Safety

Range Safety

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

RANDY A. GEORGE
General, United States Army
Chief of Staff

Official:

MARK F. AVERILL
Administrative Assistant
to the Secretary of the Army

By Order of the Commandant of the Marine Corps:

BENJAMIN T. WATSON
Commanding General
Training and Education Command

History. This publication is a major revision. The portions affected by this major revision are listed in the summary of change.

Summary. This regulation/order provides range safety policy for the Army and Marine Corps.

Applicability. This regulation/order applies to the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated. It also applies to the following: the United States Military Academy; Departments of the Army and the Navy civilian employees and contractors; Reserve Officers' Training Corps students training on Army or Marine Corps-controlled ranges; the Marine Corps Total Force; any person or organization using armor Marine Corps-controlled real estate or operational ranges; operational range training and target practice activities; military real estate areas that are being or have been used as bombing ranges; artillery impact areas or target areas; all areas designated for live-fire weapons firing; recreational ranges and rod and gun club ranges located on Army or Marine Corps real property controlled by the Army or the Marine Corps; personnel training outside the continental United States; and operational training

conducted on test and evaluation ranges (it does not apply to testing and evaluation conducted on such ranges). This regulation/order is advisory for deployed units engaged in combat operations. Army or Marine Corps commanders will apply the provisions of this regulation/order and host nation agreements as appropriate. Local standard operating procedures and range policies will reinforce this regulation/order. Service-specific policies that are more restrictive will apply regardless of the installation being used. Except for airspace and water traffic safety requirements, these provisions do not apply to development, proof, and function test ranges or laboratories. However, Army commands, Army service component commands, direct reporting units, and Marine Corps installations having such ranges and laboratories are required to develop and apply alternate standards that are appropriate to the mission and that ensure the preservation of life and property. Contracts for work on Army and Marine Corps ranges will comply with applicable provisions of this regulation/order. During contingency operations, chapters and policies contained in this regulation/order may be modified by the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment or Commandant of the Marine Corps.

Proponent and exception authority. The Army proponent of this regulation/order is the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment. The proponent has the authority to approve exceptions or waivers to this regulation/order that are consistent with controlling laws and regulations. The proponent may delegate this approval authority, in writing, to a division chief within the proponent agency or its direct reporting unit or field operating agency, in the grade of colonel or the civilian equivalent. Activities may request a waiver to this regulation/order by providing justification that includes a full analysis of the expected benefits and must include formal review by the activity's senior legal officer. All waiver requests will be endorsed by the commander or senior leader of the requesting activity and forwarded through their higher headquarters to the policy proponent. Refer to AR 25-30 for specific requirements. The Army's consultant for surface danger zones and weapon danger zones is the Commanding General, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (ATIC-TCT). The Marine Corps proponent of this order is the Commandant of the Marine Corps. The proponent has the authority to approve changes to this order that are consistent with controlling laws and regulations. The proponent has

*This publication supersedes AR 385-63/MCO 3570.1C, dated 30 January 2012 and DA PamDA PamDepartment of the Army Pamphlets 385-63, dated 16 April 2014.
AR 385-63/MCO 3570.1D • 23 May 2025
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