FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT POLICY MANUAL

4. SOURCE DOCUMENT. Additional information on the logistic and
operational support that DoD activities provide to the U.S. Program in
Antarctica is contained in the current issuance of SECNAVINST 3160.2.
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075219 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
1. GENERAL. The medical mission of the Department of Defense (DOD) is
centrally directed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and decentrally
executed by the Military Departments. For the Department of Defense, the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (ASD(HA)) controls nondeployable
medical resources, facilities and personnel.
2. FUNDING RESPONSIBILITY. ASD(HA) prepares and submits a unified
medical budget which includes resources for medical activities under his
control within the DOD. Beginning in FY 1993, funding for operation and
maintenance and procurement requirements for the DOD medical program, is
appropriated in a single appropriation entitled Defense Health Program
(DHP). Funding for research, development, test and evaluation and military
construction requirements is appropriated in the appropriate Defense Agency
appropriation. Funds for active and reserve military medical personnel
continue to be budgeted and appropriated in the appropriate service military
personnel appropriation. All DHP resources allocated to the DON are
administered by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED).
a. The unified medical budget includes funding for all fixed medical
treatment facilities/activities, including such costs as real property
maintenance, environmental compliance, minor construction and base
operations support. In addition, medical training facilities/activities,
medical information systems, and medical-related research and research
facilities, where the end-user is the medical program or where the research
has traditionally been resourced from within the medical program are
included.
b. The unified medical budget does not include resources associated with
combat support medical units/activities, Navy fleet support units, Navy
shipboard medicine, and Navy hospital ships assigned or subordinate to a
Combatant or Supporting Command. In these instances the funding
responsibility is appropriately assigned to the respective Fleet or U.S.
Marine Corps Commanders.
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075220 SPECIAL OPERATIONS
1. GENERAL. Special Operations in the Department of Defense are centrally
controlled by the Commander, United States Special Operations Command
(COMSOC), and executed by the Military Departments. Most of the
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