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Purpose

This regulation establishes standard policies and procedure for presenting Army Fatal Incident Family briefs on releasable facts, findings, and recommendations of investigations conducted under Army Regulation (AR) 15-6 into a Soldier's death resulting from a military training, operational, or friendly fire accident; hostile incident; or confirmed suicide. These presentations are offered to a Soldier's primary next of kin (PNOK) and other Family members invited by the PNOK, as defined in Department of Defense instruction (DoDI) 1300.18. This regulation also provides a model for unit and organization commanders to provide suicide incident Family briefs. The Suicide Incident Family Brief Program is a commander's program under the umbrella of the Army Fatal Incident Family Brief Program, which also includes fatal incident Family briefs. The policy and guidance provided in this regulation is for Army personnel. It does not create any substantial privilege or procedure, right, or benefit enforceable by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, officers, employees, or any other person.