SUBJECT: Deployment-Limiting Medical Conditions for Service Members and DoD Civilian Employees

establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedures for ensuring that Service members and DoD civilian employees, including Coast Guard Service members and civilian employees at all times, including when the Coast Guard is a Service in the Department of Homeland Security by agreement with that Department, (hereafter referred to collectively as “DoD personnel”) deployed and deploying on contingency deployments are medically able to accomplish their duties in deployed environments. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Instruction: a. Applies to: (1) OSD, the Military Departments (including the Coast Guard at all times, including when it is a Service in the Department of Homeland Security by agreement with that Department), 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”). (2) DoD personnel deployed and deploying on contingency deployments consistent wit