BY ORDER OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
POLICY DIRECTIVE 51-2
21 JUNE 2021
Law
MILITARY JUSTICE AND OTHER
CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS MANDATORY
ACCESSIBILITY: Publications and forms are available on the e-Publishing website at
www.e-Publishing.af.mil for downloading or ordering.
RELEASABILITY: There are no releasability restrictions on this publication.
OPR: AF/JAJM
Supersedes: AFPD51-2, 31 August 2018
Certified by: AF/JA
(Lieutenant General Jeffrey A. Rockwell)
Pages: 17
This publication implements Title 10 United States Code (USC) Sections 801-946, the Uniform
Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); the Manual for Courts-Martial (MCM), 2019 edition; 10 USC
§§ 1044 and 1044e, Special Victims’ Counsel for victims of sex-related offenses; 10 USC § 1565b,
Victims of sexual assault: access to legal assistance and services of Sexual Assault Response
Coordinators and Sexual Assault Victim Advocates; Department of Defense (DoD) Directive
1030.01, Victim and Witness Assistance; DoD Instruction 5030.7, Coordination of Significant
Litigation and Other Matters Involving the Department of Justice; and DoD Instruction 5525.09,
Compliance of DoD Members, Employees, and Family Members Outside the United States with
Court Orders. This publication applies to the Regular Air Force, the Air Force Reserve, the Air
National Guard and the United States Space Force. Provisions making military personnel available
to civilian authorities for criminal prosecution also apply to civilian employees (including
nonappropriated fund employees) and dependents. Ensure all records generated as a result of
processes prescribed in this publication adhere to Air Force Instruction 33-322, Records
Management and Information Governance Program, and are disposed in accordance with the Air
Force Records Disposition Schedule, which is located in the Air Force Records Information
Management System. Refer recommended changes and questions about this publication to the
Office of Primary Responsibility using the AF Form 847, Recommendation for Change of
Publication; route AF Forms 847 from the field through the appropriate functional chain of
command. This publication may not be supplemented or further implemented/extended.
Compliance with the attachment in this publication is mandatory.
