DoD Directives

Overview
DoD Directives (DoDD) are documents issued by the U.S. Department of Defense, which establish policy, assign responsibilities, and delegate authority to those working in and with the military.

These broad policy documents contain information or requirements for what is directed by legislation, the President, or the Secretary of Defense to initiate, govern, or regulate actions or conduct by the DoD components within their specific areas of responsibilities. Directives establish or describe policy, programs, and organizations. They also define missions, provide authority and assign responsibilities.

The DoD Directives collection contains more than 1300 documents and includes information pertaining to:


 * 1000 - Manpower, reserve affairs and personnel
 * 2000 - International programs
 * 3000 - Planning, research and development]], intelligence and computer technology
 * 4000 - Logistics, acquisition and resources management
 * 5000 - General administration
 * 7000 - Comptrollership
 * 8000 - Communications and intelligence

DoD Directives
The following are the DoD Directives discussed in this wiki (in reverse chronological order). Those Directives that have already been summarized are in blue; those that have not yet been summarized are in red.