Restoring Good Order and Discipline Through Balanced Accountability, Memorandum for Secretaries of the Military Departments : Department of Defense , April 23 , 2025
Restoring Good Order and Discipline Through Balanced Accountability, Memorandum for Secretaries of the Military Departments : Department of Defense , April 23 , 2025
From the document: “To maintain a lethal and ready force, leaders must be empowered to make tough decisions, enforce standards, and restore good order and discipline through balanced accountability. Therefore, I am conducting a comprehensive review of the Department' s Military Equal Opportunity (MEO) and Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) programs and processes, to include those in references (a) through (d), to ensure prompt and impartial investigations, fair treatment of all involved, and timely and appropriate resolution of allegations of discrimination.
In support of this effort, you will review your respective MEO and EEO programs, identify areas for reform, and provide plans to streamline the investigation process, timely address problematic behaviors, and mitigate undue mission impacts. · Military Department reform plans must include, at a minimum, specific actions to ensure:
• Complaints that are unsubstantiated by actionable, credible evidence I are timely dismissed.
• Favorable personnel actions2 involving the alleged offender are appropriately considered in circumstances where the preliminary or a subsequent investigation does not indicate that the complaint is likely to be substantiated.”
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