPMA Policy Reference Tool

Voluntary Education

• Voluntary Education Programs
  • DoDI 1322.25, Voluntary Education Programs
  • DoDI 1322.19, Voluntary Education Programs in Overseas Areas
  • DoDD 1322.08E, Voluntary Education Programs for Military Personnel
• G.I. Bill Policy
  • DoDI 1322.16, Montgomery GI Bill Program
  • DoDI 1322.17, Montgomery GI Bill-Selected Reserve (MGIB-SR)
  • DoDI 1341.13, Post-9/11 GI Bill
• Executive Order 13607, Establishing Principles of Excellence for Educational Institutions Serving Service Members, Veterans, Spouses, and Other Family Members                        
• Prior Learning Assessment
  • Joint Service Transcript
  • Time-to-completion, MilEvals, testing
• Internal/External Workforce Development
  • Data curation on off-duty investments
  • Matching expectations to outcomes

Total Force Manpower

• Major Manpower Reports Webpage

Military Decorations And Awards

• Military Decorations and Awards Policies and Procedures
  • DoDI 1348.33, DoW Military Decorations and Awards Program 
  • DoW Manual 1348.33, Manual of Military Decorations and Awards
    • Volume 1: Medal of Honor
    • Volume 2: DoW Service Awards - Campaign Expeditionary and Service Medals
    • Volume 3: DoW-Wide Personal Performance and Valor Decorations
    • Volume 4: DoW Joint Decorations and Awards
• Medal of Honor – Staff nominations to the Secretary of War
• Presidential Recognition on Retirement from Military Service
  • DoDI 1348.34, Presidential Recognition on Retirement from Military Service
  • Procedures for Mil Dept WHLOs to Submit PLOA Requests
• Approved Military Decorations and Awards:
  • Joint Meritorious Unit Award – Approved Awards (PDF)
  • Humanitarian Service Medal – Approved Operations (PDF)
  • National Defense Service Medal – Authorized Periods/Conflicts (PDF)
  • Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal – Approved Operations (PDF)
  • Armed Forces Service Medal – Approved Operations (PDF)
  • Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
    • Approved Operations (PDF)
    • Areas of Eligibility for Approved Operations
  • Global War on Terrorism Service Medal – Approved Operations (PDF)
  • Vietnam Service Medal – Campaign Phases (PDF)
  • Southwest Asia Service Medal – Approved Campaigns (PDF)
  • Kosovo Campaign Medal – Authorized Operations and Approved Campaigns (PDF)
  • Afghanistan Campaign Medal – Campaigns Phases (PDF)
  • Iraqi Campaign Medal – Campaign Phases (PDF)
  • Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal - Campaign Phases (PDF)
  • Armed Forces Reserve Medal – Approved Operations for “M” device (PDF)
  • U.S. Military Awards – Awarded Prior to 1975  (PDF)
  • United Nations Medals – DoW Approved Awards (PDF)
  • NATO Medals – DoW Approved Awards (PDF)
  • DoW Approved Foreign Awards – Prior to 1960 (PDF)
• Example Files/Packages:
  • Example Medal of Honor (MOH) Recommendation – Within Statutory Time Limits
  • Example MOH Recommendation – Upgrade Based on 10 U.S.C. §1130 Request
  • Example MOH Synopsis and Witness Statement Matrix
  • Example MOH Time Waiver Legislation
  • Example Legion of Merit Recommendation for Foreign Personnel  
  • Template Memo - Request for DIA Counterintelligence Check         

NOTE: DoW Directive (DoDD), DoW Instruction (DoDI), DoW Manual (DoDM), and Directive Type Memorandum (DTM) links are to the DoW Issuance Webpage where users may access current guidance