What is your favorite regulation and why?

SSG(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 17:10:51 -0500

I always hear soldiers complaining about regulations that are easy to follow.
I enjoy finding the really good regulations that help the military and the soldier.

Response by SrA John Monette made Nov 20 at 2018 5:39 PM

SrA John Monette — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 17:39:00 -0500

the regulation that says that, as a civilian, I do not have to salute anyone!!!!

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 20 at 2018 5:54 PM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 17:54:06 -0500

Without a Doubt AR 25-50 "Preparing and Managing Correspondence" is the best regulation out there period.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 20 at 2018 5:55 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 17:55:29 -0500

AR 670-1

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 20 at 2018 6:33 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:33:23 -0500

AR 600-25 Salutes, Honors, and Visits of Courtesy. 1-5, g. “Civilian personnel, to include civilian guards, are not required to render the hand salute to military personnel or other civilian personnel.”

Without a doubt, this is my favorite portion of any Army regulation. It regulates what civilians don’t have to do.

Why would the Army regulate something for civilians to not do something? Because somewhere way back when, some important officers spouse probably got her tail feathers ruffled because she wasn’t being saluted as she came on post in the Generals vehicle. And officers weren’t being saluted by contracted gate guards. They got all upset, made a fuss. Enough so, that the best way to shut it down was to write it into the regs that essentially state, “hey Army, don’t expect civilians to salute you.”

But it’s worded so as to not hurt anyone’s feelings. And the end result is an Army regulation that regulate what civilians don’t have to do. Priceless.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 20 at 2018 7:15 PM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 19:15:13 -0500

The EXORD for the ACFT because my schoolhouse is the operations for this fundamental change in training and readiness.

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 20 at 2018 7:30 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 19:30:32 -0500

I am going to go with SecNavInst 1650.1H and MCO 1650.19J because if I am digging into them I am recognizing someone for exceptional work.

Response by SGT Joseph Gunderson made Nov 20 at 2018 8:27 PM

SGT Joseph Gunderson — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 20:27:25 -0500

AR 3-21.5 Army Drill and Ceremonies. I have loved D&C since I was a freshmen in high school. I wish that the active components would bring back close order drills to get some of the discipline back into our military.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 20 at 2018 8:31 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 20:31:21 -0500

AR 601-210

Response by SGT Donald Croswhite made Nov 21 at 2018 1:31 AM

SGT Donald Croswhite — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 01:31:07 -0500

AR 135–178: Enlisted Administrative Separations
I can't count the times I had to correct my C.O. on proper procedures for Separationing a Joe. You can see the veins popping as he fights the conflict of "being right" and fighting regulation. I also loved the silence after he called Brigade legal to verify my information. "Are you sure?" was the a great sound to here coming from his office. Of course I would get the next correspondence from the C.O. from 1SG. Knowing your regulations can stop an officer in his tracks.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 21 at 2018 1:31 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 01:31:33 -0500

I'm torn between AR 25-50 and AR/DAM PAM 670-1.

Response by CW5 Sam R. Baker made Nov 21 at 2018 10:48 AM

CW5 Sam R. Baker — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 10:48:18 -0500

AR 25-50, it's the bible for correspondance and a great tool to use to reinforce professionalism and mentor.

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Nov 21 at 2018 11:23 AM

CAPT Kevin B. — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 11:23:05 -0500

I'll toss in an odd one that most won't relate to but is one that separates the MIL from commercial sector side. I sat many promotion, augmentation, retention, Command, etc. boards. The regs that governed them had the effect of removing a lot of the BS factor in people management. The process, etc. meant if you had an improper bias, it was very hard to run and hide. A step down would be the Federal civilian stuff. People would bitch that you couldn't fire anyone but I found that they tended to lack the cajones to follow through on the proper process. So the series of regs that runs this type of stuff also protects you in the end as well. Never had to look back on how we did our job. I remember some Flags getting pissed over some result. Well Flag, the problem lies elsewhere and you know that.

Response by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 21 at 2018 3:01 PM

SGM Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 15:01:44 -0500

AR 601-280 The Army Retention Program.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 22 at 2018 5:21 AM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 05:21:08 -0500

Article 31, my right to shut up. An old First shirt tried hemming me up under a section of article 134, basically for not answering questions he thought I knew about while failing to inform me of Article 31.

Response by LTC Charles T Dalbec made Nov 23 at 2018 8:43 AM

LTC Charles T Dalbec — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 08:43:27 -0500

Regulations that are easy to read and understand. That is how I wrote regulations when I was at DA