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AR 600-8-105 — MILITARY ORDERS
AR 600-8-105: military orders program, orders formats, personnel reassignment. Explore the scope overview and open the official Army source.
Official Army source
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What this publication covers
AR 600-8-105 is the Army military orders regulation. The reviewed edition addresses the military orders program and mandated orders formats, including the relationship between IPPS-A orders and legacy orders systems. Its contents organize orders by personnel functions such as strength management, reassignment, plans and actions, and Soldier actions. This structure helps a reader locate the relevant orders subject without treating every document called an order as the same product.
Start with the action the order supports and the system responsible for producing it. DA PAM 600-8-105 is the companion procedural reference. Reassignment processing and personnel records have their own connected regulations, so an orders question may require more than one source. The overview does not issue, amend, authenticate, or revoke orders and cannot establish an entitlement from a document title. Use the official text and authorized personnel office for the actual action and record.
- Military orders program
- Orders formats
- Personnel reassignment
- Strength management
- Soldier actions
Who commonly uses it
Personnel staff, orders administrators, and Soldiers identifying the orders reference for a particular personnel action.
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: The Orders Program
- Chapter 4: Personnel Reassignment
Common questions
Which regulation covers Army military orders?
AR 600-8-105 establishes the military orders program. Select the section for the function and consult DA PAM 600-8-105 for connected procedures.
Does an orders overview authorize a personnel action?
No. Actual orders must be handled through the authorized system and responsible office. Reassignment, processing, and recordkeeping requirements remain separate subjects.
Publication details and freshness
- Publication number
- AR 600-8-105
- Publication type
- AR
- Issuing authority / proponent
- Department of the Army · G-1
- APD source status
- ACTIVE
- Publication date
- 2026-08-06
- Revision date listed by APD
- 2026-08-06
- Last source verification
- 2026-10-09
- Distribution
- A APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE; DISTRIBUTION IS UNLIMITED
Earlier editions replaced by this publication: SUPERSEDED AR 600-8-105, 12/20/2022. This is edition history, not a claim that the displayed publication is superseded.
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