PERSONNEL AND
READINESS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
4000 DEFENSE PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301-4000
June 5, 2024
MEMORANDUM FOR SENIOR PENTAGON LEADERSHIP
DEFENSE AGENCY AND DOD FIELD ACTIVITY DIRECTORS
SUBJECT: Directive-type Memorandum 24-002 – “Assessing Joint Force Readiness to
Perform Designed and Assigned Missions in Contested and Congested Cyberspace
Environments”
References: See Attachment 1.
Purpose. In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive 5124.02 this directive-type
memorandum (DTM):
• Provides DoD Components guidance to establish standardized policy,
terminology, and metrics to assess the readiness of the joint force to perform
designed and assigned missions in contested and congested cyberspace
environments.
• Updates readiness reporting policy to include the joint force’s ability to
execute designed and assigned missions in contested and congested cyberspace
environments.
• Provides guidance to update relevant existing policies.
• Is effective June 5, 2024; must be incorporated into Joint Publications (JPs) 3-
0, 3-12, and 5-0, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Instruction
3500.01, and DoD Instruction 3110.05. This DTM will expire June 5, 2025.
Applicability.
• This DTM applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the CJCS
and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of Inspector General of
the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and
all other organizational entities within DoD (referred to collectively in this DTM
as the “DoD Components”).
• Does not apply to:
o Cybersecurity service providers. This policy is addressed in
United States Cyber Command DoD Cybersecurity Service Provider
Training and Readiness Framework.
