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AR 600-20 — ARMY COMMAND POLICY
AR 600-20: command responsibilities, military discipline and conduct, military equal opportunity. Explore the scope overview and open the official Army source.
Official Army source
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What this publication covers
AR 600-20 addresses Army command policy: command responsibilities, discipline and conduct, command climate, and the Military Equal Opportunity program. It is a useful starting point when a leadership question concerns the command relationship or a commander's responsibility rather than an individual personnel transaction. The publication's contents separate those subjects from one another, helping leaders locate the right policy area.
The verified edition includes chapters on command policies, Ready and Resilient, military discipline and conduct, other command responsibilities, and Military Equal Opportunity. Its appendixes also organize religious accommodation and command climate material. This overview identifies that scope without deciding the outcome of a complaint or accommodation request. For a specific case, read the official text and the applicable implementing guidance. A flag, evaluation, or separation question may also require its own personnel regulation, so those references are linked separately here.
- Command responsibilities
- Military discipline and conduct
- Military Equal Opportunity
- Command climate
- Religious accommodation
Who commonly uses it
Commanders, first sergeants, junior leaders, and Soldiers researching command responsibilities and policy channels.
Where to start in the official publication
These headings were checked against the linked edition's contents. Open the PDF and use its contents or find function; page numbering can differ by viewer.
- Chapter 2: Command Policies
- Chapter 6: Military Equal Opportunity Policy and Program
Common questions
What publication covers Army command policy?
AR 600-20 is titled Army Command Policy. Use its contents to distinguish command relationships, conduct, and equal opportunity subjects before reading the relevant chapter.
Is command policy the same as flag policy?
No. AR 600-8-2 addresses suspension of favorable personnel actions. A command issue may involve both references, but their purposes are different.
Publication details and freshness
- Publication number
- AR 600-20
- Publication type
- AR
- Issuing authority / proponent
- Department of the Army · G-1
- APD source status
- ACTIVE
- Publication date
- 2026-04-15
- Revision date listed by APD
- 2026-04-15
- Last source verification
- 2026-10-09
- Distribution
- A APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE; DISTRIBUTION IS UNLIMITED
Earlier editions replaced by this publication: SUPERSEDED AR 600-20, 02/06/2025. This is edition history, not a claim that the displayed publication is superseded.
APD status and distribution evidence ↗Last verification records a manual source check. GreenBook does not automatically guarantee that no later guidance has been issued.
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