AR 600–8–19. Enlisted Promotions and Reductions.Washington, DC: Department of the Army, May 16, 2019.2019
This regulation prescribes policies and procedures governing promotions and reductions of Army enlisted personnel. This regulation includes policy statements, operating tasks, rules in support of operating tasks, and sequential steps of each operating task. It implements Section 1563, Title 10, United States Code.
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