Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 5160.68
December 29, 2008
Incorporating Change 1, November 21, 2017
USD(AT&L)
SUBJECT: Single Manager for Conventional Ammunition (SMCA): Responsibilities of the
SMCA, the Military Services, and United States Special Operations Command
(USSOCOM)
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. This Instruction:
a. Reissues DoD Instruction 5160.68 (Reference (a)) under the authority of DoD Directive
5134.01 (Reference (b)).
b. Implements DoD Directive 5160.65 (Reference (c)) by specifying the functional
responsibilities and mission functions to be performed by the Secretary of the Army or designee
as SMCA and by the Military Service and USSOCOM customers on conventional ammunition
management actions.
c. The SMCA, Military Service, and USSOCOM customers shall jointly develop and
distribute joint conventional ammunition policies and procedures (JCAPPS) through the Joint
Ordnance Commanders Group. JCAPPS shall align with the paragraph structure in Enclosure 2
of this Instruction.
2. APPLICABILITY
a. This Instruction applies to OSD, the Military Departments (including the Coast Guard at
all times, including when it is a Service in the Department of Homeland Security by agreement
with that Department), 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”). The term
“Military Services,” as used herein, refers to the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Marine
Corps.
