Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 5100.76
February 28, 2014
USD(I)
SUBJECT: Safeguarding Sensitive Conventional Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives (AA&E)
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. This instruction reissues DoD Instruction (DoDI) 5100.76 (Reference (a)), in
accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5143.01 (Reference (b)), to establish
policy, assign responsibilities, and provide procedures for the formulation of uniform policy,
standards, and guidance for the physical security of sensitive conventional AA&E, herein
referred to as “AA&E,” in the possession or custody of the DoD Components, DoD contractors,
and under foreign military sales or security cooperation programs as outlined in Defense Security
Cooperation Agency Manual 5105.38-M (Reference (c)).
2. APPLICABILITY. This instruction applies to:
a. 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”).
b. Working groups and organizations formed to improve the oversight, management, control,
safety, and security of AA&E throughout the DoD logistics chain as addressed in the Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (USD(AT&L)) Memorandum
(Reference (d)).
c. The procurement, use, shipment, storage, inventory control, disposal by sale, or
destruction of AA&E designated as Security Risk Categories (SRC) I-IV, as described and
categorized in Reference (h).
d. All DoD contracts for which performance depends on or affords access to DoD AA&E.
e. The protection of AA&E for cooperative research, development agreements, and
memorandums of agreement with other research partners and government agencies that involve
furnished DoD AA&E.
