Department of Defense
DIRECTIVE
NUMBER 6205.02E
September 19, 2006
USD(P&R)
SUBJECT: Policy and Program for Immunizations to Protect the Health of Service Members
and Military Beneficiaries
References: (a) DoD Instruction 6205.2, “Immunization Requirements,”
October 9, 1986 (hereby canceled)
(b) DoD Directive 6200.4, "Force Health Protection,” October 9, 2004
(c) DoD Directive 1010.10, "Health Promotion and Disease/Injury Prevention,”
August 22, 2003
(d) DoD Directive 6205.3, “DoD Immunization Program for Biological Warfare
Defense,” November 26, 1993
(e) through (j), see Enclosure 1
1. REISSUANCE AND PURPOSE
This Directive:
1.1. Reissues Reference (a) as a DoD Directive to update policy and responsibilities for
immunization services provided by the Department of Defense.
1.2. Provides immunization policies for the Armed Forces to increase military readiness,
decrease the risk of preventable infections, and decrease time lost from training and work by
military and civilian personnel, DoD healthcare beneficiaries, and eligible contracted workers.
1.3. Provides direction to protect military personnel, civilian personnel, healthcare
beneficiaries, and eligible contracted workers from vaccine-preventable diseases, across the
spectrum of peacetime, contingency, and wartime situations.
1.4. Establishes the military immunization program, a program of educational, public health,
and clinical services to deliver and assess immunizations for military personnel, civilian
personnel, healthcare beneficiaries, and eligible contracted workers in coordination with
References (b), (c), (d), and DoD Instruction 6055.5 (Reference (e)).
1.5. Designates the Secretary of the Army as the DoD Executive Agent, consistent with DoD
Directive 5101.1 (Reference (f)), for DoD’s military immunization program.
