ARMY GUIDES

Practical Army admin guides you can actually use.

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Correspondence: the practical AR 25-50 guideA working guide to Army memorandums, MFRs, routing, subjects, signatures, dates, spacing, and the mistakes that make otherwise good correspondence look wrong.Counseling: building a DA Form 4856 session that is actually usefulA practical leader guide to purpose, facts, Soldier input, plans of action, follow-up, fairness, and the counseling traps that turn a useful session into paperwork theater.Awards: turning accomplishments into a defensible recommendationA detailed guide to achievement, impact, award level, narrative discipline, citations, approval authority, and why “sounds impressive” is not the same thing as “supported by the record.”NCOER & OER: writing performance and potential without inventing the recordA detailed guide to the Army Evaluation Reporting System, grade-plate differences, performance comments, measurable results, support forms, senior-rater language, and common writing failures.