Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 5525.11
March 3, 2005
GC, DoD
SUBJECT: Criminal Jurisdiction Over Civilians Employed By or Accompanying the Armed
Forces Outside the United States, Certain Service Members, and Former Service
Members
References: (a) Chapter 212, Sections 3261–3267, of title 18, United States Code
(b) Chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code
(c) Report to Accompany H. R. 3380, House of Representatives Report
106-778, July 20, 2000
(d) Appendix 3 of title 5, United States Code
(e) through (am), see enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE
This Instruction:
1.1. Implements policies and procedures, and assigns responsibilities, under the “Military
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act of 2000,” as amended by Section 1088 of the “Ronald W.
Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005” (reference (a)) (hereinafter
the “Act”) for exercising extraterritorial criminal jurisdiction over certain current and former
members of the U.S. Armed Forces, and over civilians employed by or accompanying the U.S.
Armed Forces outside the United States.
1.2. Implements Section 3266 of the Act.
2. APPLICABILITY AND SCOPE
2.1. This Instruction applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military
Departments (including the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a Service of the Department
of the Navy under agreement with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)), the Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Inspector General of the Department
of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities
in the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the “DoD Components”). The
term “Armed Forces,” as used herein, refers to the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine
