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DAFI 51-202 — Nonjudicial Punishment

DAFI 51-202 is listed as current Current
in the AF e-Publishing catalog as of our last index refresh (2026-08-23). Status is mirrored from that catalog, re-checked weekly — every change is logged.

A Guidance Memorandum dated 2025-09-19 modifies this publication.
DAFI 51-202 is still the current edition and its publication date has not changed — a GM is issued against an edition, takes effect immediately, and is normally folded into the next rewrite. The official PDF includes the GM at the front; if your saved copy predates 2025-09-19, download it again.

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Branch	U.S. Air Force
Series	DAFI
Publication date	2022-01-04 (4.6 years ago)
Status	Current
Proponent / OPR	AF/JA
Source of record	AF e-Publishing

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What this publication covers

This instruction implements requirements for the administration of NJP in the DAF. The primary source of dire ction and guidance on NJP is the MCM, Part V. It establishes requirements, rules, and procedures for imposing NJP on members.
— DAFI 51-202, paragraph 1.1.3, p.14, quoted from the official PDF

If DAFI 51-202 changes, who else is affected

Functional community	Publications	Which ones
Inspections & Special Management	1	DAFMAN 90-161 OSANAB Sup
Personnel	1	DAFI 36-2710

2 publications in 2 other communities depend on this one, which Law owns. Each community inspects its own publications; a dependency that crosses communities is owned by nobody, which is why this list normally does not exist anywhere. Built from the publications' own citations, so it reflects what we have read.

Publications that cite DAFI 51-202

DAFI 51-509 — Appointment To And Assumption Of Command Current 5 mentions
DAFI 51-201 — Law Administration of Military Justice Current 3 mentions
AFI 1-1 — Air Force Standards Current 2 mentions
DAFI 36-2710 — Equal Opportunity Program Current 2 mentions
DAFI 51-101 — The Air Force Judge Advocate General’S (Afjag) Corps Operations, Accessions, And Professional Development Current 1 mention
DAFMAN 90-161 OSANAB Sup — Publishing Processes And Procedures Current 1 mention

If DAFI 51-202 changes, these are the documents that point at it. Extracted from the publications' own text, so it reflects what we have read, not a complete dependency map. Every publishing office validates its own document; nobody validates the seams between them.

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Nearby in the DAFI series

DAFI 51-1101 AFMC Sup — Acquisition Integrity Program Current
DAFI 51-1201 — Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Program Current
DAFI 51-201 — Law Administration of Military Justice Current
DAFI 51-205 — Delivery of Personnel to United States Civilian Authorities for Trial and Criminal Jurisdiction Over Civilians and Dependents Not in the United States Current
DAFI 51-207 — Victim And Witness Rights And Procedures Current

This is an unofficial index built from the public catalog. The controlling copy is always the one on AF e-Publishing — verify there before citing DAFI 51-202 in an official product.