DOD INSTRUCTION 5154.30
ARMED FORCES MEDICAL EXAMINER SYSTEM (AFMES)
OPERATIONS
Originating Component: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness
Effective: December 29, 2015
Releasability: Cleared for public release. Available on the Internet from the DoD
Issuances Website at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives.
Reissues and cancels: DoD Instruction 5154.30, “Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Operations,” March 18, 2003
Incorporates and cancels: DoD Directive, 5154.24, “Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
(AFIP),” October 3, 2001
Directive-type Memorandum, 12-001, “Department of Defense
Executive Agent (DoD EA) for the Armed Forces Medical
Examiner System (AFMES) and the National Museum of Health
and Medicine (NMHM),” March 8, 2012, as amended
Approved by: Brad Carson, Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness
Purpose: This issuance:
Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides direction for forensic medicine
activities throughout DoD In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5124.02.
Provides for the continued operation and governance of AFMES, a component of the
Defense Health Agency (DHA) under DoDD 5136.13, in carrying out assigned functions,
including those under Section 1471 of Title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.).
