DODI 5025.01 - DoD Issuances Program

Scope

DODI 5025.01 establishes the DoD Issuances Program. The instruction sets policy on creation, format, coordination, approval, publication, and lifecycle management of DoD issuances. DoD 5025.01-M is the implementing manual carrying the detailed procedures.

Audience

DoD issuance action officers and functional proponents. DON directives managers. Marine Corps directives control points and S-1 sections running the Directives Control Program (DCP). Anyone tracing a Marine Corps order or bulletin back to its DoD-level formatting and lifecycle rules.

Structure

• Section 1: General Issuance Information (Applicability, Policy).
• Section 2: Responsibilities (DA&M, WHS Director, GC DoD, IG DoD, PSAs, DAFA Directors, DoD Component Heads, Secretaries of the Military Departments / CJCS / NGB Chief).
• Section 3: Issuance Functional Proponents (Military Departments / OCJCS / NGB, OPSAs).
• Section 4: General Provisions (Issuances and the Issuance Process, DoD Issuances Website, DoD Issuances Portal System, Distribution).
• Section 5: Revision and Coordination of DoD Issuances (Currency, Changes, Cancellations, Expirations).
• Section 6: Legal Reviews.
• Section 7: Special Concerns.
• Glossary.

Coverage

• DoD issuance types and lifecycle (Sections 1, 4, 5).
• Standardized format and structure.
• Coordination and approval routing per Section 5.
• Cancellation, supersession, and review cycles per Section 5.
• Legal review requirements per Section 6.

Operative content

Portal usage evidenced in the repo. The admin directives management overview cites Sections 1, 4, and 5 of this instruction as the DoD-level rules above the Marine Corps directives chain. In the portal's stack, MCO 5215.1K with Admin CH-3 dated 2025-09-29 sets Marine Corps procedure, SECNAVINST 5215.1F paragraphs 4-5 and Enclosures (1)-(2) with SECNAV M-5215.1 set DON-level rules, and this instruction sits on top. The workflow maps to NAVMC 3500.3E T-R events 0102-GENA-1004, 0102-GENA-1005, 0111-GENA-2007, and 0111-GENA-2105. The IGMC Directives Management functional area checklist provides the audit baseline.

Connection to Marine Corps doctrine and lower policy

• SECNAVINST 5215.1F Secretary of the Navy Directives Policy implements DODI 5025.01 inside the Department of the Navy.
• MCO 5215.1K Marine Corps Directives Management Program implements the framework inside the Marine Corps.
• SECNAV M-5215.1 DON Directives Issuance System Manual operationalizes the SECNAV-level rules.
• SECNAV M-5210.2 supplies the SSIC table used across the directives chain.
• MCO 5210.11F covers records management for the directives lifecycle.

Status

Active. DoD 5025.01-M provides the implementing detail. Recent reissue effective 20 January 2026. Distribution Statement A.