This part applies to:

(a) The Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments (including the Coast Guard at all times, including when it is a Service in the Department of Homeland Security by agreement with that Department), the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense (IG DoD), the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the DoD (hereinafter referred to collectively as the “DoD Components”).

(b) The Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service (PHS), under agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), under agreement with the Department of Commerce, and the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) under agreement with the Department of Transportation. The term “uniformed services” refers to the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, and their Reserve Components, as well as the Commissioned Corps of the PHS and the NOAA.

(c) Other Federal Executive departments and agencies with employees assigned outside the United States that provide assistance to the FVAP under 52 U.S.C. 20301(c). Recommended procedures for these departments and agencies are contained in § 233.6(c) of this part.

(d) United States Postal Service pursuant to 52 U.S.C. 20304(b)(2) and (4).