scope:

Applicability.

This regulation applies to the Regular Army, the United States Army Reserve, and the Army National Guard, unless otherwise stated; and Department of the Army civilians involved in recruitment activities or Reserve Officers' Training Corps/Simultaneous Membership Program management functions. In case of conflict between this and other regulations establishing enlistment eligibility criteria, this regulation will take precedence. Upon direction of the Secretary of the Army, certain requirements of this regulation will not be enforced during mobilization. The following will apply during mobilization: Medical standards prescribed in AR 40-501; the requirement for an Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) percentile score of 10 or higher as prescribed section 20, Title 10, United States Code; and the moral requirements in AR 601-270.

Purpose

This regulation-

a. Prescribes eligibility criteria governing the enlistment of persons, with or without prior service (PS), into the Regular Army (RA), the U.S. Army Reserve (USAR), and the Army National Guard (ARNG).

b. Provides policies and procedures to process applicants for enlistment in the-

(1) RA Delayed Entry Program (DEP) and on delayed status (DS).

(2) USAR Delayed Training Program (DTP) and the DEP.

(3) The DTP and DEP are not applicable to the Army National Guard (ARNG).

c. Provides policy and procedures governing the appointment, reassignment, management, and mobilization of Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) cadets under the ROTC Simultaneous Membership Program (SMP).