Department of Defense
DIRECTIVE
NUMBER 3700.01
October 22, 2014
Incorporating Change 1, June 29, 2017
DoD CIO
SUBJECT: DoD Command and Control (C2) Enabling Capabilities
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. This directive:
a. Reissues, retitles, and renumbers DoD Directive (DoDD) 5100.30 (Reference (a)) to
establish DoD C2 enabling capability policy and assign responsibilities under the authority of
Title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.) (Reference (b)), DoD Instruction (DoDI) O-3710.02
(Reference (c)), and DoDD 5144.02 (Reference (d)) for funding, managing, developing,
acquiring, operating, maintaining, evaluating, and improving DoD C2 information technology
(IT) and National Security Systems enabling capabilities.
b. Updates and reestablishes the functional and organizational relationships among all DoD
elements involved in providing DoD C2 enabling capabilities and directs necessary operational
links to non-DoD organizations.
c. Assigns the responsibilities for DoD C2 enabling capability oversight and management;
assigns responsibilities to the appropriate DoD Component to review, prioritize, and direct DoD
programs; identifies and directs establishment of appropriate structures and processes to execute
Secretary of Defense-directed compliance oversight responsibilities.
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. DoD C2 enabling capabilities extend across all warfighting decision-making levels, and
support:
