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Section II
Terms
Action step
Specific action or task undertaken to eliminate or neutralize a problem and to achieve an objective. Information needed
includes the agency taking action, a completion date, and an established goal.
Active Army
Consists of RA Soldiers on AD; ARNGUS and Army Reserve Soldiers on AD (except as excluded below); ARNG
Soldiers in the Service of the United States pursuant to a call; and all persons appointed, enlisted, or inducted into the
Army without component.
Active duty (AD)
Full-time duty in the active military Service of the United States, including full-time training duty; AT duty; attendance
while in the active military Service, at a school designated as a service school by law or by secretary of the military
department concerned. This term does not include FTNGD.
Active status
The status of a member of a RC not in the inactive ARNG, on inactive status list, or in the retired Reserve.
Affirmative action plan
A management document that consists of statements of attainable goals and timetables. This document is required of all
Army organizations, commands, agencies, and activities down to brigade (or equivalent) level. It is designed to achieve
EO for all military personnel.
Army National Guard
The Army portion of the recognized militia of the several states, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and District of
Columbia whose units and members are federally recognized.
Army National Guard of the United States
A RC of the Army, all of whose members are members of the ARNG.
Chain of command
The sequence of commanders in an organization who have direct authority and primary responsibility for accomplishing
he assigned unit mission while caring for personnel and property in their charge.
Civil office
A nonmilitary office involving the exercise of the powers of authority of civil Government, to include elective or an
appointed office in the U.S. Government, a U.S. territory or possession, State, county, municipality, or official
subdivision thereof.
Command levels of support
Command levels of support are the HQDA determined levels for the common services that are provided by a garrison.
Command levels of support refers to the method by which IMCOM directs all garrisons to deliver specific elements of
installation support services (Service Support Programs (SSPs)) at a HQDA approved pre-determined level of service.
This strategy is aimed at achieving standardization of installation services across the Army through equitable distribution
of resources and garrison accountability for service delivery performance.
Complainant
A Soldier, military Family member, or civilian employee of the Army who submits a complaint.
Date of rank
The date on which an officer or enlisted Soldier actually or constructively was appointed in a particular grade. The date
will be calculated on the basis of criteria established in this regulation and is the first rule for determining relative
seniority for officers and enlisted holding the same grade.
Deployable sexual response coordinator
Deployable SARC are Soldiers appointed on orders assigned at brigade/unit of action and higher levels of command
who are designated and trained to assume the duties of the SARC during deployments.
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