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AA&E

Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives

Physical Security of Arms, Ammunition, and Explosives

AR 190-11 sets the physical security standards for arms, ammunition, and explosives: storage, arms room construction, key and lock control, and inventory requirements. Arms room operations and unit AA&E inspections trace back to this regulation. Some content is controlled, so work from your installation provost marshal's guidance as well.

Administrative Adjustment Report

Corrects property book records for administrative changes such as nomenclature, NSN, or unit of issue, without assigning financial liability.

Recommendation for Award

Recommends an individual decoration or achievement award and carries it through the approval chain.

After action reviews

The four steps of an AAR, the four questions it answers, and the difference between a formal and an informal review.

Components, basic issue items, and shortage annexes

An end item is only complete when its components are present. The shortage annex is how you sign for an incomplete item without pretending it is whole.

Issue, turn-in, and lateral transfer

The DA 3161 moves property in and out of a unit and between property book accounts. Every transaction carries a document number that makes it traceable.

AAM

Army Achievement Medal

AAR

After Action Review

DODAAC

Department of Defense Activity Address Code

What is an after action review, and what are its four steps?

An AAR is a structured professional discussion of an event that lets the participants work out for themselves what happened and how to improve. The four steps are plan, prepare, conduct, and follow up. The follow-up is the part units skip and the part that produces the improvement.

What is the difference between a formal and an informal after action review?

A formal AAR is planned and resourced in advance with a scheduled time, a site, training aids, and an outside facilitator or observer. An informal AAR is conducted on the spot by the leader on the ground with whatever is at hand, right after the action, and is the kind Soldiers see most often.

Training Aids

Training management from the eight-step model through the training meeting, plus ranges, risk management, and after action reviews.

Military Awards

AR 600-8-22 governs decorations, service medals, badges, and the order of precedence. It sets who may approve what, what the criteria are, and how recommendations move. It is revised often -- the 11 May 2026 expedited revision is the third edition since January 2024.