Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 3224.04
May 23, 2008
Incorporating Change 1, May 26, 2017
USD(P)
SUBJECT: Single Manager Responsibility for Joint Military Diving Technology and Training
(MDT&T)
References: (a) DoD Directive 3224.4, “Single Manager Responsibility for Joint Service
Military Diving Technology and Training (MDT&T),” July 18, 1996 (hereby
canceled)
(b) DoD Instruction 5025.01, “DoD Directives Issuances Program,” October 28,
2007 August 1, 2016, as amended
(c) DoD Directive 5111.1, “Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USD(P)),”
December 8, 1999
(d) DoD Directive 5000.01, “The Defense Acquisition System,” May 12, 2003
(e) through (h), see Enclosure 1
1. REISSUANCE AND PURPOSE
This Instruction:
1.1. Reissues Reference (a) as a DoD Instruction in accordance with the guidance in
Reference (b) and the authority in Reference (c).
1.2. Establishes policy and consolidates responsibilities for DoD diving technology and
training, including diving research and development, joint acquisition programs for diving tools
and equipment, diving procedures, and common-type diver training in accordance with
Reference (c).
2. APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE
2.1. This Instruction applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (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
Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the “DoD Components”).
