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