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SECNAVINST 5760.15A
ASN (M&RA)
07 Apr 2021
SECNAV INSTRUCTION 5760.15A
From: Secretary of the Navy
Subj: UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, INC.
Ref: (a) DoD Directive 1000.26E of 2 February 2007
(b) SECNAVINST 11011.47D
(c) DoD 5500.7R, Joint Ethics Regulation (JER) of 30
August 1993
(d) DoD Instruction 1015.10 of 6 July 2009
(e) DoD Instruction 1015.15 of 31 October 2007
(f) DoD Instruction 1000.15 of 24 October 2008
(g) SECNAVINST 5430.7R
(h) SECNAV M-5214.1
1. Purpose. To implement policies, procedures, and
responsibilities for implementing reference (a) within the
Department of the Navy (DON) and in accordance with references
(b) through (h). The United Service Organizations (USO), Inc.
is a not-for-profit, congressionally chartered, private
organization devoted exclusively to strengthening America’s
military Service Members by keeping them connected to family,
home, and country throughout their service to the nation.
2. Cancellation. SECNAVINST 5760.15.
3. Applicability. This instruction applies to the Office of
the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), the Chief of Naval
Operations (CNO), the Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC), and
all U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps installations, commands,
activities, field offices, and all other organizational entities
within the DON.
4. Policy
a. DON policy is to make resources, other than direct
expenditure of funds, available to the USO, to support the DON’s
mission and mission of the USO to the maximum extent permitted
by law, Department of Defense (DoD), and SECNAV policy per
references (a) and (b).
