Department of Defense
DIRECTIVE
NUMBER 2000.13
March 11, 2014
Incorporating Change 1, May 15, 2017
USD(P)
SUBJECT: Civil Affairs
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. This directive reissues DoD Directive (DoDD) 2000.13 (Reference (a)) to update
established policy and assigned responsibilities for conducting DoD-wide civil affairs operations
in accordance with sections 167, 401, 404, and 2011 of Title 10, United States Code (Reference
(b)), DoDD 5111.10 (Reference (c)), and DoDD 5100.01 (Reference (d)).
2. APPLICABILITY. This directive applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands,
the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the
DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the DoD (referred to
collectively in this directive as the “DoD Components”).
3. POLICY. It is DoD policy that:
a. The DoD must maintain a capability to conduct a broad range of civil affairs operations
necessary to support DoD missions and to meet DoD Component responsibilities to the civilian
sector in the operational environment across the range of military operations. Civil affairs
operations include, but are not limited to, DoD actions that:
(1) Coordinate military activities with other U.S. Government departments and agencies,
civilian agencies of other governments, host-nation military or paramilitary elements, and non-
governmental organizations.
(2) Support stability operations, including activities that establish civil security; provide
support to governance; provide essential services; support economic development and
infrastructure; and establish civil control for civilian populations in occupied or liberated areas
until such control can be returned to civilian or non-U.S. military authority.
