DoDD 5230.20 — Visits and Assignments of Foreign Nationals
DoDD 5230.20 is listed as currentCurrent 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 2005-06-22 — 21.2 years old — so check for newer interim changes before citing it.
This Directive applies to the Office of the Secretary ofDefense (OSD), the Military Departments, the Chairman ofthe Joint Chiefs of 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 in the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components").
11 publications in 5 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 5230.20
DAFMAN 16-201 — Foreign Disclosure and Technology Transfer Program Current12 mentions
CFETP 89X0 — Special Duty Identifier (sdi) 89A0 Through 89I0 Officer Air Advisor (aa) and Combat Aviation Advisor (caa) Current1 mention
CFETP 8LXXX — Special Duty Identifier (sdi) 8L100 Through 8L900 Enlisted Air Advisor (aa) and Combat Aviation Advisor (caa) Current1 mention
COMDTINST 5512.1C — IDENTIFICATION CARDS FOR MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES, THEIR ELIGIBLE FAMILY MEMBERS, AND OTHER ELIGIBLE PERSONNEL Current1 mention
DAFI 36-3026V1 — Identification Cards For Members Of The Uniformed Services, Their Eligible Family Members, And Other Eligible Personnel Current1 mention
DAFI 51-403 — International Agreements Current1 mention
HAFMD 1-16 — Air Force, International Affairs Current1 mention
If DoDD 5230.20 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 5210.56 — Arming and the Use of Force 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
DoDD 5230.25 — Withholding of Unclassified Technical Data From Public Disclosure Current
DoDD 5240.01 — DoD Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities and Defense Intelligence Component Assistance to Law Enforcement Agencies and Other Civil Authorities Current
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