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MEMORANDUM FOR SEE DISTRIBUTION
SUBJECT: Army Directive 2016-22 (Authority to Initiate Applications to Correct Military
Records on Behalf of a Group of Soldiers or Former Soldiers Who Were Similarly
Harmed by the Same Error or Injustice)
1. References:
a. Title 10, U.S. Code, section 1552 (10 U.S.C. § 1552) (Correction of military
records: claims incident thereto).
b. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, Pub. L. No. 114-92,
section 521, 129 Stat. 726.
c. Army Board for Correction of Military Records, 32 C.F.R. section 581.3 (2002).
d. Department of Defense Directive 1332.41 (Boards for Correction of Military
Records (BCMRs) and Discharge Review Boards (DRBs)), March 8, 2004.
e. Army Regulation 15-185 (Army Board for Correction of Military Records),
31 March 2006.
2. Section 521 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016
amended 10 U.S.C. § 1552 to give the Secretary of the Army limited authority to initiate
applications for the correction of military records. Pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 1552(b), as
amended, the Secretary of the Army may file a request for the correction of military
records on behalf of a group of Soldiers or former Soldiers who were similarly harmed
by the same error or injustice.
3. I hereby delegate to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve
Affairs) the authority to file a request for correction of a military record with the Army
Board for Correction of Military Records on behalf of a group of Soldiers or former
Soldiers to remedy a common error or injustice. This authority may not be further
delegated.
4. For purposes of this directive, a “group” consists of three or more Soldiers or former
Soldiers.
5. This directive is effective immediately. When the policy in this directive conflicts with
Army regulations, this directive takes precedence. The Assistant Secretary of the Army
S E C R E T A R Y O F T H E A R M Y
W A S H I N G T O N
SUBJECT: Army Directive 2016-22 (Authority to Initiate Applications to Correct Military
Records on Behalf of a Group of Soldiers or Former Soldiers Who Were Similarly
Harmed by the Same Error or Injustice)
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(Manpower and Reserve Affairs) is the proponent for this policy and will issue
implementing guidance no later than 15 July 2016. The Assistant Secretary will
incorporate the provisions of this directive and the implementing guidance into Army
Regulation 15-185 as soon as practicable.
6. This directive is rescinded upon publication of the updated regulation.
Eric K. Fanning
DISTRIBUTION:
Principal Officials of Headquarters, Department of the Army
Commander
U.S. Army Forces Command
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
U.S. Army Materiel Command
U.S. Army Pacific
U.S. Army Europe
U.S. Army Central
U.S. Army North
U.S. Army South
U.S. Army Africa/Southern European Task Force
U.S. Army Special Operations Command
Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Strategic Command
U.S. Army Medical Command
U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command
U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Army Military District of Washington
U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command
U.S. Army Installation Management Command
Superintendent, United States Military Academy
Director, U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center
Executive Director, Arlington National Cemetery
Commander, U.S. Army Accessions Support Brigade
(CONT)
SUBJECT: Army Directive 2016-22 (Authority to Initiate Applications to Correct Military
Records on Behalf of a Group of Soldiers or Former Soldiers Who Were Similarly
Harmed by the Same Error or Injustice)
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DISTRIBUTION: (CONT)
Commandant, U.S. Army War College
Commander, Second Army
CF:
Director, Army National Guard
Director of Business Transformation
Commander, Eighth Army
Commander, U.S. Army Cyber Command