Defense Department Policy

• DoD Cyber Workforce Strategy 2023-2027 DOD 09 Mar 2023
• Secretary of Defense Memo Regarding Authority to Approve District of Columbia Government Requests for District of Columbia National Guard Support Assistance DoD 30 Dec 2021 -- The secretary of defense issued a memo regarding authority to approve District of Columbia government requests for District of Columbia National Guard support assistance.
• Department of Defense Cyber Strategy - 2018 - Summary DoD Released 18 Sep 2018
• Plan for Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility DoD 23 Feb 2016 -- "As the President has made clear, closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility is a national security imperative. Its continued operation weakens our national security by furthering the recruiting propaganda of violent extremists, hindering relations with key allies and partners, and draining Department of Defense resources."
• Strategy for Homeland Defense and Defense Support of Civil Authorities Department of Defense February 2013 [PDF]
• Western Hemisphere Defense Policy Statement October 2012 [PDF]
• Department of Defense Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace Department of Defense July 2011 [PDF 3.33 MB]
• Department of Defense Guidance for Preparation and Response to an Influenza Pandemic caused by the Bird Flu(avian Influenza) Department of Defense 21 Sep 2004 [PDF 1.30MB]
• Strategy for Homeland Defense and Civil Support Department of Defense June 2005 [PDF 1.17 MB]
• President Issues Military Order: Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism 13 November 2001 -- "By the authority vested in me as President and as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Authorization for Use of Military Force Joint Resolution (Public Law 107-40, 115 Stat. 224) and sections 821 and 836 of title 10, United States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows"

• Fact Sheet: Department of Defense Order on Military Commissions 21 Mar 2002 -- A military commission is a war-time, military tribunal traditionally used to try violations of the laws of war. Under the President's Military Order of November 13, 2001, those tried by military commission may include: - Members of al Qaeda; -People involved in acts of international terrorism against the United States; -People who knowingly harbored such terrorists [PDF 81.4 Kb]

• DoD Military Commission Instructions 02 May 2003 -- The General Counsel of the Department of Defense issued eight military commission instructions that would facilitate the conduct of possible future military commissions. The instructions issued include crimes and elements of offenses as well as other administrative guidance and procedures for Military Commission participants to facilitate the conduct of full and fair trials.

• Administrative Review Procedures for Enemy Combatants in the Control of the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba 18 May 2004 [PDF]

DOD Memos on Interrogation Process

Department of Defense released on June 22, 2004, documents related to the development of interrogation procedures at Guantanamo to, it claimed, demonstrate that the actions of the U. S. Defense Department are bound by law and guided by American values. The release of these declassified documents was aimed at demonstrating the transparency in which the Department of Defense conducts inquiries into allegations of detainee abuse.

• Status of Taliban and Al Qaida, Dated: 19 January 2002 [PDF 223 Kb]
• Status of Taliban and Al Qaida message from Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff to Unified Commands and Services, Dated: 21 January 2002 [PDF 472 Kb]
• Memo for Commander Joint Task Force 170, Dated: 11 October 2002 [PDF 4 Mb]
• SOUTHCOM's endorsement of the CJTF-170's request, Dated: 25 October 2002 [PDF 341 Kb]
• Secretary of Defense memorandum ref: approving counter resistance techniques, Dated: 02 December 2002 [PDF 305 Kb]
• Secretary of Defense memorandum for Commander, SOUTHCOM ref: Counter Resistance Techniques Dataed: 15 Jan 2003 [PDF 276 Kb]
• Memorandum for the Department of Defense General Counsel Ref: Detain interrogations Dated: 15 Jan 2003 [PDF 246Kb]
• Working Group Report ion detainee operations Dated: 04 April 2003[PDF 5.82 Mb]
• Memo for Commander, SOUTHCOM: Counter Resistance Technique in the War on Terrorism Dated: 16 Apr 2003[PDF 1.9 Mb]

DoD Military Commission Orders

• Military Commission Order No. 1 21 Mar 2002 -- Procedures for Trials by Military Commissions of Certain Non-United States Citizens in the War Against Terrorism [PDF]
• Military Commission Order No. 2 01 Aug 2003 -- Designation of Deputy Secretary of Defense as Appointing Authority [PDF]
• Military Commission Order No. 3 06 Feb 2004 -- Special Administrative Measures for Certain Communications Subject to Monitoring [PDF]
• Military Commission Order No. 4 06 Feb 2004 -- Designation of Deputy Appointing Authority [PDF]
• Military Commission Order No. 5 17 Mar 2004 -- Designation of Appointing Authority [PDF]

DoD Combatant Status Review Tribunal

• Combatant Status Review Tribunal Implementation Guidance 30 Jul 2004 [1.44 Mb]
• Memorandum: Oder Establishing Combatant Status Review Tirbunal 07 Jul 2004
• Factsheet: Combatant Status Review Tribunals 07 Jul 2004

  Combatant Tribunals Update Status Review

  A summary of Convening Authority Rear Adm. James M. McGarrah's review of tribunal records

  • January 19, 2005 [PDF]

DoD Administrative Review Board

• Administrative Review Implementation Directive 14 Sep 2004 -- Establishes the administrative review board (ARB) which will annually conduct necessary proceedings to make an assessment of whether there is continued reason to believe that the enemy combatant poses a threat to the United States or its allies, or whether there are other factors bearing upon the need for continued detention, including the enemy combatant's intelligence value in the Global War on Terror. Based on this assessment, the ARB can recommend that individuals should be released, should be transferred with conditions or should continue to be detained. [PDF 2.09 Mb]

Office of Military Commissions Appointing Authority Rulings

• Challenges for Cause Decision No. 2004-001 [PDF 1.2Mb]

Miscellaneous Policy

• Medical Program Principles and Procedures for the Protection and Treatment of Detainees in the Custody of the Armed Forces of the United States Released 28 Jun 2005 [PDF 139 KB]
• Excerpts from JTF-Guantanamo Headquarters, Detention Operations Group Standard Operating Procedures, 01 FEB 05 SOUTHCOM Released 03 Jun 2005 [PDF 343KB]