Force Development and Documentation Consolidated …

1 UNCLASSIFIED Army Regulation 71 32 Force Management Force Development and Documentation Consolidated Policies Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC 20 March 2019 SUMMARY of CHANGE AR 71 32 Force Development and Documentation Consolidated Policies This major revision, dated 20 March 2019 o Introduces the Force integration process (para 1 9). o Reorganizes Force Development and Documentation information mirroring the five phases of the Force Development process (para 1 11, chaps 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7).

2 O Discontinues the use of DA Form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) for requesting modified table of organization and equipment changes (paras 2 23, 5 14, 7 7, and 7 23). o Extracts all procedures from AR 71 32 and establishes DA Pam 71 32 (chaps 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9). o Incorporates guidance from Army Directive 2016 01, Expanding Positions and Changing the Army Policy for the Assignment of Female Soldiers (para 5 15). o Integrates the total Army analysis process and prescribes policies and responsibilities for total Army analysis and associated Force management activities (paras 6 1 through 6 7).

3 O Expands and updates multiple component units (paras 6 8 and 6 9). o Deletes the concept plan and command implementation plan process and replaces them with the table of distribution and allowances change management plan process. This Army regulation will provide the basic policy and definitional parameters of the table of distribution and allowances change management plan and DA Pam 71 32 will codify all applicable table of distribution and allowances change management plan procedures (chap 7). o Prescribes policies and responsibilities for troop program sequence number and associated Force management activities (para 7 8).

4 O Incorporates guidance from Army Directive 2012 08, Army Total Force Policy (throughout). o Supersedes AR 25 70 and AR 71 11. *This regulation supersedes AR 71 32, dated 1 July 2013; AR 25-70, dated 18 July 2000; and AR 71-11, dated 29 December 1995. AR 71 32 20 March 2019 UNCLASSIFIED i Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC *Army Regulation 71 32 20 March 2019 Effective 20 April 2019 Force Management Force Development and Documentation Consolidated Policies History. This publication is a major revi-sion.

5 Summary. This regulation has been re-vised to update the policies for developing and documenting organizational require-ments and authorizations, and for establish-ing certain Force Development functions in the Deputy Chief of Staff, G 3/5/7. Applicability. This regulation applies to the Regular Army, Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and Army Reserve, unless oth-erwise stated. Proponent and exception authority. The proponent of this regulation is the Dep-uty Chief of Staff, G 3/5/7.

6 The proponent has the authority to approve exceptions or waivers to this regulation that are consistent with controlling law and regulations. The proponent may delegate this approval au-thority, in writing, to a division chief within the proponent agency or its direct reporting unit or field-operating agency, in the grade of colonel or the civilian equivalent. Activ-ities may request a waiver to this regulation by providing justification that includes a full analysis of the expected benefits and must include formal review by the activ-ity s senior legal officer.

7 All waiver re-quests will be endorsed by the commander or senior leader of the requesting activity and forwarded through their higher head-quarters to the policy proponent. Refer to AR 25 30 for specific guidance. Army internal control process. This regulation contains management control provisions in accordance with AR 11 2 and identifies key internal controls that must be evaluated (see appendix B). Supplementation. Supplementation of this regulation and establishment of com-mand and local forms are prohibited with-out prior approval from the Deputy Chief of Staff, G 3/5/7 (DAMO FMD), 400 Army Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310 0400.

8 Suggested improvements. Users are invited to send comments and suggested improvements on DA Form 2028 (Recom-mended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) directly to the Deputy Chief of Staff, G 3/5/7 (DAMO FM), 400 Army Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310 0400. Committee management. AR 15 1 requires the proponent to justify establish-ing/continuing committee(s), coordinate draft publications, and coordinate changes in committee status with the Army Re-sources and Programs Agency, Department of the Army Committee Management Of-fice (AARP ZA), 9301 Chapek Road, Building 1458, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060 5527.

9 Further, if it is determined that an established group identified within this regulation, later takes on the characteristics of a committee, as found in the AR 15 1, then the proponent will fol-low all AR 15 1 requirements for establish-ing and continuing the group as a commit-tee. Distribution. This regulation is available in electronic media only and is intended for the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/ Army National Guard of the United States, and the Army Reserve.

10 Contents (Listed by paragraph and page number) Chapter 1 Introduction, page 1 Purpose 1 1, page 1 References and forms 1 2, page 1 Explanation of abbreviations and terms 1 3, page 1 Responsibilities 1 4, page 1 Record management (recordkeeping) requirements 1 5, page 1 The Army Organizational Life Cycle Model 1 6, page 1 Force management 1 7, page 2 Army Force management model 1 8, page 2 Force integration 1 9, page 3 Organizational integration 1 10, page 3 Contents Continued ii AR 71 32 20 March 2019 Force Development 1 11, page 3 Chapter 2 Responsibilities, page 4 Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) 2 1, page 4 Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller)