Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 5158.05
May 22, 2008
USD(P)
SUBJECT: Joint Deployment Process Owner
References: (a) DoD Directive 5158.5, subject as above, November 12, 2001 (hereby
canceled)
(b) Deputy Secretary of Defense memorandum, “Delegations of Authority,”
November 30, 2006
(c) DoD Instruction 5025.01, “DoD Directives Program,” October 28, 2007
(d) Defense Transportation Regulation 4500.9-R, Part I, “Passenger Movement,”
June 2005
(e) through (j), see Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE
This Instruction:
1.1. Reissues Reference (a) as a DoD Instruction pursuant to the authority of the Under
Secretary of Defense for Policy (USD(P)) in Reference (b) and the guidance in Reference (c).
1.2. Establishes policies and assigns responsibilities for improving the effectiveness and
efficiency of the joint deployment and redeployment processes.
1.3. Designates the Commander, United States Joint Forces Command (CDRUSJFCOM), as
the DoD Joint Deployment Process Owner (JDPO) responsible for coordinating, sustaining, and
improving processes; coordinating the creation of new deployment and/or redeployment
processes, where appropriate; and being accountable for deployment/redeployment process
outcomes.
1.4. Focus of the DoD Instruction is to establish and assign responsibilities for joint
deployment and redeployment process improvement and business rules to execute joint
deployment and redeployment operations.
