Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 3025.16 NUMBER 3025.16
September 8, 2011 September 8, 2011
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SUBJECT: Defense Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer (EPLO) Programs SUBJECT: Defense Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer (EPLO) Programs
References: See Enclosure 1 References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE1. PURPOSE
. This Instruction reissues DoD Directive (DoDD) 3025.16 (Reference (a)) as a
DoD Instruction (DoDI) in accordance with the authority in DoDD 5111.1 and Deputy Secretary
of Defense Memorandum (References (b) and (c)), this Instruction:
a. Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for the Defense EPLO programs governing
the use of Reserve members in providing Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) in
accordance with DoDD 3025.18 (Reference (d)).
b. Assigns responsibilities for the management of EPLO programs in each of the Military
Departments in accordance with DoDI 1215.13 and DoDI 1215.06 (References (e) and (f)).
c. Assigns responsibilities for the employment of EPLOs for DSCA by the commanders of
U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) in
accordance with Reference (d) and the Unified Command Plan (Reference (g)).
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.
3. DEFINITIONS. See Glossary.
4. POLICY. It is DoD policy that the Defense EPLO programs shall facilitate DSCA through
participation in integrated interagency and intra-governmental preparedness, planning, and
response activities.
