Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 1300.18
January 8, 2008
Incorporating Change 1, August 14, 2009
USD(P&R)
SUBJECT: Department of Defense (DoD) Personnel Casualty Matters, Policies, and Procedures
References: (a) DoD Instruction 1300.18, “Military Personnel Casualty Matters, Policies, and
Procedures,” December 18, 2000 (hereby canceled)
(b) DoD Directive 5124.02, “Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness (USD(P&R)),” October 17, 2006
(c) Section 546 of Public Law 108-136, “National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2004,” November 24, 2003
(d) Section 562 of Public Law 109-163, “National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2006,” January 6, 2006
(e) through (bbad), see Enclosure 1
1. REISSUANCE AND PURPOSE
This Instruction:
1.1. Reissues Reference (a), under a new title, under the authority of Reference (b), to assign
responsibilities and establish uniform personnel policies and procedures for reporting, recording,
notifying, and assisting the next of kin (NOK) whenever DoD casualties are sustained.
1.2. Establishes the DoD Casualty Advisory Board (CAB).
1.3. Establishes a central DoD repository for casualty information.
1.4. Provides uniform official casualty terms and definitions.
1.5. Establishes uniform guidelines for obtaining and maintaining emergency notification
information.
1.6. Implements References (c); (d); section 566 of Public Law 109-364, the John Warner
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Reference (e)); and
section 1072 of
Public Law 102-484, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993
(Reference (f)); and Secretary of Defense Memorandum (Reference (ac)).
Change 1, 8/14/09
