army regulations
Soldier conduct codes
Army regulations are the official rules governing military conduct, procedures, and organization within an army.
These documents cover everything from uniform standards to administrative procedures to combat operations.
The term often appears in contexts of compliance or violation: The sergeant cited army regulations prohibiting facial hair.
Informally, any rigid or bureaucratic rules may be compared to army regulations.
- recruitment standardsQualifications required of applicants
- sworn oathFormal binding promise
- basic trainingInitial military instruction
- discharge papersForms ending military obligation
- honorable dischargeSatisfactory military service completion
military justice system · disciplinary actions · training manuals · field manual · chain of command · service records · rank structure · general orders · appeals process · inventory management · inspector general · active duty · code of conduct · leave policy · grooming standards · performance evaluations · operational security · dress code
- military historybattles, soldiers, campaigns, officers, battlefields
- military administrationpersonnel management, military records, military orders, service records, personnel files
- military policeMP, MPs, military police, shore patrol, provost
- military lawcourt-martial, court martial, military courts, military justice, judge advocate
- militarysoldiers, troops, officers, navy, generals
- artillerycannons, cannon, howitzers, howitzer, mortars
army regulationscivil law
Law governing private disputes
common law · domestic law · state statutes · corporate policy
army regulationsanarchy
Disorder from absent authority
lawlessness · chaos · disorder · personal freedom · individual liberty
army regulationsunwritten rules
Unstated behavioral expectations
loose guidelines · social conventions · gentleman's agreements · oral traditions