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DoDD 5210.56 — Arming and the Use of Force

DoDD 5210.56 is listed as current Current
in the DoD Issuances catalog as of our last index refresh (2026-08-23). Status is mirrored from that catalog, re-checked weekly — every change is logged. Note: its publication date is 2016-11-18 — 9.8 years old — so check for newer interim changes before citing it.

Branch	Department of Defense
Series	DoDD
Publication date	2016-11-18 (9.8 years ago)
Status	Current
Proponent / OPR	USW(I&S)
Source of record	DoD Issuances

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If DoDD 5210.56 changes, who else is affected

Functional community	Publications	Which ones
Security Forces	3	DAFI 31-131, DAFI 31-117, AFPD 31-1
Personnel	2	AFI 36-2654, DAFI 36-2646
Chaplain	1	DAFI 52-201
Investigations	1	AFPD 71-1
Nuclear, Space & C2	1	DAFMAN 13-204V2
Transportation	1	DAFI 24-605V2

9 publications in 6 other communities depend on this one. 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 DoDD 5210.56

DAFI 31-131 — Combat Arms Training And Maintenance (Catm) Program Current 12 mentions
DAFI 31-117 — Arming And Use Of Force Current 10 mentions
DAFMAN 13-204V2 — Airfield Management Current 10 mentions
AFI 36-2654 — Combat Arms Program Not in the current catalog 3 mentions
AFTTP 3-4 Not in the current catalog 3 mentions
DAFI 52-201 — Religious Freedom in the Current 3 mentions
AFPD 31-1 — Integrated Defense Current 2 mentions
DAFI 24-605V2 — Air Transportation Operations Current 2 mentions
DAFI 36-2646 — Security Forces Training And Standardization Evaluation Programs Current 2 mentions
HAFMD 1-38 — Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection Current 2 mentions
AFPD 71-1 — Criminal Investigations and Counterintelligence Not in the current catalog 1 mention
OPNAVINST 5530.14E CH-3 — NAVY PHYSICAL SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM Current 1 mention

If DoDD 5210.56 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 DoDD series

DoDD 5210.48 — Credibility Assessment (CA) Program Current
DoDD 5210.50 — Management of Serious Security Incidents Involving Classified Information Current
DoDD 5210.55 — Department of Defense Presidential Support Program Current
DoDD 5220.6 — Defense Industrial Personnel Security Clearance Review Program Current
DoDD 5230.11 — Disclosure of Classified Military Information to Foreign Governments and International Organizations (DoW certificate required to access this document.Trouble logging in?) Current

This is an unofficial index built from the public catalog. The controlling copy is always the one on DoD Issuances — verify there before citing DoDD 5210.56 in an official product.