Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 1005.14
January 10, 2013
Incorporating Change 1, April 14, 2017
DA&M DCMO
SUBJECT: Department of Defense Spirit of Hope (SOH) Award
References: (a) DoD Directive 5105.53, “Director of Administration and Management
(DA&M),” February 26, 2008
(b) DoD Directive 5105.82, “Deputy Chief Management Officer (DCMO) of the
Department of Defense,” October 17, 2008
(c) Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum, “Reorganization of the Office of
the Deputy Chief Management Officer,” July 11, 2014
(bd) Office of the Secretary of Defense, Director of Administration and
Management Action Memo, “Authority to Establish the Spirit of Hope (SOH)
Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI),” April 18, 2011
(ce) DoD Instruction 1400.25, subchapter Volume 451,“DoD Civilian Personnel
Management System: Awards,” December 1, 1996November 4, 2013
(df) DoD Manual 8910.01-M, “DoD Information Collections Manual: Procedures
for Management of Information Requirements DoD Internal Information
Collections,” June 30, 1998 June 30, 2014, as amended
(e) DoD Instruction 5025.01, “DoD Directives Program,” September 26, 2012
1. PURPOSE. In accordance with the authority in References (a) and (b) through (d) and the
guidance in Reference (ce), this Instruction:
a. Establishes the DoD SOH Award.
b. Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for the DoD SOH Award.
c. Prescribes requirements and procedures for nominating and awarding recipients.
2. APPLICABILITY. This Instruction applies to OSD, the Military Departments (including the
U.S. Coast Guard at all times, including when it is a Service in the Department of Homeland
Security by agreement with that Department), the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff and the Joint Staff (JS), 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 Instruction as the “DoD
