DoDD 1000.21E, October 20, 2009
Change 3, 04/29/2022
2. APPLICABILITY. This Directive applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the
Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD
Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the Department of Defense (hereafter
referred to collectively as the “DoD Components”).
3. DEFINITIONS. See Glossary.
4. POLICY. It is DoD policy that:
a. Passports issued by the U.S. Government are official U.S. documents and are considered
at all times U.S. property.
b. DoD employees and eligible family members traveling outside the United States on
official travel to a foreign country requiring a U.S. passport pursuant to section 51.3(b) of
Reference (b) shall be provided an official U.S. passport, to include visas when required, at no
expense to the DoD employees or their family members.
c. DoD passport and passport agent services shall be made available to all DoD employees
and family members through designated DoD passport agents.
d. Designated DoD passport agents shall be full-time or permanent part-time DoD
employees or members of the Military Services.
e. Designated DoD passport agents shall not accept regular U.S. passport applications unless
granted written permission to do so by the Department of State (DoS) and the DoD EA for DoD
Passport and Passport Agent Services.
5. RESPONSIBILITIES. See Enclosure 2.
6. RELEASABILITY. Cleared for public release. This Directive is available on the DoD
Issuances Web Site at https://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/.
7. SUMMARY OF CHANGE 3. This change is administrative and, in accordance with the
March 21, 2022 Washington Headquarters Services Memorandum (Reference (d)):
a. Reassigns the Director of Administration, Office of the Deputy Chief Management
Officer of the Department of Defense responsibilities and duties to the Director of
Administration and Management (DA&M) in accordance with Section 901 of Public Law 116-
283 (Reference (e)), which eliminated the position of the Deputy Chief Management Officer of
the Department of Defense effective January 1, 2021; and the January 11, 2021 Deputy Secretary