SECNAV M-5215.1 - Department of the Navy Directives Issuance System Manual

Scope

SECNAV M-5215.1 is the Department of the Navy Directives Issuance System Manual. The manual operationalizes SECNAVINST 5215.1F by providing the detailed format, structure, coordination, and lifecycle procedures for SECNAV and Navy directives. DODI 5025.01 sets the parent DoD issuance framework, SECNAVINST 5215.1F sets the DON policy layer, and this manual carries the working procedures. The Marine Corps directives management program (MCO 5215.1K) aligns with SECNAV M-5215.1 for cross-DON consistency.

Audience

Directives Control Points and directives managers at every echelon. S-1 officers and clerks drafting, staffing, and routing command directives. Adjutants preparing directives for signature. The portal admin directives management pages treat this manual as the DON-level rule set sitting over MCO 5215.1K procedures.

Content scope

• Detailed format specifications for SECNAVINST, SECNAVNOTE, OPNAVINST, OPNAVNOTE.
• Subject Standard Identification Code (SSIC) application using SECNAV M-5210.2.
• Coordination, signature, and promulgation procedures.
• Sample formats and templates.

Operative content

• The SECNAV/DON Directives Issuance System portal operates per this manual. The portal admin directives management overview lists the portal among the directives management working surfaces.
• The same overview pairs this manual with SECNAVINST 5215.1F paragraphs 4-5 (Policy, Responsibilities) and Enclosures (1)-(2) as the DON-level rules above MCO 5215.1K Enclosure (1) Chapters 1 through 4.
• The portal registry entry for SECNAV M-5210.2 names this manual, beside SECNAV M-5216.5 Chapter 7, as a directive surface assigning SSIC codes.

Connection to higher policy

• DODI 5025.01 DoD Issuances Program, Sections 1, 4, and 5, sets the DoD-level rules.
• SECNAVINST 5215.1F establishes the policy SECNAV M-5215.1 operationalizes.

Connection to Marine Corps doctrine and lower policy

• MCO 5215.1K Marine Corps Directives Management Program, carrying Admin CH-3 dated 2025-09-29, parallels SECNAV M-5215.1 inside the Marine Corps.
• SECNAV M-5210.2 Standard Subject Identification Code Manual supplies the SSIC table both manuals reference.
• MCO 5210.11F covers records management across the directives lifecycle.
• The directives processing workflow maps to NAVMC 3500.3E T&R events 0102-GENA-1004 (Supervise command issued directive development), 0102-GENA-1005 (Supervise DCP), 0111-GENA-2007 (Maintain DCP), and 0111-GENA-2105 (Supervise DCP). The IGMC Directives Management Functional Area checklist provides the audit baseline.

Status

Active. Distribution Statement A.