Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 1334.02
December 7, 2012
USD(P&R)
SUBJECT: Frocking of Commissioned Officers
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. This Instruction:
a. Reissues DoD Directive (DoDD) 1334.2 (Reference (a)) as a DoD Instruction (DoDI) in
accordance with the authority in DoDD 5124.02 (Reference (b)) to establish policies and
procedures and assign responsibilities to frock officers in accordance with sections 777 and 777a
of title 10, United States Code (Reference (c)).
b. Incorporates and cancels Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness (PDUSD(P&R)) Memorandums (References (d) and (e)), and Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Force Management Policy Memorandums (References (f), (g), and (h)).
2. APPLICABILITY. This Instruction applies to:
a. OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
(CJCS) 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 Department of Defense.
b. All commissioned officers in the Military Services, except for the United States Coast
Guard.
3. DEFINITIONS. See Glossary.
4. POLICY. It is DoD policy that:
a. The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)) may approve
frocking of commissioned officers to the grades of O-7 through O-10 pursuant to sections 777
and 777a of Reference (c) and Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum (Reference (i)).
