Officer and Enlisted Personnel Management

Mr. William T. Atkinson

Mission 

Develops total force military personnel policies and programs, and provides departmental oversight of the Military Departments, Joint Staff, and other DoD Components on assignments, separations, military decorations and awards, and force management to ensure compliance with statutes, executive orders, and existing policies that sustain the All-Volunteer Force.

The General and Flag Officer Matters Office provides advice and support to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness on all matters relating to the development, promotion, and retention of senior officers in the general and flag ranks. 

Vision 

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

 

NOTE: DoD Instruction (DoDI), Manual (DoDM), and Directive Type Memorandum (DTM) links are to the DoD Issuance Webpage.

Force Management

• Total Force Management Policy and legislative proposals and reforms
• Officer and Enlisted Force Management Policy
  • DoDI 1327.07, Career Intermission Program (CIP) For Service Members
  • Career Intermission Program (CIP) Report Template
  • 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 (PDF File) 
• Defense/Reserve Officer Personnel Management Acts (DOPMA/ROPMA)
  • DOPMA/ROPMA Policy Reference Tool
• Inter-Service Transfer Policy
  • DoDI 1300.04, Inter-Service Transfer of Commissioned Officers
• Officer Promotion and Continuation Policy
  • DoDI 1320.08, Continuation of Commissioned Officers on Active Duty and on the Reserve Active-Status List
  • DoDI 1320.10, Discharge of Commissioned Officers Not Qualified for Promotion to the Grade of First Lieutenant or Lieutenant (Junior Grade)
  • DoDI 1320.11, Special Selection Boards
  • DoDI 1320.13, Commissioned Officer Promotion Reports (COPRs)
• Additional Officer Promotion Guidance 
  • O-6 and Below AIS & RIS Sheets (Version 3) 
  • O-6 and Below Scroll Formats (Version 7) 
  • O-6 and Below DMDC DSS Access (Version 2)
  • O-6 and Below DMDC DSS Adding Records and Documents (Version 10) 
  • O-6 and Below DMDC DSS Pulling Reports (Version 2) 
  • O-6 and Below Summary Sheet Examples (Version 10) 
  • O-6 and Below Text File Formats (Version 11)
• Officer Appointment Policy
  • DoDI 1310.01, Rank and Seniority of Commissioned Officers
  • DoDI 1310.02, Original Appointment of Officers 
  • DoDI 1312.03, Service Credit for Commissioned Officers
  • DoDI 1312.03, Entry Grade Credit for Commissioned Officers and Warrant Officers
  • DoDI 1320.14, Commissioned Officer Promotion Program Procedures
  • DoDI 1320.04, Military Officer Actions Requiring Presidential, Secretary of Defense, or Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Approval or Senate Confirmation
• Joint Officer Management Policy
  • DODI 1300.19, DOD Joint Officer Management (JOM) Program
  • Joint Experience Submission Website

Military Decorations And Awards

• Military Decorations and Awards Policies and Procedures
  • DoDI 1348.33, DoD Military Decorations and Awards Program 
  • DoD Manual 1348.33, Manual of Military Decorations and Awards
    • Volume 1: Medal of Honor
    • Volume 2: DoD Service Awards - Campaign Expeditionary and Service Medals
    • Volume 3: DoD-Wide Personal Performance and Valor Decorations
    • Volume 4: DoD Joint Decorations and Awards
• Medal of Honor – Staff nominations to the Secretary of Defense
• Gold Star Lapel Button, Service Flag, and Service Lapel Button
  • DoDI 1348.36, Gold Star Lapel Button, Service Flag, and Service Lapel Button
• Presidential Recognition on Retirement from Military Service
  • DoDI 1348.34, Presidential Recognition on Retirement from Military Service
• 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 – DoD Approved Awards (PDF)
  • NATO Medals – DoD Approved Awards (PDF)
  • DoD 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         

General Military Personnel Assignments

• Military Assignments and Tour Lengths
  • DoDI 1315.18, Procedures for Military Personnel Assignments   
• Officer and Enlisted Separations Policy
  • DoDI 1332.43, Voluntary Separation Pay (VSP) Program for Service Members 
  • DoDI 1332.46, Temporary Early Retirement Authority (TERA) for Service Members
  • 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     
• DD Form 214 Policy (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty)
  • DoDI 1336.01, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD FORM 214/5 Series)
• PERSTEMPO Policy
  • 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
• 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) 
• DoDI 1215.07, Service Credit For Non-Regular Retirement 
• DoDI 1215.13, Reserve Component (RC) Member Participation Policy
• DoDI 1215.06, Uniform Reserve, Training and Retirement Categories for the Reserve Components 

General and Flag Officer Matters

The General and Flag Officer Matters Office provides advice and support to the Under Secretary of Defense on all matters relating to the development, promotion, and retention of senior officers in the general and flag ranks. The office is responsible for the processing of  all Active, Reserve, and Guard general and flag officer promotions and nominations through the Senate.