scope:

Applicability. This regulation applies to the Active Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated . During mobiliza- tion, procedures in this publication can be modified to support policy changes as necessary. This regulation applies to unit members of the Army National Guard under the Early Commissioning Program and during mobilization. More specifically it applies to-

a. Participants in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program.

b. Participants in Army Medical Department officer procurement programs monitored by the Surgeon General.

c . Army National Guard and U. S. Army Reserve unit members appointed under the Early Commissioning Program and current participants in the Early Commissioning Program.

d. Certain Army Medical Department officers ordered to involuntary active duty.

e. Army National Guard or U.S. Army Reserve members and individual U. S. Army Reserve control group members ordered to active duty during a mobilization.

f. Enlisted personnel ordered to active duty for training.

g. Officer personnel ordered to active duty or Reserve Forces Duty.

h. Participants in the Army National Guard Medical and Dental Student Commissioning Program and Reserve of the Army Medical, Osteopathic, Dental, and Veterinary Student Commissioning Program (Army Reserve). 

Purpose

This regulation prescribes policy and procedures for delay in and exemption from entry on active duty (AD), initial active duty for training (IADT), and Reserve Forces Duty (RFD) for members of the Army National Guard of the United States (ARNGUS) and the U.S. Army Reserve (USAR). Exceptions will be made on an individual basis only by Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA).