Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 1322.31
February 26, 2015
Incorporating Change 1, April 11, 2017
USD(P&R)
SUBJECT: Common Military Training (CMT)
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5124.02 (Reference
(a)), this instruction:
a. Establishes policy; assigns responsibilities; and provides procedures, principles, and
concepts for the organization, management, and implementation of CMT, in accordance with
DoDD 1322.18 (Reference (b)) and Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum (Reference (c)),
that:
(1) Enables the Military Services to decentralize the assessing, planning, conducting, and
evaluating of required CMT.
(2) Supports Service efforts to increase the training time available for achieving greater
individual and collective skill proficiency.
b. Identifies CMT requirements that DoD oversees and provides a common training lexicon
for use across the DoD.
c. Designates CMT lead proponents and identifies CMT topics.
d. Establishes the DoD Common Military Training Working Group (CMTWG) to review,
standardize, and provide oversight of CMT core curriculum and training requirements that
provide common knowledge and skills required for all Service members within the limitations
established by current statutes, Executive orders, and Secretary of Defense directions to
combine, reduce, and eliminate redundant or obsolete CMT tasks and curriculum in accordance
with Reference (b).
2. APPLICABILITY. This instruction:
