1、Change 2,3/29/2023 Department of Defense INSTRUCTION NUMBER 1300.18 January 8,2008 Incorporating Change 2,Effective March 29,2023 USD(P&R)SUBJECT:DoD Personnel Casualty Matters,Policies,and Procedures References:(a)DoD Instruction 1300.18,“Military Personnel Casualty Matters,Policies,and Procedures,
2、”December 18,2000(hereby canceled)(b)DoD Directive 5124.02,“Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel andReadiness(USD(P&R),”June 23,2008(c)Section 546 of Public Law 108-136,“National Defense Authorization Act forFiscal Year 2004,”November 24,2003(d)Section 562 of Public Law 109-163,“National Defense
3、 Authorization Act forFiscal Year 2006,”January 6,2006(e)through(ad),see Enclosure 11.REISSUANCE AND PURPOSEThis Instruction:1.1.Reissues Reference(a),under a new title,under the authority of Reference(b),to assign responsibilities and establish uniform personnel policies and procedures for reportin
4、g,recording,notifying,and assisting the next of kin(NOK)whenever DoD casualties are sustained.1.2.Establishes the DoD Casualty Advisory Board(CAB).1.3.Establishes a central DoD repository for casualty information.1.4.Provides uniform official casualty terms and definitions.1.5.Establishes uniform gu