To issue Department of the Navy (DON) policy for training, certifying, employing,
and supervising independent duty corpsmen (IDC) Navy enlisted classification (NEC) codes: Hospital Corpsman (HM)-8402 Submarine Force IDC, HM-8403 Fleet Marine Force Reconnaissance IDC, HM-8425 Surface Force IDC, and HM-8494 Deep Sea Diving IDC. This instruction has administrative updates, renaming of physician program director to program director, and updating of training certification, and supervision guidance. This instruction is a complete revision and should be reviewed in its entirety.