Director, Officer and Enlisted Personnel Management
Sam Retherford
MISSION
Ensure that the DoD and the Service's personnel management policies, as well as existing and proposed statute, facilitate the management and retention of military personnel in the grades and skills required for personnel and readiness and effective mission accomplishment.
FUNCTIONS
Separations Management
- Officer and Enlisted Separations Policy
- Disability Evaluation System (DES) Separations Policy
- Chair of Disability Evaluation System Advisory Council for DES Separations
- DD Form 214 Policy (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty)
Military Awards and Decorations
- Manual of Military Decorations and Awards
- Medal of Honor Recommendations—Preparation for OSD Review
- DoD Defense and Joint Awards Policy
- DoD Campaign, Expeditionary, and Service Medal Policy
- DoD-wide Military Decorations Policy
- Foreign Awards to Military Personnel Policy
- Awards Advisory Group Administrator
Military Personnel Assignments and Evacuations
- Military Assignments and Tour Lengths
- Fraternization and Gender–Related Issues
- Women in the Military Issues
- Authorized/Ordered Departure Authorizations
- Process Noncombatant Evacuation Operations (NEO) packages for DUSD (MPP) approval
Military Education
- Graduate Education Policy for Officers
- Funded Legal Education Policy
- Advanced Civilian Education Policy
- Fellowships, Scholarships, Training With Industry, and Grants for DoD Personnel
Leave & Liberty
- Funded Environmental Morale Leave Policy
- Pass Policy
- Rest and Recuperation Leave Policy
- Post-Deployment Mobilization Respite Absence
Officer and Enlisted Management and Personnel Policy
- Total Force Management Policy (force retention levels; career force structure; retention bonuses (Officer/Enlisted); and legislative proposals and reforms
- Enlisted Personnel Management Policy (Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB)/Career SRB; Critical Skills Policy Matters; Enlisted Promotion Policy; and Special Operations Forces (SOF) Personnel Policy Matters
- Officer Personnel Management/Policy
- Defense Officer Personnel Management Act (DOPMA)
- Officer promotion and continuation policy
- Officer promotion and miscellaneous appointment scroll processing
- Officer promotion selection board & special selection board processing
- Personnel tempo (PERSTEMPO) Policy
- Military Active Duty Strength Oversight
- Credentialing of the Force Policy
General/Flag Officer Management
- Process Frocking requests for PDUSD approval
- Process 3/4 star nominations
- Process 1/2 star promotion boards
- Process Joint Tour Length Waivers, Scientific-Technical Waivers, and Good-of-the Service Waivers
- Enlisted Aide Program Policy
Joint Officer Management (JOM)/Joint Qualification System (JQS)
- Establish and administer policies for JOM/JQS
- Process Joint Qualified Officer Nomination Packages for USD(P&R) approval
- Process Joint Duty Assignment List for USD(P&R) approval
- Process Joint Tour Length/JPME Outplacement Waivers for DUSD(MPP) decision
Joint officer Management Links
OEPM CONTACT INFORMATION:
Director, Officer and Enlisted Personnel Management
OUSD (P&R) MPP - OEPM
4000 Defense Pentagon (Rm 2B265)
Washington DC 20301-4000