Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 5000.24
January 5, 2009
Incorporating Change 1, June 29, 2017
DA&M DCMO
SUBJECT: Pentagon Executive Dining Facilities (EDFs)
References: (a) DoD Directive 5000.24, “Pentagon Executive Dining Facilities (EDFs),”
May 3, 1997 (hereby canceled)
(b) DoD Instruction 5025.01, “DoD Directives Program,” October 28, 2007
(cb) DoD Directive 5105.53, “Director of Administration and Management
(DA&M),” February 26, 2008
(c) DoD Directive 5105.82, “Deputy Chief Management Officer (DCMO) of the
Department of Defense,” October 17, 2008
(d) Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum, “Reorganization of the Office of
the Deputy Chief Management Officer,” July 11, 2014
1. PURPOSE. This Instruction reissues Reference (a) as a DoD Instruction in accordance with
the guidance in Reference (b) and the authority in References (cb), (c), and (d) and updates the
policy, responsibilities, and procedures for the administration and operation of the EDFs located
in the Pentagon.
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 Department of Defense (hereafter
referred to collectively as the “DoD Components”) with personnel assigned to the Pentagon or
Pentagon swing space.
3. DEFINITIONS. EDFs. Those eating facilities, established with the approval of the Secretary
of Defense or designee, that provide senior civilian and military officials and their guests a
private area where they can dine and, at the same time, conduct official business; and where
senior Defense officials may host special functions for visiting foreign dignitaries and top-level
Government officials.
