Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 3002.03
July 15, 2013
Incorporating Change 1, April 26, 2016
USD(P)
SUBJECT: DoD Personnel Recovery - Reintegration of Recovered Personnel
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. This instruction, in accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD)
5111.1 (Reference (a)) and Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum (Reference (b)):
a. Implements policy established in DoDD 3002.01 (Reference (c)).
b. Incorporates and cancels DoD Instruction (DoDI) 2310.4 (Reference (d)).
c. Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedural guidelines for
reintegrating recovered DoD personnel in accordance with Reference (c).
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 within the DoD (referred to collectively in
this instruction as the “DoD Components”).
3. POLICY
a. The purpose of reintegration is to gather critical information from recovered persons while
protecting their health and welfare. This allows the return of the recovered person, physically
and emotionally healthy, to duty as expeditiously as possible. The Military Departments and
Services, geographic Combatant Commands (GCCs), and United States Special Operations
Command (USSOCOM) must be prepared to conduct reintegration of DoD personnel
immediately following an isolating event. The GCCs, in coordination with the Military
Departments, will conduct reintegration in situations where an isolated person was required to
survive, evade, resist, or escape. The GCCs will determine criteria for conducting reintegration
for other isolating events.
