CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT 

CHIEFS OF STAFF 

MANUAL 

J-1 CJCSM 3150.13C

DISTRIBUTION: A, B, C, JS-LAN, S 10 March 2010 

JOINT REPORTING STRUCTURE - PERSONNEL MANUAL 

References: See Enclosure F. 

1. Purpose. To establish the policies, processes, and procedures (detailed in 

Enclosures A through E) to accomplish standardized personnel accountability 

and personnel strength reporting in a joint environment. 

2. Cancellation. CJCSM 3150.13B, 1 November 2007, “Joint Reporting 

Structure - Personnel Manual,” is hereby canceled. 

3. Applicability

 a. This publication applies to the Joint Staff, combatant commands, 

Services, sub-unified commands, joint force commands, joint task forces, and 

all subordinate components of those organizations. 

 b. In addition, joint personnel status reporting directed in Enclosure A 

(Joint Personnel Status Report [JPERSTAT]) applies to the Military 

Departments, the Services, combatant commands, Defense agencies, combat 

support agencies, Defense field activities, and all other organizational entities 

within the Department of Defense with personnel physically located in a 

geographic combatant commander’s area of responsibility (AOR). 

 c. Further, the disaster personnel accountability reporting requirements 

(Enclosure C) apply to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of 

the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Office of the Inspector General of the Department of 

Defense, Military Departments, Services, combatant commands, Defense 

agencies, combat support agencies, Defense field activities, and all other 

organizational entities within the Department of Defense. 
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 (1) Applies to the Selected Reserve Forces (includes the Reserve 

Components of each Service and the National Guard of the United States). 

 (2) Applies to the U.S. Coast Guard when it is operating under DOD 

control. 

4. Policy

 

 a. Personnel accountability is a command responsibility. 

 b. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the other Joint Staff 

members shall receive timely and accurate personnel information during 

contingencies, operations, and disasters. 

 c. This manual establishes CJCS policy and guidance that does not involve 

the employment of forces in joint operations. 

 

 d. The reporting requirements herein may require modification due to 

variable circumstances, unique parameters, and rapidly changing conditions in 

each contingency, operation, or disaster occurrence. 

 e. Appropriate situational modifications may also be required to 

accommodate any unique reporting requirements from the Joint Staff, the 

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretary of Defense, and Congress. 

 f. The Joint Staff Manpower and Personnel Directorate (JS J-1) will 

disseminate any modifications after coordinating with reporting combatant 

commands and the Services. 

5. Procedures. See Enclosures A, B, and C. 

6. Summary of Changes 

 a. Changes and updates were developed from constructive comments 

submitted by Joint Staff, combatant command, Service, and selected agency 

actions officers and O-6 planners. Internal composition and cosmetic changes 

were also incorporated. 

 b. There are several significant changes: 

 (1) Termination of Joint Staff reporting requirement. The requirement 

to submit the Manpower Mobilization and Accession Status Report (MOBREP) 

to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff J-1 is terminated. The Office of the 

Assistant Secretary of Defense, Reserve Affairs has assumed responsibility for 

this report and will issue reporting guidance. 
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 (2) The alphabet identification of enclosures has changed. 

 (3) Enclosure A has administrative changes in paragraph 1, Purpose. 

Selected guidance from Enclosure E, Joint Doctrine and Personnel Policy, has 

been extracted and incorporated into paragraph 2. It addresses the designated 

joint Web-based contractor database -- presently the Synchronized 

Predeployment and Operational Tracker (SPOT) -- as the central repository for 

all DOD-funded contractors (United States, local national, host nation, and 

third country national) data and identifies it as the source of DOD-funded 

contractor JPERSTAT-type information for a geographical combatant 

commander. 

 (4) CJCSM 3150.13B, Enclosure C, Disaster Personnel Accountability 

Report (DPAR), has been deleted and replaced by Enclosure C, Personnel 

Accountability Reporting System (PARS). The PARS is the DOD system of 

record for accounting for DOD-affiliated personnel upon the occurrence of a 

natural or manmade disaster. Reporting is applicable to all DOD 

organizations. 

 (5) Enclosure E, Joint Doctrine and Personnel Policy, contains a 

paragraph addressing accountability and visibility of DOD-funded contractors’ 

accountability and visibility. 

7. Releasability. This manual is approved for public release; distribution is 

unlimited. DOD components (to include the combatant commands), other 

federal agencies, and the public may obtain copies of this manual online 

through the CJCS Directives home page--http://www.dtic.mil/cjcs_directives. 

8. Effective Date. This manual is effective upon receipt. 

 LLOYD J. AUSTIN III 

Lieutenant General, USA 

Director, Joint Staff 

Enclosures: 

 A - Joint Personnel Status Report (JPERSTAT) 

 B - Weekly Deployment Status Report (DEPSTATREP) 

 C - Personnel Accountability Reporting System (PARS) 

 D - Noncombatant Evacuation Operations Report (NEORPT) 

 E - Joint Doctrine and Personnel Policy 

 F - References 

 GL - Glossary 
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DISTRIBUTION 

Distribution A, B, C, and JS-LAN plus the following: 

Copies

Secretary of State..........................................................................................2 

Office of the Secretary of Defense.................................................................. 2 

Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition Technology and Logistics 

(USD(AT&L))..................................................................................................2 

Under Secretary of Defense, Policy (USD(P))...................................................2 

Under Secretary of Defense, Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R))................ 2 

Director of Administration and Management, Office of the Secretary of 

Defense (DA&M, OSD) ..............................................................................2 

Assistant Secretary of Defense, Public Affairs (ASD(PA)).................................2 

Director, Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS)............................. 2 

Director, National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS))....... 2 

President, National Defense University (NDU)................................................ 2 

Chief, National Guard Bureau....................................................................... 2 

Director, Air National Guard ........................................................................ 2 

Director, Army National Guard...................................................................... 2 

National Guard Bureau J-1........................................................................... 2 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Page 

ENCLOSURE A – JOINT PERSONNEL STATUS REPORT (JPERSTAT) ...........A-1 

 Purpose ..................................................................................................A-1 

 Reporting ................................................................................................A-1 

 Submitted By – To...................................................................................A-3 

 When Submitted .....................................................................................A-4 

 How Submitted .......................................................................................A-4 

 Report Indicator ......................................................................................A-5 

 Report Content........................................................................................A-5 

 Specific Reporting Instructions................................................................A-6 

 Sample Format......................................................................................A-11 

APPENDIX A TO ENCLOSURE A – SAMPLE JPERSTAT ............................ A-A-1 

APPENDIX B TO ENCLOSURE A – JPERSTAT SECTION OF SAMPLE 

SITUATION REPORT ................................................................................ A-B-1 

ENCLOSURE B – WEEKLY DEPLOYMENT STATUS REPORT 

(DEPSTATREP).............................................................................................B-1 

 Purpose..................................................................................................B-1 

 Submittal...............................................................................................B-1 

 When Submitted ....................................................................................B-1 

 How Submitted.......................................................................................B-1 

 Report Indicator .....................................................................................B-2 

 Report Content.......................................................................................B-2 

 Specific Reporting Instructions...............................................................B-2 

 Explanation of Notes ..............................................................................B-3 

 Additional Notes.....................................................................................B-4 

APPENDIX A TO ENCLOSURE B – SAMPLE DEPSTATREP ....................... B-A-1 

ENCLOSURE C – PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTING SYSTEM 

(PARS) ...................................................................................................... C-1 

 Policy .................................................................................................... C-1 

 Process ................................................................................................ C-1 

 User Account......................................................................................... C-2 

ENCLOSURE D – NONCOMBATANT EVACUATION OPERATIONS REPORT 

(NEORPT) .................................................................................................. D-1 

 Purpose ................................................................................................ D-1 

 Submittal.............................................................................................. D-1 

 When Submitted ................................................................................... D-1 

 How Submitted...................................................................................... D-1 

 Report Indicator .................................................................................... D-2 
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 Report Content...................................................................................... D-2 

 Explanation of Notes ............................................................................. D-3 

 Report Control Symbol .......................................................................... D-4 

 Additional Information........................................................................... D-4 

ENCLOSURE E – JOINT DOCTRINE AND PERSONNEL POLICY................... E-1 

 Purpose................................................................................................. E-1 

 Geographic Combatant Commander Overview ....................................... E-1 

 Command Relationships and Assignment and Transfer of Forces........... E-1 

 Definitions............................................................................................. E-3 

 Responsibility........................................................................................ E-4 

 The Joint Operation Plan....................................................................... E-8 

 The Personnel Portion of the Plan .......................................................... E-9 

 Command and Control ......................................................................... E-10 

 Command Authorities .......................................................................... E-11 

 Additional Authorities........................................................................... E-14 

 Reserve Component.............................................................................. E-15 

 DOD Civilians ...................................................................................... E-16 

 DOD Funded Contractors..................................................................... E-17 

ENCLOSURE F – REFERENCES.................................................................. F-1 

GLOSSARY ..............................................................................................GL-1 

 Part I – Abbreviations and Acronyms ...................................................GL-1 

 Part II – Terms and Definitions GL-4 
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ENCLOSURE A 

JOINT PERSONNEL STATUS REPORT (JPERSTAT) 

1. Purpose. The Joint Personnel Status Report is meant to satisfy the 

commander’s information needs and to authenticate the total number of 

personnel (military, DOD civilian, and DOD contractor) physically present in a 

geographic combatant commander’s area of responsibility. Personnel visibility 

information receives a high-level of attention by the Chairman of the Joint 

Chiefs of Staff, the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council, and the 

Congress. 

2. Reporting

 a. Personnel Reported 

 (1) Except for U.S. forces in the AOR of Commander, U.S. Northern 

Command (CDRUSNORTHCOM) who are not assigned to CDRUSNORTHCOM; 

all U.S. forces physically present in the AOR of a geographic combatant 

commander (GCC) are reported. 

 (2) Except for U.S. forces in the CDRUSNORTHCOM AOR who are not 

assigned to or under the operational control of CDRUSNORTHCOM, all U.S. 

forces in the AOR of a GCC are under the command authority (COCOM) of the 

GCC. 

 (3) The U.S. forces assigned to a combatant command by the Secretary 

of Defense’s Global Force Management Implementation Guidance, Section II, 

Assignment of Forces (Forces for Unified Commands) memorandum, reference a, 

are reported. 

 (4) The U.S. forces of a functional combatant commander who are 

physically present in the AOR of a GCC are reported. 

 (5) The U.S. forces of a GCC physically present in the AOR of another 

GCC are reported. 

 (6) Tactical Control (TACON) of U.S. forces in the CDRUSNORTHCOM 

AOR are not reported by USNORTHCOM, but by their parent combatant 

command. 

 (7) Transient Forces 

 (a) A GCC is kept apprised of the presence of transient U.S. forces 

within his AOR by the authority directing movement of the force. 
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 (b) A specified and unified combatant commander (i.e., functional 

and geographic) with transient U.S. forces physically present in a GCC’s AOR 

will provide JPERSTAT information to the GCC’s J-1 in whose AOR their forces 

are located. 

 

 (c) Transient U.S. forces in the CDRUSNORTHCOM AOR will not be 

reported by USNORTHCOM, but by their parent combatant command. 

 (d) GCC J-1s are authorized to establish AOR-specific JPERSTAT 

reporting procedures for transient U. S. forces in their commander’s AOR. 

 (8) All U. S. forces assigned to carry out those functions of the 

Secretary of a Military Department and the forces assigned to a multinational 

peacekeeping organization that are physically present in the AOR of a GCC are 

reported. 

 (9) NATO Operations 

 (a) For NATO operations conducted outside the territorial 

boundaries of the allied nations (also referred to as non-Article V or “out-ofarea” operations), the supported GCC will normally exercise OPCON over U.S. 

forces involved in the NATO operation. 

 (b) When OPCON is exercised by the supported GCC, the GCC’S J-1 

will establish personnel accountability and personnel strength reporting 

policies, procedures, and standards. 

 (c) If OPCON is not transferred to the supported GCC, the 

supporting GCC retains responsibility for accomplishing personnel 

accountability and strength reporting. 

 (10) DOD-Funded Contractor Personnel. The designated joint Webbased contractor database (presently SPOT) is the central repository for all 

DOD-funded contractor (United States, local national, host nation, and third 

country national) data. 

 b. Personnel Not Reported. U.S. forces in a GCC AOR who are assigned to 

an organization outside the Department of Defense. 

c. Responsibility for Reporting 

 (1) Geographic Combatant Commander. 

 (a) Each GCC will report the total number of personnel (military, 

DOD civilian, and DOD contractor) physically present in his AOR to the Joint 

Staff J-1. 
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 (b) Each GCC with U.S. forces physically present in the AOR of 

another GCC will provide JPERSTAT report information to the GCC J-1 in 

whose AOR his forces are located. The GCC J-1 in whose AOR the forces are 

located is authorized to establish AOR-specific JPERSTAT reporting 

requirements. 

 (c) CDRUSNORTHCOM. The JPERSTAT report specific to 

USNORTHCOM AOR includes all U. S. forces under the command or 

operational control of the CDRUSNORTHCOM; all personnel assigned or 

attached to USNORTHCOM headquarters and their subordinate organizations; 

and all personnel assigned to a CDRUSNORTHCOM joint task force. This 

includes USELEMNORAD forces and all assigned WMD - Civil Support Team 

forces. TACON forces in the CDRUSNORTHCOM AOR are not reported by 

USNORTHCOM, but by their parent combatant command. 

 (2) Functional Combatant Commander. A functional combatant 

commander with forces physically present in the AOR of a GCC will provide 

JPERSTAT information to the GCC J-1 in whose AOR the forces are located. 

The GCC J-1 is authorized to establish AOR-specific JPERSTAT reporting 

requirements. 

 (3) Specified and Unified Combatant Commander. A specified or 

unified combatant commander (i.e., functional and geographic) with transient 

forces physically present in a GCC’s AOR will provide JPERSTAT information to 

the GCC J-1 in whose AOR the forces are located. The GCC J-1 is authorized 

to establish AOR-specific JPERSTAT reporting requirements. Transient forces 

in the CDRUSNORTHCOM AOR will be reported by their parent combatant 

command. 

3. Submitted By - To

 a. Geographic combatant (unified) commanders will each provide their 

JPERSTAT to the Joint Staff J-1 by posting it on their Secure Internet Protocol 

Router Network (SIPRNET) Web site. 

 b. Functional (specified) combatant commanders will each provide their 

JPERSTAT to the Joint Staff J-1 by posting it on their SIPRNET Web site. 

 c. Geographic combatant (unified) commanders with forces located in 

another GCC’s AOR will each provide JPERSTAT information to the GCC J-1 in 

whose AOR their forces are located. The exception is U.S. Africa Command 

forces in the U.S. European Command AOR 
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 d. Functional (specified) combatant commanders with forces located in a 

GCC’s AOR will each provide JPERSTAT information to GCC’s J-1 in whose 

AOR their forces are located. 

4. When Submitted. The JPERSTAT will be posted on the SIPRNET of each 

combatant command on a daily basis (Monday through Friday) not later than 

1200 hours Eastern Standard Time (EST) reflecting data as of 0600 hours 

local. Other reporting frequencies for specific geographic combatant 

commands may be directed by the JS J-1 or the AOR GCC based on AOR 

operational activities. The data will reflect changes to personnel strength and 

casualties only for the period of the report. Cumulative data will not be 

reported. 

5. How Submitted

 a. Classification. The completed JPERSTAT will be classified consistent with 

the classification of the operation or as directed by the Chairman of the Joint 

Chiefs of Staff or the authoritative AOR GCC. 

 b. Transmission 

 (1) JPERSTAT reports to the Joint Staff J-1 

 (a) The normal method for the Joint Staff J-1 to obtain JPERSTAT 

information is to access a combatant command’s SIPRNET Web site and extract 

the data. 

 (b) Emergency transmission methods are as follows: 

1. E-mail, facsimile (secure if report is Classified). 

2. Global Command and Control System (GCCS). 

3. Courier as directed by Joint Staff J-1 and AOR GCC. 

 

4. When using GCCS or facsimile transmission methods, a 

spreadsheet format as described in Appendix A of this enclosure is required. 

 (c) Information contained in the JPERSTAT will be included in the 

“Personnel” paragraph of a commander’s SITREP. 

 (d) When initiated, the commander’s SITREP will not supersede the 

requirement to submit a separate JPERSTAT. 

 (e) Appendix B of this enclosure describes the reporting format 

when JPERSTAT information is integrated into the daily SITREP. 
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 (2) JPERSTAT information to a Geographic Combatant Commander. 

 (a) The GCC J-1 is authorized to establish AOR-specific JPERSTAT 

guidance to other combatant commanders. 

 (b) Joint Staff J-1, Personnel Readiness Division (PRD) will be 

provided a copy of the JPERSTAT information transmittal guidance, when 

issued. 

 c. Precedence. JPERSTAT will be submitted with an IMMEDIATE 

precedence. 

 d. MINIMIZE. Imposition of MINIMIZE will not change the method of 

transmission or precedence of the report or message. 

6. Report Indicator. “JPERSTAT” 

7. Report Content

 a. The report’s content is divided into three sections: 

 (1) Personnel Strength Section. The personnel strength number 

includes all U. S. forces physically present within a geographic combatant 

commander’s AOR. This includes the forces assigned to carry out those 

functions of the Secretary of a Military Department and the forces assigned to a 

multinational peacekeeping organization. 

 (a) Personnel will be reported by location, Service (military, DOD 

civilian, and DOD contractors) and by subsets that identify the number of 

Reserves, National Guard, and female personnel belonging to, or associated 

with, joint force operations within the AOR. 

 (b) Afloat and ashore personnel will be shown as two separate 

categories. 

 (c) U.S. DOD civilians, DOD contractors, as well as other U.S. 

civilians supporting a joint force command, joint task force or JTF component 

commands within the joint operational area are to be counted. 

 (2) Casualty Section. Report all categories of personnel identified in the 

Personnel Strength Section who have become casualties since the last 

JPERSTAT report. A casualty is any person who is lost to the organization by 

having been declared dead, duty status-whereabouts unknown (DUSTWUN), 

excused absence-whereabouts unknown (EAWUN), missing, ill, or injured. 
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 (3) Narrative Section. A narrative used to amplify data, raise personnel 

issues, and explain changes or discrepancies. 

 

 b. Joint Staff/J-1 PRD will coordinate with the combatant commands and 

then disseminate appropriate situational modifications (format or reportable 

categories) to accommodate any unique reporting requirements. 

8. Specific Reporting Instructions. Data to be reported (see App A to Encl A 

and App B to Encl A)and the procedure for computing the data for each of the 

various JPERSTAT fields follows: 

 a. State the name of the operation and the joint force command 

designation (or the JTF). If it is an exercise, then use “EXER” plus name. 

 b. Originator. Identify the combatant command, office identifier of the 

message originator, point of contact and phone number (not applicable when 

integrated into paragraph 7 of a SITREP). 

 c. Period of Report. DTG (ddhhmmZmonyr) to DTG/report serial number. 

Example: 011801ZOCT98 TO 021801ZOCT98/001. 

 d. Major Geographic Location. Report each country where joint force 

operations, exercises, or support activities are occurring. Specify country 

name, and base/camp designation with the nearest political geographical 

boundary. Example: Afghanistan, Eagle Base, Tuzla. 

 e. U.S. Personnel Summary. USA (U.S. Army)/USAF (U.S. Air Force)/USN 

(U.S. Navy)/USMC (U.S. Marine Corps)/USCG (U.S. Coast Guard)/DOD CIV 

(Department Of Defense Civilian)/CIV CTR (Civilian Contractor)/CIV OTHER 

(Civilian Other)/TOTAL. By major geographic location, enter the total number 

of U.S. personnel in forces (both Active Component and Reserve Component 

personnel) physically present in the geographic area assigned to a combatant 

commander. Includes forces assigned to or supporting a joint force command 

or a subordinate joint force component command operating in a joint operating 

area (JOA) within the GCC’s AOR for the period of the report. 

 (1) LOCATION. Report by country name and base/camp designation 

with the nearest political geographical boundary. Example: Afghanistan, Eagle 

Base, Tuzla. 

 (2) USA/USAF/USN/USMC/USCG. The total number of U.S. military 

personnel broken down by Service. Includes all Active, Guard and Reserve 

personnel. 

 (3) CIV DOD/CIV CTR/CIV OTHER. Report all DOD civilians, DOD 

contractors, and U.S. non-DOD civilians by major geographic location, who are 
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located in or operating within the geographic area assigned to a combatant 

commander or assigned to or supporting a joint force command or a 

subordinate joint force component command operating in the JOA for the 

period of the report. The three civilian categories will be reported separately. 

Other civilians include U.S. non-DOD civilians supporting joint force 

operations under a specific command and/or organization who are not directly 

employed by either the Services or Department of Defense. 

 (4) CIV TOTAL (Civilian Total) is the total of all DOD civilians, DOD 

contractors, and U.S. non-DOD civilians. 

 (5) US MIL TOTAL (Military Total) is the total number of U.S. military 

personnel located in the GCC’s AOR. Includes both active and reserve 

component personnel. 

 (6) GRAND TOTAL is the total of all military and civilian personnel 

located in the GCC’s AOR. 

 (7) PREVIOUS PERIOD GRAND TOTAL is the GRAND TOTAL reported 

in previous reporting period. 

 (8) DELTA. Report the difference between the current GRAND TOTAL 

and the previous period GRAND TOTAL. Changes to or discrepancies from 

previously reported data should be in a narrative in the notes section. 

 f. Mobilized Reserves. USAR/USAFR/USNR/USMCR/USCGR/ 

ARNG/ANG/TOTAL. Enter the following data for the number of Reserve forces 

located in or operating within the geographic area assigned to a combatant 

commander or assigned to or supporting a joint force command or subordinate 

joint force component commands in the JOA for the period of the report. These 

Reserve forces are included in the U.S. Personnel Summary, but are broken out 

separately in this paragraph for specific data collection requirements. Report 

individual mobilization augmentees (IMAs) separately from unit mobilized 

personnel. 

 (1) LOCATION. Report by country name, and base/camp designation 

with the nearest political geographical boundary. Example: Afghanistan, Eagle 

Base, Tuzla. 

 (2) USAR/USAFR/USNR/USMCR/USCGR/ARNG/ANG. Total number 

of Selected Reserve and National Guard personnel by Service. 

 (3) TOTAL. Indicate the total of all Selected Reserve personnel located 

in the GCC’s AOR. 
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 (4) PREVIOUS PERIOD TOTAL. The TOTAL reported in previous 

reporting period. 

 (5) DELTA. Difference between the TOTAL and the previous period 

TOTAL. 

 g. Female Personnel. Enter the following data for the number of U.S. 

military force female personnel located in or operating within the geographic 

area assigned to a combatant commander or assigned to or supporting a joint 

force command or subordinate joint force component commands in the JOA for 

the period of the report. These female personnel are included in the U.S. 

Personnel Summary but are broken out separately in this paragraph for 

specific data collection. 

 (1) LOCATION. Report by country name, and base/camp designation 

with the nearest political geographical boundary. Example: Afghanistan, Eagle 

Base, Tuzla. 

 (2) USA/USAF/USN/USMC/USCG/CIV/TOTAL. The total number of 

female personnel by Service. 

 (3) CIV. The total number of females who are DOD civilians, DOD 

contractors, and U.S. non-DOD civilians located in the GCC’s AOR. 

 (4) TOTAL. Total of all U.S. military and U.S. civilian female personnel. 

 (5) PREVIOUS PERIOD TOTAL. The TOTAL reported in previous 

reporting period. 

 (6) DELTA. Difference between the TOTAL and the previous period 

TOTAL. 

 h. Casualty Data. KIA/WIA/CAPTRD/DUSTWUN/EAWUN/MIA/ 

NONHOSTILEDEATH/NON-HOSTILE INJURED/TOTAL/RTD (72 hours). Enter 

casualty data for the reporting period in columns below each entry. 

 (1) KIA (Killed in Action). Casualty category applicable to a hostile 

casualty, other than the victim of a terrorist activity, who is killed outright or 

who dies as a result of wounds received or other injuries before reaching a 

medical treatment facility. 

 (2) WIA (Wounded in Action). Casualty category applicable to a hostile 

casualty, other than the victim of a terrorist activity, who received an injury 

due to external agent or cause. The term encompasses all kinds of wounds 

and other injuries incurred in action whether there is a piercing of the body, as 

in a penetration or perforated wound, or none, as in a contused wound. These 
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include fractures, burns, blast concussions, all effects of biological and 

chemical warfare agents, and the effects of exposure to ionizing radiation or 

any other destructive weapon or agent. 

 (3) CAPTURED. The casualty has been seized as the result of action of 

an unfriendly military or paramilitary force in a foreign country. 

 (4) DUSTWUN (Duty Status - Whereabouts Unknown). A transitory 

casualty status, applicable only to military personnel, that is used when the 

responsible commander suspects the member may be a casualty whose 

absence is involuntary but does not believe sufficient evidence currently exists 

to make a definite determination of missing or deceased. 

 (5) EAWUN (Excused Absence - Whereabouts Unknown). An 

administrative status, applicable only to civilian personnel, that is used when 

the responsible commander suspects the employee may be a casualty, whose 

absence is involuntary, but does not feel sufficient evidence currently exists to 

make a determination of missing or deceased. 

 (6) MIA (Missing in Action). The casualty is a hostile casualty, other 

than the victim of a terrorist activity, who is not present at his or her duty 

location because of apparently involuntary reasons and whose location is 

unknown. 

 (7) NON-HOSTILE DEATH. Personnel who died as a result of an 

accident or illness not related to hostilities during the reporting period. 

 (8) NON-HOSTILE INJURED. Personnel whose illness or injury is 

classified by medical authority to be of such severity that life is imminently 

endangered (very seriously ill or injured) or there is cause for immediate 

concern but no imminent danger to life (seriously ill or injured). 

 (9) TOTAL. Total of all casualty categories (excluding RTD (72hrs)). 

 (10) RTD (72 hours). Personnel who are returned to duty within 72 

hours after being wounded/injured. 

 i. Report data for the categories listed below. 

 (1) USA. AC/RES/ARNG/FEMALE. Active Component/Reserve/ 

National Guard/Female. Include male and female personnel in the 

AC/RES/ARNG categories. FEMALE category will reflect all USA female 

casualties regardless of component. 

 (2) USAF. AC/RES/ANG/FEMALE. Active Component/Selective RC 

(exclude ANG)/Female personnel. Include male and female personnel in the 
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AC/RES/ANG categories. FEMALE category will reflect all USAF female 

casualties regardless of component. 

 (3) USN. AC/RES/FEMALE. AC/RC/Female personnel. Include male 

and female personnel in the AC/RC categories. FEMALE category will reflect 

all USN female casualties regardless of component. 

 (4) USMC. AC/RES/FEMALE. AC/RC/Female personnel. Include 

male and female personnel in the AC/RES categories. FEMALE category will 

reflect all USMC female casualties regardless of component. 

 (5) USCG. AC/RES/FEMALE. AC/RC. Include male and female 

personnel in the AC/RES categories. FEMALE category will reflect all USCG 

female casualties regardless of component. 

 (6) TOT MIL. Sum of each casualty column. 

 (7) DOD CIV. DOD male and female civilians (other than contractors). 

 (8) DOD CIV FEM. DOD female civilians (other than contractors) 

supporting the combatant commander. 

 (9) OTHER CIV. Civilian personnel not employed by the Department of 

Defense who support the Armed Forces (such as consultants, United Service 

Organizations, and Red Cross). This requirement is for U.S. citizens only. 

There is no requirement to track DOS civilians, UN observers, Red Cross 

representatives, and foreign nationals working for the Department of Defense, 

civilian contractors under contract to federal agencies other than the 

Department of Defense, media representatives, and civilians of allied services. 

 (10) DOD CTR (DOD Contractor). DOD CTR employees (to include 

Department of the Army (DA), Department of the Air Force (DAF), Department 

of the Navy (DON), etc.) paid from appropriated or non-appropriated funds. 

 (11) DOD CTR FEMALE. All female contractors will be accounted for. 

 (12) TOTAL CIV. Summation of casualty columns for DOD CIV, DOD 

CTR, and OTHER CIV. 

 j. NARRATIVE COMMENTS. Topics appropriately addressed in this section 

include, but are not limited to, the following: 

 (1) Significant changes in gains and losses. 

 (2) Explain casualty figures as required. 
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 (3) Describe any administrative error or discrepancy in personnel 

accounting or casualty data reporting from the previous report. 

 (4) Comment on personnel issues that adversely affect operational 

postures because of a unit's inability to carry out its mission (e.g., special skill 

shortages, grade imbalances, vacancies, and vacancies of key billets). 

 k. Additional paragraphs should be added to cover NATO/UN/coalition 

forces operating under the joint force command in the JOA. 

9. Sample Format

 

 a. A sample JPERSTAT, in spreadsheet format, is shown in Appendix A to 

this Enclosure. 

 

b. The sample JPERSTAT, shown as Appendix B to this enclosure, can be 

reported in Paragraph 7 (Personnel) of a commander’s SITREP. 
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APPENDIX A TO ENCLOSURE A 

SAMPLE JPERSTAT 

JOINT ENDEAVOR/COMBATANT COMMANDER/J-X/COLONEL J. J. SMITH/ DSN###-####/ddhhmmZ-ddhhmmZ/0400Z/COMBATANT COMMAND

U.S. Personnel in GCC AOR try Major Geographical Location 

Location USA USAF USN USMC USCG CIV CIV CIV 

DOD CTR Other 

TO

Location 1 Location 2 CIV TOTAL US MIL TOTAL GRAND TOTAL PREVIOUS PERIOD GRAND TOTAL DELTA 
A-A-2 

Selected Reserves (includes ARNG and ANG) Location/Unit USAR USAFR USNR USMCR USCGR ARNG ANG TOTALocation 1 Unit Personnel IMA Personnel XXXXX XXXX Location 2 Unit Personnel IMA Personnel XXXXX XXXX TOTAL PREVIOUS PERIOD TOTAL DELTA 

FEMALE 

Location (Unit) 

USA USAF USN USMC USCG CIV (Blank) (Blank) (Blank) TOT

Location 1 Location 2 TOTAL PREVIOUS PERIOD TOTAL DELTA 
A-A-3 

Category KIA WIA MIA CAPTRD DUSTWUN 

(MIL 

ONLY) 

EAWUN (CIV ONLY) 

NonHostile 

Death 

NonHostile 

Injured

TOTAL RT

(72h

USA 

AC XXXXXXX RES XXXXXXX ARNG XXXXXXX FEMALE XXXXXXX 

USAF 

AC XXXXXXX RES XXXXXXX ANG XXXXXXX FEMALE XXXXXXX 

USN 

AC XXXXXXX RES XXXXXXX FEMALE XXXXXXX 

USMC 

AC XXXXXXX RES XXXXXXX FEMALE XXXXXXX 

USCG 

AC XXXXXXX RES XXXXXXX FEMALE XXXXXXX TOTAL MIL XXXXXXX CIV DOD CIV XXXXXXX DOD CIV FEMALE 

XXXXXXX 

DOD CTR XXXXXXX DOD CTR FEMALE 

XXXXXXX 

OTHER CIV XXXXXXX TOTAL CIV XXXXXXX 
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APPENDIX B TO ENCLOSURE A 

JPERSTAT SECTION OF SAMPLE SITUATION REPORT 

7. (U) PERSONNEL (AS OF XX1800Z SEP 07) 7A. (CLASSIFICATION) U.S. PERSONNEL IN COUNTRY X LOCATION USA USAF USN USMC USCG CIV DOD CIV CTR, CIV OTHER TOTAL LOCATION 1 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XXX LOCATION 2 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XXX 

LOCATION 3 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XXX CIV TOTAL XXX US MIL TOTAL XXX GRAND TOTAL XXX PREVIOUS GRAND TOTAL XXX DELTA XXX 7B. (CLASSIFICATION) RESERVES LOCATION, UNIT USAR USAFR USNR USMCR USCGR TOTAL LOCATION 1 
A-B-2 

UNIT PERS XX XX XX XX XX XXX IMA XX XX XX XX XX XXX LOCATION 2 UNIT PERS XX XX XX XX XX XXX IMA XX XX XX XX XX XXX RES TOTAL XXX PREVIOUS TOTAL XXX 7C. (CLASSIFICATION) NATIONAL GUARD UNIT ARNG ANG TOTAL LOCATION 1 UNIT PERS XX XX XXX LOCATION 2 UNIT PERS XX XX XXX GUARD TOTAL XXX PREVIOUS DAY GRAND TOTAL XXX 7D. (CLASSIFICATION) FEMALE LOCATION, UNIT USA USAF USN USMC USCG CIV TOTAL LOCATION 1 XX XX XX XX XX XX XXX LOCATION 2 XX XX XX XX XX XX XXX LOCATION 3 XX XX XX XX XX XX XXX FEMALE TOTAL XXX PREVIOUS DAY TOTAL XXX 7E. (CLASSIFICATION) CASUALTY DATA 

HCAS/KIA/DWRIA/WIA/NHCAS/DO/DUSTWUN/EAWUN/MISS/MIA/CAPTRD/
A-B-3 

ARMY 

 AC XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/X RES XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/X ARNG XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/X FEMALES XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XUSAF AC XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/X RES XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/X ANG XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/X FEMALES XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/X

NAVY

 AC XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/X RES XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/X FEMALES XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/X

USMC

 AC XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/X RES XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/X FEMALES XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/X

USCG

 AC XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/X RES XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/X FEMALES XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XDOD CIV  FEMALES XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XDOD CTR  FEMALES XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XOTHER CIV XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XTOTAL CIV XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/XXX/ XXX/XXX/X
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ENCLOSURE B 

WEEKLY DEPLOYMENT STATUS REPORT (DEPSTATREP) 

1. Purpose. The DEPSTATREP, formerly the informal Joint Weekly Report, 

provides tabulated manpower data and information to the Joint Chiefs of Staff 

for use in monitoring and analyzing the status. of Service personnel involved in 

the various. operations within each GCC AOR. The information derived from 

analysis of this report is used to provide information to the Chairman of the 

Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of Defense to address issues of personnel 

deployed with the combatant commands. 

2. Submittal

 a. Submitted By. Geographic and functional combatant commanders. 

 b. Submitted To. Joint Staff/J-1 PRD. 

3. When Submitted. The DEPSTATREP will be submitted on a weekly basis or 

daily if tasked. The report will be due no later than 1100Z on Friday for weekly 

reports and no later than 1100Z for daily reports. 

4. How Submitted

 a. Classification. Reports will be classified consistent with the 

classification of the operations or as directed by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 

of Staff. 

 b. Transmission 

 (1) The preferred method for obtaining DEPSTATREP information is 

accessing data posted on a combatant command’s SIPRNET portal or Web site. 

 (2) Alternate transmission methods are e-mail, facsimile (secure if 

report is classified), GCCS, or courier as directed by Joint Staff J-1. 

 (3) Reports may be transmitted via DMS or AMHS using the 

GENADMIN message format described by MIL-STD-6040. 
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 (4) When using GCCS or facsimile transmission methods, a 

spreadsheet format as described in Appendix A of this enclosure is desired. 

 c. Precedence. DEPSTATREP will be submitted using IMMEDIATE 

precedence. 

 d. MINIMIZE. Imposition of MINIMIZE will not change the method of 

transmission or precedence of the report or message. 

5. Report Indicator. DEPSTATREP. 

6. Report Content. The DEPSTATREP presents the number of rotational 

forces within a geographic combatant commander’s AOR and the number of 

personnel supporting specified joint operations. 

 a. The DEPSTATREP is a reporting tool for the Joint Chiefs of Staff.. 

Consequently, flexibility is required to meet changing situations and diversified 

operations with a minimum of disruption or delay. 

 b. Joint Staff/J-1 PRD will publicize appropriate situational modifications 

to the DEPSTATREP format, as required, to accommodate any unique reporting 

requirements from the Joint Staff, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 

the Secretary of Defense, and Congress. 

7. Specific Reporting Instructions. Data to be reported and the procedure for 

computing the data for each of the various fields are outlined below: 

 a. Personnel deployed in support of a joint operation will be reported in the 

DEPSTATREP. 

 b. Specified Joint Operations. Highly significant operations designated by 

the Joint Staff Operations Directorate (J-3). 

 c. Rotational Forces. Number of uniformed military personnel temporarily 

in a GCC’s AOR. Temporary forces include those provided from supporting 

combatant commands, such as: 

 (1) Forces provided by Secretary of Defense deployment order. 

 (2) Forces in support of scheduled force rotation that does not require 

SecDef approval of each rotation. 

 (3) All deployed Naval forces, including global Naval force presence 

policy forces. 
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 d. Categories across top of report: 

 (1) USA – U.S. Army 

 (2) USN - U.S. Navy 

 (3) USAF - U.S. Air Force 

 (4) USMC - U.S. Marine Corps 

 (5) USCG - U.S. Coast Guard 

 (6) DOD CIV/CTR/Others - Civilian 

 (7) TOTAL - Total 

 (8) PREV – Previous Week’s Total 

 (9) DELTA- Delta (change plus or minus) 

 e. Categories across top of report: 

 (1) USAR - U.S. Army Reserve 

 (2) ARNGUS. - Army National Guard 

 (3) USNR - U.S. Navy Reserve 

 (4) USAFR - U.S. Air Force Reserve 

 (5) ANGUS. - Air Force National Guard 

 (6) USMCR - U.S. Marine Reserve 

 (7) USCGR - U.S. Coast Guard Reserve 

 (8) TOTAL - Total 

 (9) PREV – Previous Week’s Total 

 (10) DELTA - Delta (change plus or minus) 

8. Explanation of Notes

 a. Note 1. U.S. military broken down by Service supporting the specific 

operation. 
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 b. Note 2. Sum of respective line, e.g., Note 1 (USA, USN, USAF and USMC 

personnel, plus U.S. Coast Guard if applicable). 

 c. Note 3. Previous week’s total for the respective line (Previous week’s 

report Note 2). 

 d. Note 4. Delta. (Difference between current week and previous week, 

e.g., Note 2 minus Note 3.) 

 e. Note 5. Civilian personnel supporting the specific operation. 

 f. Note 6. Summation of respective line, e.g., Note 2 and Note 5. (USA, 

USN, USAF and USAF personnel as well as civilians.) 

 g. Note 7. Previous week’s total for the respective line. (Previous week’s 

report Note 6.) 

 h. Note 8. Delta. (Difference between current week and previous week, 

e.g., Note 6 minus Note 7.) 

9. Additional Notes

 a. At the end of the report, explain any significant changes in any section 

of the report pertaining to the increase or decrease of personnel. Annotate the 

row to which the note refers by putting the number of the note to the right 

hand side with the explanation at the bottom of the report. 

 b. Personnel will not be counted twice. Personnel in JPERSTAT and 

deployed forward to JTF and/or country will be counted in DEPSTATREP and 

removed from JPERSTAT. Reserve and National Guard will also be transferred 

to DEPSTATREP if deployed forward and rolled up in JPERSTAT format. 
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APPENDIX A TO ENCLOSURE B 

SAMPLE DEPSTATREP 

XXXCOCOM WEEKLY STATUS REPORT (DEPSTATREP) 

XXXCOCOM DEPSTATREP FOR ## TO ## MONTH 200# 

SPECIFIED JOINT OPERATIONS USA 

USN USAF USMC USGC TOTAL PREV DELTA CIV 

DOD 

CIV 

Ctr 

CIV 

Other 

TOTAL 

NAME OF OPERATION 

Note 1 Note 1 Note 1 Note 1 Note 1 Note 2 Note 3 Note 4 Note 5

Note 5 Note 5 

Note 6 

NAME OF OPERATION 

Note 1 Note 1 Note 1 Note 1 Note 1 Note 2 Note 3 Note 4 Note 5

Note 5 Note 5 

Note 6 

NAME OF OPERATION 

Note 1 Note 1 Note 1 Note 1 Note 1 Note 2 Note 3 Note 4 Note 5 Note 5 

Note 5 

Note 6 

XXXCOCOM TOTALS 

Note 1 Note 1 Note 1 Note 1 Note 1 Note 2 Note 3 Note 4 Note 5

Note 5 Note 5 

Note 6 

Notes: 1 (sample) Army increase due to ......2 (sample) Navy decrease due to......3 (sample) Air Force increase due to..4 (sample) U.S. Coast Guard increase due to..5 (sample) Civilian personnel supporting the specific operation. 6 (sample) Summation of respective line, i.e., Note 2 and Note 5.7 (sample) Previous week’s total for the respective line.

(sample) Delta (Difference 

between current week and previous week, i.e., Note 6 minus Note 7. 
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ENCLOSURE C 

PERSONNEL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTING SYSTEM (PARS) 

1. Policy. DODI 3001.02, “Personnel Accountability in Conjunction With 

Natural or Manmade Disasters,” reference b, instituted a process to ensure 

DOD could account for its personnel in a timely manner in the event of a 

future disaster. 

 a. Personnel accountability is a shared responsibility between the 

commander and/or supervisor and the individual. 

 b. It is a command and supervisory responsibility to determine the status 

and whereabouts of all assigned or attached personnel upon the occurrence of 

a natural or manmade disaster. 

 c. Ensure all personnel to be accounted for are provided the necessary 

information and guidance to check-in following a disaster. 

 d. All DOD-affiliated personnel within the affected geographical area of the 

disaster are required to positively and personally check-in, at the first 

opportunity, with the appropriate authority. Individuals who are unable to 

check-in should call the emergency call-in number. 

2. Process. The Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) developed a 

controlled-access, database-driven, Web application identified as the Personnel 

Accountability Reporting System (PARS) to account for DOD-affiliated 

personnel upon the occurrence of a natural or manmade disaster. DMDC 

serves as the single DOD point of contact for the collection of personnel 

accountability information for the DOD Components. 

 a. The PARS will be the central repository used by all DOD Components 

when accomplishing personnel accountability upon the occurrence of a 

disaster. 

 

 b. The Web application allows authorized users to query the database for 

their respective personnel and to download that data for use in the mustering 

process. 

 c. For a real-world event, a query will be created by the application’s 

administrative personnel at DMDC for DOD-affiliated personnel in the specified 

affected geographical area. 

 (1) The DMDC admin personnel would create a query listing those 

identified counties in the specified geographical area, and the individual users 

of the DOD Components would execute this query. 
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 (2) The resulting records would then be downloaded to the user’s PC 

and used as the official list of DOD-affiliated personnel for whom that 

particular user/component is responsible for accounting for during the event. 

 d. Once the users have accounted for the DOD-affiliated personnel in their 

data pull, each DOD Component must then report the individual SSN-level of 

detail data elements back to DMDC. 

 e. OSD and CJCS personnel will have access to the Web site in order to 

review and download the personnel accountability reports. 

 f. DMDC will coordinate with the DOD Components to account to the 

reconciled DMDC baseline as required until all reportable personnel have been 

accounted for, or upon notification by USD(P&R) memorandum that reporting 

is suspended. 

 g. DMDC will distribute PARS reports via the PARS Web application and by 

other means upon request. 

3. User Account. Prepare a DD Form 2875, System Authorization Access 

Request, to request a user account for the Personnel Accountability Reporting 

System (PARS) for your organization. Submit to DMDC point of contact, 

Ms. Margot Wolcott, at DMDCPARS@osd.pentagon.mil. POC number: 

831-583-2400 x4407. 
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ENCLOSURE D 

NONCOMBATANT EVACUATION OPERATIONS REPORT (NEORPT) 

1. Purpose. To establish reporting procedures when the Noncombatant 

Evacuation Operations Tracking System (NTS) is used for the accountability of 

DOD noncombatant evacuees (NCE) during NEO for which the Department of 

Defense has primary responsibility. 

 a. The NTS is used at the evacuation control center for capturing NEORPT 

data, unless operational conditions preclude its use. 

 (1) NTS maintains a roster of NCE for accountability (showing 

nationality, date of birth, evacuation classification, profession and destination) 

 (2) NTS provides a departure manifest for embarked personnel for NCE 

tracking. 

 (3) NTS provides NCE visibility throughout the evacuation process. 

 b. NTS will also be used at temporary safe havens for NCE accountability 

and tracking. 

 c. NTS is used at repatriation sites, if established, to account for arriving 

NCE. 

2. Submittal

 a. Submitted By. The combatant command or major military organization 

conducting the NEO. 

 b. Submitted To. Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) NTS Command 

Center server. 

3. When Submitted. NTS conveyance stations will transmit the data, at regular 

intervals, throughout the course of the noncombatant evacuation operation. 

4. How Submitted

 a. Classification. Reports will be classified consistent with the 

classification of the operations or as directed by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 

of Staff. 
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 b. Transmission. Transmission to the DMDC NTS command center server 

is through the internal transmission capabilities of the NTS. 

 (1) Primary method is the use of a commercial telephone line. 

 (2) Secondary method is the use of the NTS internal mobile satellite 

phone through satellite phone systems (e.g., International Maritime Satellite 

(INMARSAT), Iridium). 

 (3) Tertiary method is the use by a NIPRNET e-mail submission of each 

report in the Comma Separated Values (CSV) Export format. DMDC will 

provide the operation-specific e-mail address prior to the commencement for 

the noncombatant evacuation operation. 

 c. Precedence. None. 

 d. MINIMIZE. None. 

5. Report Indicator. NEORPT 

6. Report Content

 a. NTS data transmitted to DMDC will be automatically converted into 

established reports and displayed on the DMDC NTS Web site at 

https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/nts/. 

 b. The NTS standard reports are titled as: 

 (1) Number of NCs by Location by Day. 

 (2) Number of NCs En Route to a Location (Incoming). 

 (3) Number of NCs by Country of Citizenship by Location Registered. 

 (4) Number of NCs and Pet Enroute 

 (5) Number of NCs Withdrawn from NTS. 

 (6) Listing of NCs Registered by Location. 

 (7) Listing of NCs Awaiting Transportation. 

 (8) Listing of NCs Withdrawn from NTS. 

 (9) Foreign Embassy Report. 
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 (10) Number of NCs Registered by Joint Pub Category. 

 

 (11) Passenger Manifest. 

7. Explanation of Notes

 a. DOD Components shall follow the NEO procedures in reference c and 

make use of the NTS operated for the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel 

and Readiness by the DMDC. See reference d, paragraph 5.2.7 (Page 4). 

 b. Evacuation. Evacuation is the ordered or authorized departure of 

noncombatants from a specific area by the Department of State, the 

Department of Defense, or the appropriate U.S. military commander. This 

refers to the movement from one area to another in the same or different 

country. The evacuation is caused by unusual or emergency circumstances 

and applies equally to both command and non-command sponsored 

dependents. 

 c. Repatriation. Repatriation is the procedure whereby U.S. citizens and 

their family members are officially processed back into the United States 

subsequent to an evacuation. The Secretary of the Army acts as the DOD 

Executive Agent for repatriation planning and operations. 

 d. Safehaven 

 (1) A safehaven is a designated area to which NCs, under USG 

responsibility, may be evacuated during an emergency. 

 (2) A safehaven is a location, within or outside the United States, to 

which NCE are authorized to travel for the purpose of temporarily remaining 

there until they are authorized to return to the location from which evacuated, 

or until they are authorized to travel to their final destination. 

 (3) A safehaven is normally designated by the Department of State, in 

coordination with the DOD. 

 e. Noncombatant Evacuees 

 (1) The following U.S. citizens may be authorized (or assisted) to 

evacuate (but not necessarily ordered to evacuate) by competent authority: 

civilian employees of USG agencies and their dependents residing in the 

country concerned on their own volition but expressing a willingness to 

evacuate; private U.S. citizens and their dependents; and military personnel 

and dependents of members of the U.S. Armed Forces. 
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 (2) The following U.S. citizens may be ordered to evacuate by competent 

Authority: civilian employees of all USG agencies and their dependents; 

military personnel of the U.S. Armed Forces specifically designated for 

evacuation as noncombatants; and, dependents of members of the U.S. Armed 

Forces. 

 f. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Under emergency 

conditions, HHS is the lead federal agency for the reception of all evacuees in 

the United States and their onward movement. Each federal agency is 

ultimately accountable for assistance of its own NCE personnel. 

8. Report Control Symbol. DDFM&P (AR)1819, DD-FM&P(AR)1820, and 

DDFM& P(AR)1885. 

9. Additional Information. For additional information on the NTS, see 

reference d. 
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ENCLOSURE E 

JOINT DOCTRINE AND PERSONNEL POLICY 

1. Purpose. To establish the personnel policy to accomplish personnel 

accountability and personnel strength reporting in joint operations. 

2. Geographic Combatant Command Overview

 a. The Commanders of USAFRICOM, USCENTCOM, USEUCOM, 

USNORTHCOM, USPACOM, and USSOUTHCOM are identified as a geographic 

combatant commander, as each is assigned a specific geographic AOR within 

which their missions are accomplished. 

 b. The GCC is the vital link between those who determine national security 

policy and strategy and the military forces commanders that conduct 

operations within their AOR. A GCC is responsible for a large geographical 

area requiring single responsibility for effective coordination of the operations 

within that area. 

 c. Directives flow from the President and Secretary of Defense through the 

Chairman to the GCC, who then plans and conducts the operations that 

achieve national, alliance, or coalition strategic objectives. The GCC provides 

guidance and directions through strategic estimates, command strategies, and 

plans and orders for the employment of military force. 

 d. A GCC’s plan provides strategic direction; assigns missions, tasks, 

forces, and resources; designates objectives; provides authoritative direction on 

all aspects of the military operations, joint training, and logistics; and defines 

policies and concept of operations to be integrated into subordinate or 

supporting plans. 

3. Command Relationships and Assignment and Transfer of Forces

 a. All forces (except those noted in reference e, section 162) are assigned to 

combatant commands by the Secretary of Defense’s Global Force Management 

Guidance, Section II (“Forces for Unified Commands” memorandum). 

 (1) The forces assigned to a combatant command or to the U.S. Element 

North American Aerospace Defense Command (USELEMNORAD), do not 
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include those forces assigned to carry out functions of the Secretary of a 

Military Department listed in reference e, Section 3013(b), 5013(b), and 

8013(b). 

 (2) U.S. forces assigned to multinational peacekeeping organizations 

are not assigned to a combatant command. 

 (3) RC (Reserve and National Guard) forces are available for operational 

missions only when mobilized or ordered to active duty. 

 b. All forces operating within a GCC’s AOR are under the COCOM of the 

GCC (with the exception of forces in CDRUSNORTHCOM AOR). 

 c. A GCC (OCONUS) exercises authority for force protection over all DOD 

personnel (including their dependents) assigned, attached, transiting through, 

or training in the GCC’s AOR, except for those forces for whom the chief of 

mission (COM) retains security responsibility. 

 d. When USTRANSCOM forces are deployed in a GCC AOR, they will 

remain assigned to and under the control of USTRANSCOM. 

 e. When forces are transferred between combatant commands, the 

command relationship (OPCON, TACON, Support) the gaining commander will 

exercise (and the losing commander will relinquish) over these forces must be 

specified by the Secretary of Defense. 

 f. Forces, not command relationships, are transferred between commands. 

When forces are transferred, the command relationship the gaining commander 

will exercise (and the losing commander will relinquish) over those forces must 

be specified by the superior joint force commander. 

 g. When the transfer of forces to a joint force will be permanent (or for an 

unknown but long period of time), the forces should be reassigned. Combatant 

commanders will exercise COCOM. Subordinate joint force commanders 

(JFCs) will normally exercise OPCON over the reassigned forces through the 

Service component commander. 

 h. When the transfer of forces to a joint force will be temporary, the forces 

will be attached to the gaining command and the JFC will normally exercise 

OPCON over the attached forces through the Service component commander. 

 i. Joint forces can be established at three levels: unified command, 

subordinate unified command, and joint task force. Establishing authorities for 

subordinate unified commands and joint task forces direct the assignment or 

attachment of their forces to those subordinate commands as appropriate. 
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 j. The JFC can establish subordinate commands, assign responsibilities, 

establish or delegate appropriate command relationships, and establish 

coordinating instructions for component commanders. 

 k. Transient Forces 

 (1) Transient forces are forces that pass through, stage in, or base 

temporarily within the operational area of another command but are not under 

its operational control. 

 (2) Forces not assigned or attached to a GCC or the forces attached to a 

subordinate JFC are often assigned missions that require them to cross 

boundaries. In such cases, it is the duty of the JFC to assist the operations of 

these transient forces to the extent of existing capabilities and consistent with 

other assigned missions. 

 (3) Transient forces within the AOR of a GCC are subject to that 

combatant commander’s orders in some instances (e.g., for coordination of 

emergency defense, force protection, or allocation of local facilities). 

 (4) Each GCC and subordinate JFC will be kept apprised of the 

presence, mission, movement, and duration of stay of transient forces in the 

AOR or the operational area. 

 (5) The subordinate JFC also will be apprised of the command channels 

under which these transient forces will function. The authority directing 

movement or permanent location of transient forces is responsible for providing 

this information. 

 (6) Transient forces do not come under the chain of command of the 

area commander (JFC subunified command) solely by their movement across 

operational area boundaries unless the GCC is exercising TACON for the 

purpose of force protection. 

4. Definitions

 a. Personnel accounting enables personnel managers to support the 

commander’s concept of operations. 

 (1) Personnel accounting is the process of identifying, capturing, and 

recording the “individual level of detail (SSN)” information of an individual 

usually through the use of a database. 

 (2) Strength reporting is the numerical end product of the personnel 

accounting process. 
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 b. There should be no confusion between the personnel community’s core 

functional responsibilities for personnel accounting and strength reporting and 

the logistical community’s core functional responsibilities for force tracking. 

 c. Force tracking is the process of gathering and maintaining information 

on the location, status, and predicted movement of a unit while in transit to 

the specified operational area. 

 d. Deployment, and joint reception, staging, onward movement, and 

integration (JRSOI) of forces to support joint operations are planned and 

executed by either the supported or the supporting commander. 

 e. Redeployment is the transfer of forces to support another joint force 

commander's operational requirements, or to return personnel, equipment, 

and materiel to a home station or demobilization station for reintegration 

and/or out-processing. Redeployment operations encompass four phases: 

redeployment planning, pre-redeployment activities, movement, and JRSOI. 

Redeployment operations are planned and executed by either the supported or 

the supporting commander. 

5. Responsibility

 a. The supported combatant command J-1 and the supporting combatant 

command J-1 collectively establish personnel accounting and strength 

reporting policies, procedures, and standards and issue a coordinated directive 

for conducting personnel accounting and strength reporting during deployment 

and redeployment operations. 

 (1) The preferred Joint Staff J-1 method for obtaining JPERSTAT 

information is accessing data posted on a combatant command’s SIPRNET 

portal or Web site. 

 (2) A functional combatant commander with forces operating within the 

AOR of a GCC will report the force numbers to the Joint Staff J-1. The GCC’s 

J-1 may outline additional AOR JPERSTAT reporting policy and procedure. 

 (3) A GCC with forces operating within the AOR of another GCC will 

report the force numbers to the Joint Staff J-1. The GCC J-1 may outline 

additional AOR JPERSTAT reporting policy and procedure 

 (4) All specified and unified combatant command (i.e., functional and 

geographic combatant command) transient forces in a GCC AOR will be 

identified and reported to the Joint Staff J-1. The GCC J-1 may outline 

additional AOR JPERSTAT reporting policy and procedure (transient forces in 

the CDRUSNORTHCOM AOR will not be reported). 
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 b. The supported combatant command J-1 establishes personnel 

accounting and strength reporting policies, procedures, and standards and 

issues directives for conducting personnel accountability and strength 

reporting for all forces present in a GCC’s AOR. The preferred Joint Staff J-1 

method for obtaining JPERSTAT information is accessing data posted on a 

combatant command’s SIPRNET portal or Web site. The following categories of 

personnel are defined as forces: 

 (1) All Service members, DOD civilians, and DOD contractors who are 

assigned, attached, temporary duty, OPCON, and TACON. 

 (2) All Service members, DOD civilians, and DOD contractors of a 

functional combatant command conducting operations (transient forces) to 

accomplish their assigned mission in the GCC’s AOR. 

 (3) All Service members, DOD civilians, and DOD contractors entering 

and departing a GCC’s AOR. 

 c. The supported combatant commander J-1, including CDRUSNORTHCOM 

when functioning as a supported combatant commander, has the responsibility 

to: 

 (1) Establish and implement a standardized procedure to account for 

all personnel (Service members, DOD civilians, and DOD contractors) in a 

deployed environment. 

 (2) Issue instructions that enable initial accountability operations for 

all personnel to be accomplished in a timely and accurate manner. 

 (3) Issue guidelines directing personnel accountability be conducted for 

the duration of the operation. 

 d. The establishing authority for subordinate unified commands and joint 

task forces may direct assignment or attachment of their forces to those 

subordinate commands and delegate the command relationship. The J-1 of the 

establishing authority is responsible for establishing personnel accountability 

and personnel strength reporting policies, procedures, and standards and the 

issuance of directives to accomplish personnel accountability and strength 

reporting for all forces involved. 

 e. Commanders of joint force commands, including joint task forces, 

normally are given OPCON of assigned or attached forces by the superior 

commander (establishing authority). When forces are OPCON, the J-1 of the 

joint command exercising OPCON is responsible for establishing personnel 

accountability and strength reporting policies, procedures, and standards 
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and for disseminating them to subordinate joint force commands for 

implementation. 

 f. Within a GCC’s AOR, each JFC through their J-1 will cause personnel 

accountability and strength reporting operations to be conducted where both 

deploying and redeploying personnel either enter or depart their assigned 

geographical area. A JFC assigned a geographical area is referred to as “area 

commander.” 

 g. The JFC defines the authority, command relationships, and 

responsibilities of the Service and functional component commanders. All joint 

forces include Service component organizations because both administrative 

and logistic support is provided through Service components. Service forces 

may be assigned or attached to subordinate joint forces without the formal 

creation of a respective Service component command of that joint force. The 

supported combatant command J-1 will establish personnel accounting and 

strength reporting policies, procedures, and standards and will issue directives 

to accomplish personnel accountability and strength reporting for these Service 

component forces. 

 h. Service component commanders, in a GCC AOR, conduct personnel 

accountability and personnel reporting operations when Service members of 

their component are conducting deployment and redeployment operations. 

Personnel reporting information is usually provided to the GCC through 

operational channels in SITREP format; however, the GCC’s J-1 can direct 

additional personnel accountability and personnel strength reporting 

procedures. 

 i. The GCC exercises OPCON of assigned and attached RC forces (mobilized 

or Title 10, Active Duty), reference e, participating in joint military operations 

in their AOR. The GCC’s J-1 establishes personnel accountability and 

personnel strength reporting policies, procedures, and standards. 

 j. A GCC has TACON for exercise purposes whenever forces not assigned to 

the GCC undertake exercises in their AOR (with the exception of 

CDRUSNORTHCOM). TACON begins when the forces enter the AOR and 

terminates when forces depart the AOR upon completion of the exercise. 

TACON provides directive authority over exercising forces for purposes relating 

to that exercise only, but TACON does not authorize operational employment of 

those forces. The GCC’s J-1 establishes personnel accountability and 

personnel strength reporting policies, procedures, and standards. 

 k. For locations outside the United States, the GCC exercises authority for 

force protection over all DOD personnel (including their dependents) assigned 

both permanently and temporarily, attached, transiting through, or performing 

exercises or training in their AOR. The exception is for those personnel for 
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whom a COM retains security responsibility. The GCC’s J-1, in coordination 

with the GCC’s J-3, establishes personnel accountability and personnel 

strength reporting policies, procedures, and standards. 

 l. The Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché (SDO/DATT) represents the 

Secretary of Defense and the appropriate GCC for coordination of 

administrative and security matters for all DOD personnel not under the 

command of a U.S. area commander. The SDO/DATT in each embassy 

exercises coordinating authority over DOD elements under COM authority, 

subject to the authorities of the GCC and DOD component commanders. This 

coordinating authority does not preempt the authority exercised over these 

elements by the COM, the mission authority exercised by the parent DOD 

components, or the command authority exercised by the GCC.. As required by 

the COM and with concurrence of the GCC, the SDO/DATT assumes TACON of 

DOD elements assigned or attached to the embassy for country team support 

to significant embassy events (i.e., a tsunami relief effort or VIP visit). The 

SDO/DATT has the command responsibility to expeditiously determine the 

status and whereabouts of all assigned or attached DOD-affiliated personnel in 

conjunction with a natural or manmade disaster and accomplish reporting. 

The GCC’S J-1 will establish the actual report format and direct submission 

timelines and procedures. 

 m. The supported combatant commander is responsible for JRSOI and 

their J-1 establishes personnel accountability and personnel strength reporting 

policies, procedures, and standards. JRSOI is the process that transitions 

deploying forces into forces capable of meeting the combatant commander’s 

operational requirements. JRSOI has the four segments where personnel 

accountability and strength reporting operations must be conducted as follows: 

 (1) Reception operations include all those functions required to receive 

and clear personnel, equipment, and materiel through a port of debarkation or 

port of embarkation. 

 (2) Staging includes assembling, processing, and organizing personnel, 

equipment, and materiel into forces and capabilities and preparing them for 

onward movement. 

 (3) Onward movement is the process of moving forces, capabilities, and 

accompanying materiel from reception facilities, marshalling areas, and staging 

areas to tactical assembly areas and/or operational areas or other theater 

destinations. 

 (4) Integration is the synchronized handover of forces and capabilities 

into an operational commander’s force prior to mission execution. 
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 n. Organizations prepare for onward movement by assembling, processing, 

and accounting for personnel. Personnel are accounted for and reported in 

accordance with JRSOI instructions, Service directives, command guidance, 

and standing operating procedures and by the accountability and reporting 

policy, procedures, and standards established by the GCC’s J-1. 

 o. The authority directing movement or permanent location of transient 

forces is responsible for apprising the GCC of the presence, mission, 

movement, and duration of stay of transient forces within the GCCs AOR. The 

GCC’s J-1 will establish personnel strength reporting policies, procedures, and 

standards to gain and maintain transient force visibility. 

 p. When a GCC is exercising TACON of transient forces for the purpose of 

force protection, the GCC’s J-1, in coordination with the GCC’s J-3, establishes 

personnel accountability and personnel strength reporting policies, procedures, 

and standards. 

 q. For NATO operations conducted outside the territorial boundaries of the 

allied nations (also referred to as non-Article V or “out-of-area” operations), the 

supported GCC will normally exercise OPCON over U.S. forces involved in the 

NATO operation. When OPCON is exercised by the supported GCC, the GCC’s 

J-1 will establish personnel accountability and personnel strength reporting 

policies, procedures, and standards. If OPCON is not transferred to the 

supported GCC, the supporting GCC retains responsibility for accomplishing 

personnel accountability and strength reporting. 

 r. In all multinational operations, even when operating under OPCON of a 

foreign commander, the commander of a U.S. element maintains the capability 

to report separately to higher U.S. military authorities. Services establish their 

strength reporting procedures. Additional personnel strength reporting 

requirements may be outlined by the GCC through the GCC’s J-1. 

 s. Personnel assigned to United Nations duty are accounted for by both the 

UN personnel system and the personnel accountability and strength reporting 

system of their parent U.S. Service. In addition to daily U.S. strength reporting 

requirements, the United Nations may require a daily strength report of U.S. 

personnel assigned to the United Nations for duty in order to reimburse the 

USG for its services. The GCC in whose AOR the UN duty is being performed 

will be included in the personnel strength reporting process. 

6. The Joint Operation Plan

 a. A combatant commander is responsible, based on Joint Strategic 

Capabilities Plan (JSCP), reference f, tasking, for the development and 

production of a joint operation plan. 
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 (1) Centralized planning and direction is essential for controlling and 

coordinating the efforts of the forces. Decentralized execution is essential 

because no one commander can control the detailed actions of a large number 

of individuals or forces. 

 (2) The commander and staff of subordinate joint force commands 

perform joint operation planning functions under the direction of the 

establishing authority. 

 (3) Subordinate joint force Service component commands conduct joint 

operation planning within a chain of command that runs from the President 

through the Secretary of Defense to the combatant commander but under the 

administrative control of their Service. 

 b. The exact format and level of detail of the joint operation plan may vary 

somewhat among joint commands, based on theater-specific requirements and 

factors; however, the format outlined in CJCSM 3122.03 Series “Joint 

Operation Planning and Execution System, Volume II, Planning Format”, 

reference g, will be used. A joint operation plan will always contain the basic 

five paragraphs (Situation, Mission, Execution, Administration and Logistics, 

and Command and Control) and their primary subparagraphs (i.e., paragraph 

4c, “Personnel”). 

 c. Task Organization. Annex A - Task Organization of an operation plan is 

prepared by the J-3 of the headquarters originating the plan. It identifies all 

major elements directly subordinate to the headquarters. 

 (1) Annex A identifies in-theater U.S. forces under the geographic 

combatant commander; augmentation forces and agencies; apportioned forces 

included in the plan; forces directly subordinate to the combatant commander; 

and all organizations that directly support the combatant commander, 

including the combat support agencies. 

 (2) Annex A is the source for identifying both the joint chain of 

command hierarchy and the chain of command relationships. A joint force 

command’s responsibility for establishing personnel accountability policy and 

strength reporting procedures will be determined by the J-1 of the 

headquarters originating the plan based on the joint force chain of command 

hierarchy and chain of command relationships. 

7. The Personnel Portion of the Plan

 a. The Director for Manpower and Personnel (J-1) develops joint plans, 

policy, and guidance on manpower and personnel issues and coordinates 

manpower and personnel support to ensure the success of operations. 
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 b. The J-1 of the headquarters originating the Basic Plan has primary 

responsibility for preparing the personnel portion of a joint operation plan. 

This responsibility is accomplished either by preparing an Annex E (Personnel) 

to the basic plan or by populating paragraph 4c “Personnel” of the Basic Plan 

with personnel support guidance. See reference g, Appendix E to Enclosure E 

for information and formatting and reference h for detailed personnel-specific 

doctrine. 

 (1) Support planning is conducted in parallel with operation planning. 

The development of the personnel portion of the Basic Plan is accomplished in 

conjunction with, and in support of, operation planning. 

 (2) The J-1 is responsible for synchronizing the efforts of Service 

components to optimize personnel support to the joint force. The personnel 

portion of the Basic Plan should identify, describe, and define the general 

guidance for personnel support. 

 (3) The personnel portion of the Basic Plan outlines the personnel 

management, individual augmentation, rotation, replacement, and civilian 

employee policy. It assigns responsibilities for establishing and operating joint 

personnel reception centers; outlines pay, allowances, and entitlements; and 

defines the morale, welfare, and recreation program. 

 (4) Personnel accountability and strength reporting policies, 

procedures, requirements, and standards will be outlined either in Annex E or 

in paragraph 4c, Personnel of the Basic Plan. A command’s responsibility for 

planning and accomplishing personnel accounting and strength reporting will 

mirror the joint chain of command hierarchy and chain of command 

relationships. 

 c. Planning is the key to ensuring accurate personnel accountability and 

strength reporting. Service components must be aware of the accounting and 

reporting requirements well before the execution phase. 

8. Command and Control

 a. Command is central to all military action, and unity of command is 

central to unity of effort. Unity of command means all forces operate under a 

single commander with the requisite authority to direct all forces employed in 

pursuit of a common purpose. Unity of effort, however, requires coordination 

and cooperation among all forces toward a commonly recognized objective, 

although they are not necessarily part of the same command structure. 

 b. Inherent in command is the authority that a military commander 

lawfully exercises over subordinates, including authority to assign missions 

and accountability for their successful completion. Although commanders may 
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delegate authority to accomplish missions, they may not absolve themselves of 

the responsibility for the attainment of those missions. Authority is never 

absolute; the extent of authority is specified by the establishing authority, 

directives, and law. 

 c. Command and control is the exercise of authority and direction by a 

properly designated commander over assigned and attached forces in the 

accomplishment of the mission. Command and control functions are performed 

through an arrangement of personnel, equipment, communications, facilities, 

and procedures employed by a commander in planning, directing, coordinating, 

and controlling forces and operations in the accomplishment of the mission. 

 d. Command (the lawful authority of a commander) and control (the 

regulation of forces and functions to accomplish the mission in accordance 

with the commander’s intent) is the most important function undertaken by a 

joint force commander. JFC is a general term applied to a combatant 

commander, subunified commander, or joint task force commander authorized 

to exercise command authority or operational control over a joint force. 

 e. Command and control is the means by which a JFC synchronizes and 

integrates joint force activities to achieve unity of command and unity of effort. 

Command and control ties together the operational functions and tasks, 

applies to all levels of war, and applies to all echelons of command across the 

range of military operations. 

 f. Combatant commander command (COCOM) authority is a 

nontransferable command authority established by reference e, Section 164, 

and exercised only by the commander of a unified or specified combatant 

command. 

 g. A supported commander is the commander having primary 

responsibility for all aspects of a mission assigned by the JSCP or other joint 

operation planning authority. 

 h. A supporting commander is the commander who provides augmentation 

forces or other support to a supported commander or develops a supporting 

plan. 

 i. The relationship between a supported and supporting combatant 

commander must include a provision outlining the requirements, policies, 

procedures, and standards for conducting both personnel accounting 

operations and strength reporting operations. 

9. Command Authorities. The chain of command is a succession of 

commanding officers from the superior to a subordinate through which 

command is exercised. Commanders in the chain of command may exercise 
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COCOM, OPCON, TACON, or may have a support command relationship over 

the military force under their command. The specific command relationship 

(COCOM, OPCON, TACON, and support) will define the level of authority a 

commander has over assigned or attached forces. A commander can also have 

authority outside the chain of command when coordinating authority, 

administrative control, and direct liaison authority relationships have been 

specified. There are four command authorities: 

 a. Combatant Commander Command Authority. COCOM is the command 

authority over assigned forces vested only in the commander of a combatant 

command and cannot be delegated or transferred. COCOM is the authority of 

a combatant commander to perform those functions of command over assigned 

forces involving organizing and employing commands and forces, assigning 

tasks, designating objectives, and giving authoritative direction over all aspects 

of military operations, joint training (or in the case of CDRUSSOCOM, training 

of assigned forces), and logistics to accomplish the mission assigned to the 

command. COCOM is normally exercised through subordinate JFCs and 

Service and/or functional component commanders. 

 b. Operational Control. OPCON is a command authority that may be 

exercised by commanders at any echelon at or below the level of combatant 

commander and may be delegated within the command. 

 (1) OPCON control is the authority to perform those functions of 

command over subordinate forces involving organizing and employing 

commands and forces, assigning tasks, designating objectives, and giving 

authoritative direction necessary to accomplish the mission. 

 (2) OPCON authority does not include authoritative direction for 

logistics or matters of administration, discipline, internal organization, or unit 

training. 

 (3) OPCON does not include the authority to delineate functional 

responsibilities or operational areas of subordinate joint force commanders. 

 c. Tactical Control. TACON is the command authority over assigned or 

attached forces or commands, or military capability or forces made available for 

tasking, that is limited to the detailed direction and control of movements or 

maneuvers within the operational area necessary to accomplish assigned 

missions or tasks. 

 (1) TACON is inherent in OPCON and may be delegated to and 

exercised by commanders at any echelon at or below the level of combatant 

commander. 
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 (2) When forces are transferred between combatant commanders, the 

command relationship the gaining combatant commander will exercise (and the 

losing combatant commander will relinquish) over those forces must be 

specified by the Secretary of Defense. 

 (3) TACON typically is exercised by functional component commanders 

over military capability or forces made available to the functional component 

for tasking. 

 (4) TACON does not provide organizational authority or authoritative 

direction for administration and logistic support; the commander of the parent 

unit continues to exercise these authorities unless otherwise specified in the 

establishing directive. 

 

 (5) Transient forces do not come under the authority of the GCC solely 

by their movement across operational area boundaries, except when the GCC is 

exercising TACON authority for force protection purposes 

 d. Support. Support is a command authority. A support relationship is 

established by a superior commander between subordinate commanders when 

one organization should aid, protect, complement, or sustain another force. 

Support may be exercised by commanders at any echelon at or below the 

combatant commander level. 

 (1) The Secretary of Defense establishes support relationships between 

the combatant commanders for the planning and execution of joint operations. 

This ensures the tasked combatant commander receives the necessary 

support. A supported combatant commander requests capabilities, tasks 

supporting DOD components, coordinates with the appropriate federal agencies 

(where agreements have been established), and develops a plan to achieve the 

common goal. 

 (2) There are four defined categories of support (general support, 

mutual support, direct support, and close support) that a combatant 

commander may direct over assigned or attached forces to ensure the 

appropriate level of support is provided to accomplish mission objective. 

 (3) Supporting combatant commanders provide the requested 

capabilities, as available, to assist the supported combatant commander to 

accomplish missions requiring additional resources. 

 (4) The Chairman organizes the joint planning and execution 

community for joint operation planning to carry out support relationships 

between the combatant commands. 
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 (5) The establishing authority (the common superior commander) is 

responsible for ensuring that both the supported commander and the 

supporting commander understand the degree of authority the supported 

commander is granted. 

10. Additional Authorities

 a. Administrative Control. ADCON is an authority outside of command 

relationships. ADCON is the direction or exercise of authority over subordinate 

or other organizations in respect to administration and support, including 

organization of Service forces, control of resources and equipment, personnel 

management, unit logistics, individual and unit training, readiness, 

mobilization, demobilization, discipline, and all other matters not included in 

the operational missions of the subordinate or other organizations. 

 (1) ADCON is synonymous with administration and support 

responsibilities identified in reference j. This is the authority necessary to 

fulfill Military Department statutory responsibilities for administration and 

support. 

 (2) ADCON may be delegated to and exercised by commanders of 

Service forces assigned to a combatant commander at any echelon at or below 

the level of Service component commander. 

 (3) Service commanders exercising ADCON will not usurp the 

authorities assigned by a combatant commander having COCOM over 

commanders of assigned Service forces. 

 (4) ADCON is subject to the command authority of the combatant 

commander. 

 b. Coordinating Authority. Coordinating authority is another authority 

outside of command relationships. Commanders or individuals may exercise 

coordinating authority at any echelon at or below the level of combatant 

commander. 

 (1) Coordinating authority is the authority delegated to a commander or 

individual for coordinating specific functions and activities involving forces of 

two or more Military Departments, two or more joint force components, or two 

or more forces of the same Service. 

 (2) Coordinating authority may be granted and modified through a 

memorandum of agreement to provide unity of command and unity of effort for 

operations involving RC and AC forces engaged in interagency activities. The 

commander or individual has the authority to require consultation between the 

agencies involved but does not have the authority to compel agreement. 
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 (3) The common task to be coordinated will be specified in the 

establishing directive without disturbing the normal organizational 

relationships in other matters. 

 (4) Coordinating authority is a consultation relationship between 

commanders, not an authority by which command may be exercised. It is 

more applicable to planning and similar activities than to operations. 

Assignment of coordinating authority is based on the missions and capabilities 

of the command or organization involved. 

 c. Direct Liaison Authorized (DIRLAUTH). DIRLAUTH is the last type of 

authority outside of command relationships. DIRLAUTH is that authority that 

may be granted by a commander, at any level, to a subordinate to directly 

consult or coordinate an action with a command or agency within or outside of 

the granting command. 

 (1) DIRLAUTH is more applicable to planning than operations and 

always carries with it the requirement of keeping the granted commander 

informed. 

 (2) DIRLAUTH is a coordination relationship, not an authority through 

which command may be exercised. 

11. Reserve Component. RC forces (Reserve and National Guard) are assigned 

by the Secretary of Defense to a combatant command as indicated in the 

Global Force Management Guidance, Section II (“Forces for Unified Commands” 

memorandum). 

 a. These forces are available for operational missions only when mobilized 

for specific periods in accordance with the law, or when ordered to active duty 

and after being validated for employment by their parent Service. 

 b. A combatant commander will exercise COCOM over assigned RC forces 

when mobilized or ordered to Title 10 active duty. 

 c. A combatant commander will exercise OPCON of assigned and attached 

RC forces (less strategic mobility forces assigned to USTRANSCOM) on active 

duty for training or performing inactive-duty training within their AOR (except 

in CONUS, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. territories) or 

participating anywhere in military operations or joint training under their 

jurisdiction. 

 d. The authority that a combatant commander may exercise over assigned 

RC forces when not on active duty or when on active duty for training is 

training and readiness oversight (TRO). A combatant commander normally will 
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exercise TRO over assigned forces through the Service component 

commanders. 

 e. A combatant commander will communicate with assigned RC forces 

through the Military Departments when the RC forces are not on active duty or 

when the forces are on Active Duty for Training (ADT). 

 f. USNORTHCOM and USJFCOM have TRO responsibility for assigned and 

certified WMD-CST. 

 g. CDRUSSOCOM will exercise additional authority for certain functions 

for assigned RC forces and for all SOF assigned to other combatant commands 

in accordance with the current memorandums of agreement between 

CDRUSSOCOM and the Secretaries of the Military Departments. 

12. DOD Civilians. The DOD civilian workforce shall be under unified 

combatant commander OPCON when employed in or deployed to theaters of 

operations and shall be processed and supported in the same manner as 

military personnel of their employing Service. 

 a. To facilitate this control and support, every civilian employee remaining 

in or deploying to a theater of operations shall be assigned or attached to a 

gaining activity unit identification code (UIC) within the theater upon the 

decision to retain a civilian employee in a theater of potential conflict or before 

deploying that employee. 

 b. This UIC will be stated on the individual’s TDY orders. Theater 

admission requirements for civilian employees deploying to a theater of 

operations shall be expeditiously established during the planning processes by 

the unified combatant commander and complied with by the deploying Service. 

 c. For civilian employees already in a theater of operations when theater 

admission requirements are declared or updated, the in-theater unit to which 

the employee is assigned or attached is responsible for compliance. 

 d. Summaries of civilian work force status by the DOD components shall 

be published in the situation reports of combatant and subordinate 

commanders. 

 e. The heads of the DOD components shall establish civilian work force 

accountability procedures (e.g., names, numbers, location, status) for civilian 

employees in the theater of operations. 
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13. DOD-Funded Contractors

 a. Combatant commanders, subordinate joint force commanders, the 

Services, Service Component commanders, and the Directors of DOD agencies, 

combat support Agencies and field activities are responsible for the 

accountability and visibility of all DOD-funded contracors physically present 

within a GCC’s AOR in accordance with the provisions of DODI 3020.41, 

“Program Management for the Preparation and Execution of Acquisitions for 

Contingency Operations.” 

 b. Combatant commanders, subordinate joint force commanders, Services, 

Service Component commanders, and the Directors of DOD agencies, combat 

support Agencies and field activities, are responsible for ensuring that 

operational acquisition requirements and contractor accountability and 

visibility are preplanned and integrated into operation plans and operation 

orders. 

 c. The designated joint Web-based contractor database (presently SPOT) 

serves as the central repository for all DOD funded contractors (United States, 

local national, host nation, and third country national) data. 

 d. All DOD contractors are responsible for inputting and validating the 

data in the joint Web-based contractor database (presently SPOT) for their 

contactor personnel in order to maintain the database in a current (up-to-date) 

status. Extracts of the data in the joint contractor database will be used to 

support the accountability reporting requirements outlined in this manual. 

For more information on DOD contractor integration and management, see 

DODI 3020.41, “Program Management for the Preparation and Execution of 

Acquisitions for Contingency Operations”. 
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ENCLOSURE F 

REFERENCES 

a. Secretary of Defense’s Global Force Management Implementation Guidance 

(GEFMIG), Section II Assignment of Forces (Forces for Unified Commands) 

memorandum, 7 January 2010 

b. DODI 3001.02, 2 August 2006, “Personnel Accountability in 

Conjunction With Natural or Manmade Disasters” 

c. DODD 3025.14, 5 November 1990, “Protection and Evacuation 

of U.S. Citizens and Designated Aliens in Danger Areas Abroad (Short Title: 

Noncombatant Evacuation Operations)” 

d. DODI 1400.32, 24 April 1995, “DOD Civilian Work Force 

Contingency and Emergency Planning Guidelines and Procedures” 

e. Title 10, United States Code 

f. Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan (JSCP) 

g. CJCSM 3122.03 Series, “Joint Operation Planning and Execution 

System, Volume II: (Planning Formats)” 

h. JP 1-0, 16 October 2006, “Personnel Support to Joint Operations” 

Other Relevant Publications 

Unified Command Plan (UCP), 17 December 2008 

Guidance for Employment of the Force (GEF) 2008–2010, May 2008 

DODI 1215.06, 7 February 2007, “Uniform Reserve, Training, and Retirement 

Categories” 

DODI 1300.18, 8 January 2008, “Department of Defense 

Personnel Casualty Matters, Policies, and Procedures” 

DODI 3020.41, 3 October 2005, “Program Management for the Preparation and 

Execution of Acquisitions for Contingency Operations” 

DOD 7000.14R, 4 February 2010, “DoD Financial Management Regulation 

(DoDFMR)” 
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CJCSM 3150.03 Series, 1 February 2009, “Joint Reporting Structure Event 

and Incident Report” 

CJCSM 3150.05 Series, 11 July 2007, “Joint Reporting Structure Situation 

Monitoring Manual” 

JP 1, 15 May 2007, “Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States 

JP 3-0, 17 September 2007, “Joint Operations” 

JP 3-27, 12 July 2007, “Homeland Defense” 

JP 3-28, 14 September 2007, “Civil Support” 

JP 3-33, 16 February 2007, “Joint Task Force Headquarters” 

JP 3-35, 7 May 2007, “Deployment and Redeployment Operations” 

JP 3-68, 22 January 2007, “Noncombatant Evacuation Operations” 

JP 4-0, 6 April 2000, “Doctrine for Logistic Support of Joint Operations” 

JP 5-0, 26 December 2006, “Joint Operation Planning” 
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GLOSSARY 

PART I--ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS 

AC Active Component 

ADCON administrative control 

AMHS Automated Message Handling System 

ANG Air National Guard 

AOR area of responsibility (combatant commander) 

ARNG Army National Guard 

AR Army Reserve 

CAPTRD captured 

CIV civilian 

COCOM combatant command (command authority) 

CTR contractor 

DA Department of the Army 

DAF Department of the Air Force 

DCIPS Defense Casualty Information Processing 

 System 

DEP Delayed Entry Program 

DEPSTATREP deployment status report 

DIRLAUTH direct liaison authorized 

DMDC Defense Manpower Data Center 

DMS Defense Message System 

DO death due to other 

DON Department of the Navy 

DOD Department of Defense 

DTG date-time group 

DUSTWUN duty status-whereabouts unknown (military 

 personnel only) 

EAWUN excused absence - whereabouts unknown 

 (civilian personnel only) 

EXER exercise 

FEM female 

GCC geographic combatant commander 

GCCS Global Command and Control System 

GENADMIN general administration message 

GUARD Army National Guard and Air National Guard 

HCAS hostile casualty 
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IMA individual mobilization augmentee 

JOA joint operations area 

JPERSTAT joint personnel status report 

JSCP Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan 

JTF joint task force 

KIA killed in action 

MISS missing 

MIA missing in action 

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

NCE noncombatant evacuee 

NHCAS nonhostile casualty 

NIPRNET non-secure internet protocol router network 

NTS noncombatant evacuation operation tracking 

 system 

OPCON operational control 

PRD Personnel Readiness Division (J-1) 

RC Reserve Component 

RES Reserve Personnel of the Army, Navy, Air 

 Force, Marine Corps, (Coast Guard if 

 applicable) 

RMC returned to military control 

RTD (72hrs) returned to duty within 72 hours 

SIPRNET Secure Internet Protocol Router Network 

SITREP situation report 

SPOT Synchronized Predeployment and Operational 

 Tracker 

TACON tactical control 

TRO training and readiness oversight 

UN United Nations 

USA United States Army 

USAF United States Air Force 

USAFR United States Air Force Reserve 

USAR United States Army Reserve 

USC United States Code 

USCG United States Coast Guard 
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USCGR United States Coast Guard Reserve 

USELEMNORAD United States Element North American 

 Aerospace Defense Command 

USMC United States Marine Corps 

USMCR United States Marine Corps Reserve 

USMTF United States Message Text Format 

USN United States Navy 

USNR United States Navy Reserve 

WIA wounded in action 

WMD-CST Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support 

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PART II--TERMS AND DEFINITIONS 

NOTE: The following terminology is limited to the scope or activity of this 

publication unless otherwise noted. A definitional entry in the Glossary is not 

approved for general, DOD-wide use and inclusion in the JP 1-02, Department 

of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms unless followed by an 

explanatory, parenthetic caption such as (JP 1-02. Source: JP X-xx [the 

source-document from which the terminology was derived]). 

Active Guard and Reserve. National Guard and Reserve members who are on 

voluntary active duty providing full-time support to National Guard, Reserve 

and Active Component organizations for the purpose of organizing, 

administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the Reserve Components. 

Also called AGR. (JP 1-02. Source: CJCSM 3150.13) 

administrative control. Direction or exercise of authority over subordinate or 

other organizations in respect to administration and support, including 

organization of Service forces, control of resources and equipment, personnel 

management, unit logistics, individual and unit training, readiness, 

mobilization, demobilization, discipline, and other matters not included in the 

operational missions of the subordinate or other organizations. Also called 

ADCON. (JP 1-02. Source: JP 1) 

assign. To place units or personnel in an organization where such placement 

is relatively permanent, and/or where such organization controls and 

administers the units or personnel for the primary function, or greater portion 

of the functions, of the unit or personnel. (JP 1-02. Source: NA) 

attach. (1) The placement of units or personnel in an organization where such 

placement is relatively temporary, or (2) the detailing of individuals to specific 

functions where such functions are secondary or relatively temporary, e.g., 

attached for quarters and rations; attached for flying duty. (JP 1-02. 

Source: NA) 

casualty. Any person who is lost to the organization by having been declared 

dead, duty status - whereabouts unknown, excused absence - whereabouts 

unknown, missing, ill, or injured. (JP 1-02. Source: DODI 1300.18) 

casualty status. A term used to classify a casualty for reporting purposes. 

There are six casualty statuses: (1) deceased; (2) duty status - whereabouts 

unknown (DUSTWUN) for military or excused absence - whereabouts unknown 

(EAWUN) for civilians; (3) missing; (4) very seriously ill or injured (VSI); 
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(5) seriously ill or injured (SI); and (6) not seriously ill or injured (NSI). (Source: 

DODI 1300.18) 

captured. A casualty status for which the United States Code provides 

statutory guidance concerning missing members of the Military Services. The 

casualty has been seized as the result of action of an unfriendly military or 

paramilitary force in a foreign country. (Source DODI 1300-.18) 

delayed entry program. A program under which an individual may enlist in a 

Reserve Component of a Military Service and specify a future reporting date for 

entry on active duty that would coincide with availability of training spaces and 

with personal plans such as high school graduation. (JP 1-02. Source: 

JP 4-05) 

deceased. A casualty status applicable to a person who is either known to have 

died, determined to have died on the basis of conclusive evidence, or declared 

dead on the basis of a presumptive finding of death. The recovery of remains is 

not a prerequisite to determining or declaring a person deceased. (JP 1-02. 

Source: DODI 1300.18) 

Defense Casualty Information Processing System (DCIPS). DCIPS is the 

Department of Defense functional information system for casualty and 

mortuary business information processes. DCIPS is a single standard system 

supporting uniform procedures, accounting and accurate reporting of 

casualties, ensuring support of family members, benefits tracking, coordinating 

mortuary affairs, and the return of personal effects and human remains. 

DCIPS produces the “Report of Casualty” DD Form 1300. Each Military Service 

or DOD Component, at its option, may use the DD Form 1300 to record the 

deaths or missing status of other military members, civilians, military 

dependents, defense contractors, and civilian dependents under its purview. 

(Source: DODI 1300.18) 

DOD civilian. Civilian employee (to include DA, DAF, DON, etc.) directly hired, 

paid from appropriated or unappropriated funds and under permanent or 

temporary appointment. Specifically excluded are contractors and foreign host 

nationals and third-country civilians. (JP 1-02. Source: NA) 

DOD contract employees. Defense contractor employees (to include DA, DAF, 

DON, etc.) paid from appropriated or non-appropriated funds. (JP 1-02. 

Source: NA) 

duty status-whereabouts unknown (DUSTWUN). A transitory casualty status, 

applicable only to military personnel, that is used when the responsible 

commander suspects the member may be a casualty whose absence is 

involuntary, but does not feel sufficient evidence currently exists to make a 
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definite determination of missing or deceased. (JP 1-02. Source: 

DODI 1300.18) 

excused absence-whereabouts unknown (EAWUN). An administrative status, 

applicable only to civilian personnel, that is used when the responsible 

commander suspects the employee may be a casualty, whose absence is 

involuntary, but does not feel sufficient evidence currently exists to make a 

determination of missing or deceased. (Source: DODI 1300.18) 

hostile casualty (HCAS). A person who is the victim of a terrorist activity or 

who becomes a casualty “in action.” “In action” characterizes the casualty as 

having been the direct result of hostile action, sustained in combat or relating 

thereto, or sustained being to or returning from a combat mission provided 

that the occurrence was directly related to hostile action. Included are persons 

killed or wounded mistakenly or accidentally by friendly fire directed at a 

hostile force or what is thought to be a hostile force. However, not to be 

considered as sustained in action and not to be interpreted as hostile 

casualties are injuries or death due to the elements, self-inflicted wounds, 

combat fatigue, and except in unusual cases, wounds or death inflicted by a 

friendly force while the individuals is AWOL, deserter, or dropped-from-rolls 

status or is voluntary absent without authority from a place of duty. (Source: 

DODI 1300.18) 

incapacitating illness or injury. The casualty status of a person (a) whose 

illness or injury requires hospitalization but medical authority does not classify 

as very seriously ill or injured; or (b) seriously ill or injured and the illness or 

injury makes the person physically or mentally unable to communicate with 

the next of kin. (JP 1-02. Source: NA) 

individual mobilization augmentee. An individual reservist attending drills who 

receives training and is pre-assigned to an Active Component organization or a 

Selective Service System or a Federal Emergency Management Agency billet 

that must be filled on, or shortly after, mobilization. Individual mobilization 

augmentees train on a part-time basis with these organizations to prepare for 

mobilization. Inactive duty training for individual mobilization augmentees is 

decided by component policy and can vary from 0 to 48 drills a year. Also 

called IMA. (JP 1-02. Source: NA) 

Individual Ready Reserve. A manpower pool consisting of individuals who have 

some training and who have served previously in the Active Component or in 

the Selected Reserve and have had some training and who have some period of 

their military service obligation remaining. Members may voluntarily 

participate in training for retirement points and promotion with or without pay. 

Also called IRR. (JP 1-02. Source: NA) 
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killed in action. A casualty category applicable to a hostile casualty, other than 

the victim of a terrorist activity, who is killed outright or who dies as a result of 

wounds or other injuries before reaching a medical treatment facility. Also 

called KIA. (JP 1-02. Source: DODI 1300.18) 

military technician. Federal civilian employees providing full-time support to 

Reserve and organizations for administration, training, and maintenance of the 

Selected Reserve. (JP 1-02. Source: CJCSM 3150.13) 

missing (MISS). A casualty status for which the United States Code provides 

statutory guidance concerning missing members of the Military Services. 

Excluded are personnel who are in an AWOL, deserter, or dropped-from-rolls 

status. A person declared missing can be identified in one of several 

categories. (Source: DODI 1300.18) 

missing in action. The casualty is a hostile casualty, other than the victim of a 

terrorist activity, who is not present at his or her duty location due to apparent 

involuntary reasons and whose location is unknown. Also called MIA. 

(JP 1-02. Source: DODI 1300.18) (Note: This definition is part of the 

definition for the term “missing” in JP 1-02.) 

mobilization. (1) The act of assembling and organizing national resources to 

support national objectives in time of war or other emergencies. (2) The 

process by which the Armed Forces or part of them are brought to a state of 

readiness for war or other national emergency. This includes activating all or 

part of the Reserve Components (RCs) as well as assembling and organizing 

personnel, supplies, and materiel. Mobilization of the Armed Forces includes 

but is not limited to the following categories: 

 a. Selective mobilization--Expansion of the active Armed Forces resulting 

from action by Congress and/or the President to mobilize RC units, individual 

ready reservists, and the resources needed for their support to meet the 

requirements of a domestic emergency that is not the result of enemy attack. 

 b. Partial mobilization--Expansion of the active Armed Forces resulting 

from action by Congress (up to full mobilization) or by the President (not more 

than 1 million) to mobilize Ready RC units, individual reservists and the 

resources needed for their support to meet the requirements of a war or other 

national emergency involving an external threat to the national security. 

 c. Full mobilization--Expansion of the active Armed Forces resulting from 

action by Congress and the President to mobilize all RC units in the existing 

approved force structure, all individual reservists, retired military personnel, 

and the resources needed for their support to meet the requirements of a war 

or other national emergency involving an external threat to the national 
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security. Reserve personnel can be placed on active duty for the duration of 

the emergency plus 6 months. 

 d. total mobilization--Expansion of the active Armed Forces resulting from 

action by Congress and the President to organize and/or generate additional 

units or personnel, beyond the existing force structure, and the resources 

needed for their support, to meet the total requirements of a war or other 

national emergency involving an external threat to the national security. 

(JP 1-02. Source: JP 4-05) 

noncombatant evacuation operation tracking system (NTS). The NTS is an 

automated data processing hardware and software package designed to provide 

evacuee visibility to warfighting combatant commanders during noncombatant 

evacuation operations. It provides the capability to rapidly register evacuees by 

barcode and OCR scanning of military identification cards and passports. 

Evacuees are issued a bar-coded NEO tracking bracelet, which is scanned for 

manifesting and accountability. Evacuees are tracked through the evacuation 

pipeline using the bracelet scanning method at each departure and arrival 

point. (Source: NA) 

nonhostile casualty (NHCAS). Injuries or death due to circumstances not 

directly attributable to hostile action or terrorist activity. Casualties due to 

the elements, self-inflicted wounds, combat fatigue, and—except in unusual 

cases—wounds or death inflicted by a friendly force while the individual is in 

an AWOL, deserter, or dropped-from-rolls status or is voluntary absence 

without authority from a place of duty are non-hostile casualties. (Source: 

DODI 1300.18) 

nonhostile death. A person who died as a result of an accident or illness not 

related to hostilities. (Source: NA) 

nonhostile injured. A person whose illness or injury is classified by medical 

authority to be of such severity that life is imminently endangered (very 

seriously ill or injured) or that there is cause for immediate concern, but there 

is no imminent danger to life (seriously ill or injured). (Source: NA) 

not seriously ill or injured (NSI). The casualty status of a person, whose illness 

or injury requires medical attention, may or may not require hospitalization, 

and medical authority. (Source: DODI 1300.18). 

operational control. Command authority that may be exercised by 

commanders at any echelon at or below the level of combatant command. 

Operational control is inherent in combatant command (command authority) 

and may be delegated within the command. When forces are transferred 

between combatant commands, the command relationship the gaining 
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commander will exercise (and the losing commander will relinquish) over these 

forces must be specified by the Secretary of Defense. Operational control is the 

authority to perform those functions of command over subordinate forces 

involving organizing and employing commands and forces, assigning tasks, 

designating objectives, and giving authoritative direction necessary to 

accomplish the mission. Operational control includes authoritative direction 

over all aspects of military operations and joint training necessary to 

accomplish missions assigned to the command. Operational control should be 

exercised through the commanders of subordinate organizations. Normally 

this authority is exercised through subordinate joint force commanders and 

Service and/or functional component commanders. Operational control 

normally provides full authority to organize commands and forces and to 

employ those forces as the commander in operational control considers 

necessary to accomplish assigned missions; it does not, in and of itself, include 

authoritative direction for logistics or matters of administration, discipline, 

internal organization, or unit training. Also called OPCON. See also 

combatant command; combatant command (command authority); tactical 

control. (JP 1-02. Source: JP 1) 

other civilians. All other civilians supporting joint task force operations under 

a specific command or organization who are not directly employed by either the 

Services or Department of Defense. (JP 1-02. Source: NA) 

Presidential Reserve Call-up Authority. Provision of a public law (reference e, 

section 12304) that provides the President a means to activate, without a 

declaration of national emergency, not more than 200,000 members of the 

Selected Reserve and the Individual Ready Reserve (of whom not more than 

30,000 may be members of the Individual Ready Reserve), for not more than 

365 days to meet the requirements of any operational mission. Members called 

under this provision may not be used for disaster relief or to suppress 

insurrection. This authority has particular utility when used in circumstances 

in which the escalatory national or international signals of partial or full 

mobilization would be undesirable. Forces available under this authority can 

provide a tailored, limited-scope, deterrent, or operational response, or may be 

used as a precursor to any subsequent mobilization. Also called PRC. See also 

Individual Ready Reserve; mobilization; and Presidential Call-up Selected 

Reserve. (JP 1-02. Source: JP 4-05) Note: 10 USC 12304 amended by NDAA 

FY-07 legislation (5122 sec 522). 

prisoner of war. POW is not a casualty status for reporting purposes. For 

reporting purposes, the casualty status and category would be 

missing/captured. (Source: DODI 1300-18). 
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prisoner of war. A detained person as defined in Articles 4 and 5 of the Geneva 

Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of 12 August 1949. 

In particular, one who, while engaged in combat under orders of his or her 

government, is captured by the armed forces of the enemy. As such, he or she 

is entitled to the combatant’s privilege of immunity from the municipal law of 

armed conflict. For example, a prisoner of war may be, but is not limited to, 

any person belonging to one of the following categories who has fallen under 

the power of the enemy: a member of the armed forces, organized militia or 

volunteer corps; a person who accompanies the armed forces without actually 

being a member thereof; a member of a merchant marine or civilian aircraft 

crew not qualifying for more favorable treatment; or individuals who, on the 

approach of the enemy, spontaneously take up arms to resist the invading 

forces. (JP 1-02. Source: NA) 

Ready Reserve. The Selected Reserve and Individual Ready Reserve liable for 

active duty as prescribed by law. (10 USC 10142, 12301, 12302, and 12304). 

(JP 1-02. Source: JP 4-05) 

returned to military control (RMC). The status of a person whose casualty 

status of “duty status - whereabouts unknown” or missing has been changed 

due to the person’s return or recovery by U.S. military authority. Also called 

RMC. (Source: DODI 1300.18) 

Selected Reserve. Those units and individuals within the Ready Reserve 

designated by their respective Services and approved by the Joint Chiefs of 

Staff as so essential to initial wartime missions that they have priority over all 

other Reserves. All Selected Reservists are in an active status. The Selected 

Reserve also includes the Reserves and the National Guard plus persons 

performing initial active duty for training. (JP 1-02. Source: JP 4-05) 

seriously ill or injured (SI). The casualty status of a person whose illness or 

injury requires medical attention and medical authorities declares that death is 

possible, but not likely within 72 hours, and/or the severity is such that it is 

permanent and life-altering. (Source: DODI 1300.18) 

Standby Reserve. Those units and members of the Reserve Components (other 

than those in the Ready Reserve or Retired Reserve) who are liable for active 

duty only as provided in 10 USC 10151, 12301, and 12306. (JP 1-02. Source: 

JP 4-05) 

 a. Active Status, Standby Reserve. Reservists who (1) are completing their 

statutory military service obligation; (2) are being retained in an active status 

under 10 USC 12646; (3) were screened from the Ready Reserve as being key 

personnel and request assignment to the Active Status List; or (4) may be 

temporarily assigned to the Standby Reserve for hardship or other cogent 
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reason determined by the secretary concerned, with the expectation of their 

being returned to the Ready Reserve. (JP 1-02. Source: NA) 

 b. Inactive Status, Standby Reserve. Individuals who are not required by 

law or regulation to remain members of an active status program but who 

(1) desire to retain their Reserve affiliation in a nonparticipating status, and 

(2) have skills that may be of possible future use to the Military Department 

concerned. (JP 1-02. Source: NA) 

terrorism. The calculated use of violence or threat of violence to inculcate fear; 

intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of 

goals that are generally political, religious or ideological. (JP 1-02. Source: 

JP 3-07.2) 

training pipeline. A Reserve Component category designation that identifies 

untrained officer and enlisted personnel who have not completed initial active 

duty for training of 12 weeks or its equivalent. (JP 1-02. Source: NA) 

transient. (1) Personnel, ships, or craft stopping temporarily at a post, station, 

or port to which they are not assigned or attached, and having destination 

elsewhere. (2) An independent merchant ship calling at a port and sailing 

within 12 hours, and for which routing instructions to a further port have been 

promulgated. (3) An individual awaiting orders, transport, etc., at a post or 

station to which he or she is not attached or assigned. (JP 1-02. Source: NA) 

transient forces. Forces that pass or stage through, or base temporarily within, 

the operational area of another command but are not under its operational 

control. (JP 1-02. Source: JP 1) 

very seriously ill or injured (VSI). The casualty status of a person whose illness 

or injury is such that medical authority declares it more likely than not that 

death will occur within 72 hours. (Source: DODI 1300-18) 

wounded in action (WIA). A casualty category applicable to a hostile casualty, 

other than the victim of a terrorist activity, who has incurred an injury due to 

external agent or cause. The term encompasses all kinds of wounds and other 

injuries incurred in action, whether there is a piercing of the body, as in a 

penetration or perforated wound, or none, as in the contused wound. These 

include fractures, burns, blast concussions, all effects of biological and 

chemical warfare agents, and the effects of an exposure to ionizing radiation or 

any other destructive weapon or agent. The hostile casualty’s status may be 

categorized as “seriously ill or injured,” “very seriously ill or injured,” 

“incapacitating illness or injury,” or “not seriously injured.” (JP 1-02. 

Source: DODI 1300.18) 
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