Department of Defense
DIRECTIVE
NUMBER 6000.12E
January 6, 2011
Incorporating Change 1, Effective October 3, 2013
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SUBJECT: Health Service Support
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. This Directive:
a. Reissues DoD Directive (DoDD) 6000.12 (Reference (a)) to establish policy and assign
responsibilities pursuant to sections 2114, 2122, and 2123 of title 10, United States Code
(U.S.C.) (Reference (b)) and sections 301d, 301e, 302, 302a through 302e, 303, and 303a of title
37, U.S.C. (Reference (c)) for matters related to health service support, including, but not limited
to, medical manpower, military medical training, medical logistics, and the Armed Services
Blood Program (ASBP).
b. Designates the Secretary of the Army as the DoD Executive Agent for the Armed
Services Blood Program Office (ASBPO) (Reference (h)), who exercises this authority through
the Surgeon General of the Army, in accordance with DoDD 5101.1 (Reference (d)).
2. APPLICABILITY. This Directive applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the
Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD
Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the Department of Defense (hereafter
referred to collectively as the “DoD Components”).
3. DEFINITIONS
a. active duty. Defined in Joint Publication 1-02 (Reference (e)).
b. defense medical logistics (DML). The application of DoD standard medical logistics
business processes, information systems, and collaborative management to provide the life cycle
management of specialized medical products and services required to deliver military healthcare
across the range of military operations. These include medical materiel (supplies, gases,
