{"id":47253,"date":"2016-05-16T12:02:44","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T12:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2016\/05\/16\/army-updates-rules-for-flagging-soldiers\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:59:17","slug":"army-updates-rules-for-flagging-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2016\/05\/16\/army-updates-rules-for-flagging-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Army updates rules for &#8216;flagging&#8217; soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a time of drawdown and competitive retention screenings for officers and NCOs, it is no time to get &#8220;flagged&#8221; for running afoul of service standards for behavior, physical fitness or job competency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The regulation governing the suspension of favorable personnel actions, or &#8220;flags,&#8221; has been updated so that it lays out in explicit detail the circumstances that can hurt a soldier&#8217;s standing with the Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apd.army.mil\/pdffiles\/r600_8_2.pdf\">AR 600-8-2<\/a> was published May 11, and will take effect June 11 for soldiers who have been flagged for any number of adverse actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It replaces the October 2012 edition of the regulation. 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The prohibition does not include initial entry training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022\u00a0Army-funded undergraduate and graduate civilian school attendance, to include courses being taken through the Tuition Assistance program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022\u00a0Government-funded travel and command sponsorship for the family members of soldiers making a permanent change of station move to an overseas location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022\u00a0Payment of enlistment and retention bonuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commissioned and warrant officers who have been flagged generally are authorized to submit a request for an unqualified resignation, discharge or retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Enlisted soldiers, if eligible, may submit a retirement application, which will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the appropriate retirement approval authority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Favorable personnel actions can be put on hold for numerous reasons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":85645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":70,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[7,12,70],"tags":[],"coauthors":[599],"class_list":["post-47253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education-transition","category-news","category-your-army"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"P57DNX3GNZA3PJLVFNTNCLMGVI","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-army\/2016\/05\/16\/army-updates-rules-for-flagging-soldiers\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Army updates rules for &#039;flagging&#039; 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