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SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
WASHINGTON
1 0 JUN 2024
MEMORANDUM FOR SEE DISTRIBUTION
SUBJECT: Army Directive 2024-05 (Aggregating and Reporting Soldier Race and
Ethnicity Data)
1. References.
a. Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and
Ethnicity; Federal Register Volume 62, page 58782; 30 October 1997; amending Office
of Management and Budget (0MB) Statistical Policy Directive 15
b. Department of Defense (DoD) Instruction 7730.68 (Uniformed Services Human
Resources System), 1 September 2023
c. Army Regulation (AR) 600-8-104 (Army Military Human Resources Records
Management), 29 June 2023
d. AR 600-20 (Army Command Policy), 24 July 2020
2. Purpose. This directive prescribes the Army's policy for aggregating and reporting
Soldier race and ethnicity_ data.
3. Applicability. The provisions of this directive apply to the Regular Army, Army
National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and U.S. Army Reserve.
4. Policy.
a. The Army will aggregate and report Soldier race and ethnicity data in accordance
with 0MB Statistical Policy Directive 15.
b. Army race and ethnic data will be maintained in the Army Personnel System (APS)
system of records. Army personnel will retrieve Soldier race and ethnic data from the
APS system of records using the Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army (IPPS-A).
No other source of Army race and ethnic data is authoritative.
c. Soldiers will use the IPPS-A to validate their racial and ethnic identification
annually.
5. Proponent. The Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) is
the proponent for this policy. The Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1 will incorporate the