Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 1145.01
December 12, 2013
Incorporating Change 1, Effective September 22, 2014
USD(P&R)
SUBJECT: Qualitative Distribution of Military Manpower
References: See Enclosure
1. PURPOSE. This instruction:
a. Reissues DoD Instruction 1145.01 (Reference (a)) in accordance with the authority in
DoD Directive 5124.02 (Reference (b)).
b. Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for qualitative distribution of manpower
accessions to the Active and Reserve Components of the Military Services in accordance with
requirements in Title 10, United States Code (Reference (c)).
2. APPLICABILITY. This instruction 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 DoD (referred to collectively in
this instruction as the “DoD Components”).
3. POLICY. It is DoD policy that:
a. Qualitative distribution of military manpower accessions is an important part of the
All-Volunteer Force accession process and may be instituted during any mobilization for which
induction has been authorized by Congress. Qualitative distribution will be accomplished on an
equitable basis in any of the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) categories and education
credential tiers (described in the Glossary) by control of chargeable accessions to the Active and
Reserve Components of each Military Service.
b. Section 520 of Reference (c) limits the enlistment or induction of Category IV
personnel. The total number of AFQT Category IV enlistments or inductions may not exceed 20
percent of the total number of each Military Service’s active duty accessions. Additionally, these
benchmarks are established for evaluating Active and Reserve Component enlisted recruiting
program success:
