Responsibilities.

(a) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management and Personnel (ASD(FM&P)) shall: (1) Monitor the Military Services’ compliance with this part. (2) Designate action officers for training devices associated with major system acquisitions’ constituting major systems in themselves, and non-system training devices meeting the documentation threshold. These action officers shall: (i) Monitor the status of training devices, as assigned. (ii) Review Military Service-provided DPs. (iii) Obtain such reports and information as may be necessary in performing assigned functions, in accordance with DoD Directive 5000.19. (3) Review the Military Service's Regulations, Manuals, or Instructions implementing this part. (4) Review the Military Service's acquisition documentation to identify areas of potential joint applicability. (5) Respond to Congressional inquiries on implementation of this part and results achieved. (6) Administer a continuing review of policy on training devices, updating this part as necessary. (b) The head of each DoD component shall: (1) Ensure development of the Military Service's documents implementing this part. (2) Ensure that the Military Service's charters for program managers of all major defense system acquisitions adequately address their training device responsibilities, and that program managers are supported by training system managers.