Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 1322.22
September 24, 2015
USD(P&R)
SUBJECT: Service Academies
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5124.02 (Reference
(a)), this instruction:
a. Reissues DoDD 1322.22 (Reference (b)) as a DoD Instruction (DoDI) to establish policy,
assign responsibilities, and prescribe procedures for DoD oversight of the Service academies
(referred to in this instruction as “the academies”).
b. Incorporates and cancels DoDD 1332.23 (Reference (c)), DoDI 1025.4 (Reference (d)),
and Directive-type Memorandum 07-022 (Reference (e)).
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 (IG DoD), 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, pursuant to chapters 403, 603, and 903 of Title 10, United States
Code (U.S.C.) (Reference (f)) and consistent with this instruction, that:
a. The academies provide, each year, newly commissioned officers to each Service that have
been immersed in the history, traditions, and professional values of the Military Services and
developed to be leaders of character, dedicated to a career of professional excellence in service to
the Nation.
b. The accession of those officers generates a core group of innovative leaders capable of
thinking critically who will exert positive peer influence to convey and sustain these traditions
attitudes, values, and beliefs essential to the long-term readiness and success of the Military
Services.
