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DoDD 1200.17 — Managing the Reserve Components as an Operational Force

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BranchDepartment of Defense
SeriesDoDD
Publication date2008-10-29 (17.8 years ago)
StatusCurrent
Proponent / OPRUSW(P&R)
Source of recordDoD Issuances

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What this publication covers

This Directive establishes the overarching set of principles and policies to promote and support the management of the Reserve Components (RCs) as an operational force.
This Directive applies to OSD, the Military Departments, 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 in the Department of Defense.
— DoDD 1200.17, paragraph 2, p.1

If DoDD 1200.17 changes, who else is affected

Functional communityPublicationsWhich ones
Operations3AFI 10-401, AFRCMAN 10-401, DAFI 10-401
Personnel1DAFPD 36-1

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