Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 1332.44
June 24, 2014
USD(P&R)
SUBJECT: Officer Voluntary Retirement Incentive (VRI) Program
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5124.02 (Reference (a)), this
instruction establishes guidance, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for use of
VRIs for officers who have served on active duty for more than 20 years and no more than 29
years on their approved date of retirement, in accordance with section 638b of Title 10, United
States Code (Reference (b)).
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 in the DoD.
3. POLICY. It is DoD policy that the VRI is not an entitlement but is a temporary additional
management tool available for use at the discretion of the Secretaries of the Military
Departments to draw down the Military Services through December 31, 2018. Use of this
authority by the DoD is limited pursuant to Reference (b).
a. VRI quotas will be distributed to the Military Services on formal request to the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Readiness and Force Management (ASD(R&FM)).
b. Distribution of quotas to the Services will be reassessed each fiscal year.
4. RESPONSIBILITIES. See Enclosure 2.
5. PROCEDURES. See Enclosure 3.
