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Army Command Policy

AR 600-20 is the command policy regulation: chain of command, military discipline and conduct, prohibited relationships, equal opportunity, harassment prevention and response, and the commander's authority over Soldiers. It is the single regulation most often cited at boards and in adverse actions. It is revised frequently -- verify the current edition before quoting a paragraph.

Army Information Security Program

AR 380-5 governs how the Army classifies, marks, stores, transmits, and destroys classified information. It is the regulation behind end-of-day checks, safe custodian duties, and security incident reporting. Anyone holding a clearance or running a security container is accountable to it.

Army Leadership and the Profession

ADP 6-22 is the Army's leadership publication and the source of the leadership requirements model. It defines the Army profession, the Army Ethic, and what leaders are expected to be, know, and do. Expect it at every promotion board.

Army Materiel Maintenance Policy

AR 750-1 sets Army maintenance policy: the two levels of maintenance, services and inspections, and the standards a commander is held to for equipment readiness. It is the policy behind the motor pool. The 29 April 2026 major revision supersedes the 2 February 2023 edition, and DA PAM 750-1 now carries the associated procedures.

Army Military Human Resource Records Management

AR 600-8-104 governs the Army Military Human Resource Record -- what goes in it, who may file, and how a Soldier corrects it. It is the regulation behind the documents a promotion or selection board actually sees. Soldiers preparing a board packet should read the filing rules before they submit anything.

Army Special Operations

ADP 3-05 describes Army special operations forces, what they are organized to do, and how they integrate with conventional forces. It is the foundation for the rest of the 3-05 series. Most conventional-force leaders read it to understand the interdependence between special operations and conventional units.

Army Techniques Publication for Casualty Response, Tactical Combat Casualty Care, and First Aid

ATP 4-02.11 is the Army's current first aid and casualty response publication, published in March 2026 by the Medical Center of Excellence. It supersedes TC 4-02.1, First Aid, and brings tactical combat casualty care and first aid into one manual. If your study material still cites TC 4-02.1, it is out of date.

Army Training and Leader Development

AR 350-1 is the policy behind Army training: mandatory training requirements, institutional training, and leader development programs. The 1 June 2025 major revision superseded the 10 December 2017 edition, folding in years of Army directives and trimming the common mandatory training list. If you build a training calendar, this is the regulation that constrains it.

Guide to the Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia

DA PAM 670-1 is the illustrated guide to wearing the uniform: placement measurements, insignia layouts, and how awards and badges are arranged. AR 670-1 says what is authorized; this pamphlet shows exactly where it goes. It is the reference for uniform inspections and board preparation.

The Army

ADP 1 explains what the Army is for: who we serve, where our authority comes from, and what the Army contributes to the joint force. It is written as much for Congress, sister services, and partners as it is for Soldiers. Read it when you need the institutional answer to why the Army exists rather than how it fights.

The Army Body Composition Program

AR 600-9 establishes the Army Body Composition Program: screening weight, body fat assessment, enrollment, and the consequences of failing to make progress. The regulation itself dates from July 2019, but the assessment method and body fat standards have been changed by Army directives since then. Use the current directives with the regulation.

The Army Maintenance Management System (TAMMS) Users Manual

DA PAM 750-8 is the TAMMS users manual: the forms and records that document maintenance, faults, services, and equipment use. It is the reference behind DA Form 5988-E and the maintenance record trail. It is old, but it is still the users manual for maintenance forms and records.

The Army Safety and Occupational Health Program

AR 385-10 establishes the Army safety and occupational health program and assigns the responsibilities that go with it. It requires risk management to be applied to operations and everyday tasks and sets the framework for accident reporting and investigation. Commanders own safety; the safety officer advises.

The Army Substance Abuse Program

AR 600-85 establishes the Army Substance Abuse Program: prevention, drug testing, self-referral, and command referral. It is the regulation behind unit urinalysis and the limited use policy. Leaders need to know the difference between a self-referral and a command referral before a Soldier asks.

The Army: A Primer to Our Profession of Arms

FM 1 is a short primer on what it means to belong to the profession of arms and what Soldiers owe each other, civilian leadership, and the country. It was published in May 2025 as a standalone read for Soldiers rather than a replacement for ADP 1. It is written to be read cover to cover in one sitting.

U.S. Army Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Guide

DA PAM 600-25 lays out the professional development path for NCOs by career management field and grade: schools, assignments, and self-development milestones. Soldiers use it to plan the next five years instead of the next five months. The September 2023 edition supersedes the December 2018 version.

Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia

AR 670-1 is the policy for uniform wear, grooming, and appearance. It says what is authorized; DA PAM 670-1 shows how each item is worn and where it is placed. Grooming and appearance standards have been changed by Army directives since the 2021 edition, so check for current directives before enforcing a detail.

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Operations

FM 3-11 is the Army's overarching CBRN manual. It covers how units assess, protect against, and mitigate CBRN threats and hazards, and how CBRN capabilities support countering weapons of mass destruction. The April 2025 edition supersedes the May 2019 version.

Command and Control

ADP 6-0 is the Army's doctrine for command and control, and the home of mission command -- the approach to command and control that empowers subordinates to act within the commander's intent. The July 2026 edition drops the older 'Mission Command: Command and Control of Army Forces' title and is organized around command, control, and the command and control warfighting function. Its seven principles of mission command are among the most commonly asked board material.

Defense Support of Civil Authorities

ADP 3-28 explains how Army forces support civil authorities at home -- disaster response, civil support, and the legal boundaries that come with domestic operations. It covers both the federal force and National Guard civil support missions. Read it before a hurricane rotation, not during one.

Doctrine Primer

ADP 1-01 explains what doctrine is, what it is not, and how the Army organizes it. It walks through the publication hierarchy, how terms and symbols are approved, and how doctrine relates to policy and to tactics, techniques, and procedures. Start here if the ADP, FM, ATP, TC alphabet soup does not yet make sense.

Drill and Ceremonies

TC 3-21.5 is the Army's drill and ceremonies manual: individual and unit drill, the manual of arms, and the sequence for formations, reviews, and ceremonies. It is the single most quoted publication at promotion boards after the leadership doctrine. The May 2021 edition supersedes the January 2012 version.

Enlisted Promotions and Demotions

AR 600-8-19 is the enlisted promotion and demotion regulation: eligibility, the semi-centralized promotion system for sergeant and staff sergeant, promotion boards, and administrative demotions. It is one of the most frequently revised regulations in the Army, and the promotion point tables change with it. Always work from the edition currently posted on APD, not a saved copy.

Fires

ADP 3-19 defines the fires warfighting function -- its tasks, its capabilities, and how effects are delivered and integrated through targeting. It deliberately covers more than field artillery: air and missile defense, joint fires, and nonlethal effects all live here. It replaced ADP 3-09 as the Army's fundamental fires publication.

Holistic Health and Fitness

FM 7-22 replaced the old physical readiness training manual with the Holistic Health and Fitness system. It covers physical, nutritional, mental, spiritual, and sleep readiness, plus how to build and run a unit physical readiness program. Changes have been issued against it since publication, so download the current file rather than a saved copy.

Holistic Health and Fitness Testing

ATP 7-22.01 carries the administration and evaluation procedures for the Army's fitness tests, including the Army Fitness Test, the Occupational Physical Assessment Test, and the Combat Water Survival Test. The March 2026 edition replaced the October 2020 version. Use it for test administration questions; FM 7-22 remains the training system.

Information

ADP 3-13 is the Army's first doctrinal publication devoted to information. It explains how Army forces create and exploit information advantages and how information effects are planned and integrated like any other capability. It is newer than most of the doctrine on this list, so expect subordinate publications to still be catching up.

Intelligence

ADP 2-0 is the Army's foundational publication for the intelligence warfighting function. It covers what intelligence is for, how the intelligence process supports the commander's decisions, and how intelligence work is organized at echelon. It is the parent publication for the rest of the 2-series.

Map Reading and Land Navigation

TC 3-25.26 is the Army's map reading and land navigation manual: grids, marginal information, terrain features, azimuths, and navigation techniques. Dated November 2013, it is still the active reference used on land navigation courses and at boards. Note the designator -- it is a TC, not an FM or ATP.

Military Justice

AR 27-10 is the Army's implementing regulation for military justice: nonjudicial punishment, courts-martial administration, and the Army's policies under the Manual for Courts-Martial. Leaders reach for it most often for Article 15 procedures and filing decisions. It is revised frequently -- always confirm the current edition with your servicing judge advocate.

Operations

ADP 3-0 is the Army's capstone description of how it conducts operations. The March 2025 edition carries multidomain operations as the Army's operational concept and supersedes the July 2019 edition. It sets the vocabulary -- warfighting functions, combat power, the operational framework -- that nearly every other doctrinal publication uses.

Operations

FM 3-0 is the Army's capstone operations manual: how Army forces contribute landpower to the joint force and integrate joint capabilities on land. The March 2025 edition builds on multidomain operations and focuses on large-scale combat against a peer threat. If you are on a division or corps staff, this is the manual you argue from.

Planning and Orders Production

FM 5-0 is the Army's reference for planning: the military decision-making process, troop leading procedures, Army design methodology, and the formats for plans and orders. If you have ever needed the five-paragraph OPORD format at midnight, this is the book. The November 2024 edition supersedes the 16 May 2022 version and the posted file incorporates change 1, dated August 2025.

Preparing and Managing Correspondence

AR 25-50 is the standard for Army correspondence: memorandums, letters, and the rules for signature blocks, distribution, and endorsements. It is the reference that decides arguments about formatting in an S1 shop. The 10 October 2020 edition is still the current one.

Protection

ADP 3-37 is the Army's primary publication for the protection warfighting function. It explains how commanders preserve combat power through risk management, prioritization, and the protection tasks that get built into every plan. The April 2026 edition supersedes the January 2024 version.

Relief of Responsibility and Accountability

AR 735-5 is the regulation for relieving Soldiers and civilians of responsibility and accountability for Army property: adjusting property records after loss, damage, destruction, or theft, and running the financial liability investigation of property loss. It is the source of the FLIPL process and the definitions of command, supervisory, direct, custodial, and personal responsibility. Any leader who signs for property should know these terms.

Risk Management

DA PAM 385-30 is the procedural companion to AR 385-10 for risk management. It walks through applying the risk management steps to missions and everyday tasks and how to document the result. Use it with ATP 5-19, which carries the doctrinal techniques.

Risk Management

ATP 5-19 is the Army's risk management techniques publication. It carries the five-step process leaders use to identify hazards, apply controls, and make an informed risk decision. The November 2021 edition supersedes the April 2014 version and is the reference behind every deliberate risk assessment worksheet.

Secondary Item Policy and Retail Level Management

AR 710-2 is the Army's secondary item and retail-level supply management policy: supply support activity operations, requisitioning and reconciliation, stockage determination, and shop and bench stock. The 1 July 2024 major revision retitled it from Supply Policy Below National Level and moved property accountability, hand receipts, and using-unit supply operations out to AR 710-4. Its procedural companion is DA PAM 710-2-2.

Stability

ADP 3-07 is the Army's doctrine for stability operations. It explains the stability operations tasks, how they relate to offense and defense, and how military efforts fit alongside civilian agencies and host-nation institutions. It matters most during consolidation of gains, when the fighting slows and the governing does not.

Standards of Medical Fitness

AR 40-501 sets the medical fitness standards for accession, retention, and separation, and it is the basis for physical profiles. Leaders use it to understand what a profile means and what it does not. Medical providers own the determinations; leaders own the accommodation and the training plan.

Sustainment

ADP 4-0 is the Army's foundational sustainment publication. It covers the elements of sustainment -- logistics, financial management, personnel services, and health service support -- and the principles that govern them. The March 2026 edition sets the framework that FM 4-0 and the rest of the 4-series fill in.

Sustainment Operations

FM 4-0 is the Army's manual for planning and executing sustainment operations at echelon. It carries the detail behind ADP 4-0: how sustainment units are organized, how support is planned, and how the force is sustained through large-scale combat. The March 2026 edition is one of the newest publications in the Army's doctrine library.

Tactics

FM 3-90 is the Army's tactics manual for offensive, defensive, and enabling operations. It merged the two 2013 volumes of FM 3-90 into one book, so reconnaissance, security, and other enabling tasks now sit with the offense and defense chapters. It is the detail behind ADP 3-90.

The Commander's Handbook on the Law of Land Warfare

FM 6-27, published with the Marine Corps as MCTP 11-10C, is the current Army manual on the law of armed conflict. It replaced FM 27-10, which had stood since 1956. Commanders and staffs use it for targeting, detainee handling, and the treatment of civilians and protected property.

Training

ADP 7-0 is the Army's doctrine for training Soldiers and units. It carries the principles of training that leaders apply when they build and defend a training plan. The April 2024 edition supersedes the July 2019 version; FM 7-0 carries the procedures.