THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARMY
1775
THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
Headquarters
Department of the Army
Washington, DC
16 September 2024
*Army Regulation 600–32
Effective 16 October 2024

Personnel-General
Conduct Between Soldiers of Different Grades

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

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

Authorities. The authority for this regulation is DoD 5500.7–R and DoDI 1304.33.

Applicability. This regulation 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. Provisions of this regulation are punitive, and violations may subject offenders to nonjudicial or judicial action under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Proponent and exception authority. The proponent of this regulation is the Deputy Chief of Staff, G–1. The proponent has the authority to approve exceptions or waivers to this regulation that are consistent with controlling law 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 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.

Army internal control process. This regulation contains internal control provisions in accordance with AR 11–2 and identifies key internal controls that must be evaluated (see appendix B).

Suggested improvements. Users are invited to send comments and suggested improvements on DA FormDA FormDepartment of the Army form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) directly to the Deputy Chief of Staff, G–1 (DAPE–MPC), 300 Army Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310–0300 or by email to usarmy.pentagon.hqda-dcs-g-1.mbx.command-policy@army.mil.

Distribution. This regulation is available in electronic media only and is intended for the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve.

*This regulation supersedes AR 600–32, dated 18 December 2013
AR 600–32 • 16 September 2024
UNCLASSIFIED

Active duty Full-time duty in the active military service of the United States, including full-time training duty; annual training duty; attendance, while in the active military service, at a school designated as a service school by law or by Secretary of the military department concerned. This term does not include Full Time Na- tional Guard (See 10 USCUSCUnited States Code 101).

Army National Guard That part of the organized militia of the several States and territories, Puerto Rico, and District of Colum- bia, active and inactive, that is a land force; is trained, and has its officers appointed, under the sixteenth clause of section 8, article I, of the Constitution; is organized, armed, and equipped wholly or partly at Federal expense; and is federally recognized (see 10 USCUSCUnited States Code 101).

Army National Guard of the United States The Reserve Component of the Army all of whose members are members of the ARNGARNGArmy National Guard (see 10 USCUSCUnited States Code 101).

Cadet A term that applies to all enrolled members of the ROTCROTCReserve Officers’ Training Course Program, including alien students enrolled in MS I or MS II. As a grade of rank, this term applies only to advanced course and scholarship cadets (see AR 145 – 1).

Chain of command The succession of commanding officers from a superior to a subordinate through which command is exer- cised (see JP 1 – 0).

Delayed Entry Program See 10 USCUSCUnited States Code 513 and AR 601 – 2.

Entry–level training Recruit and Initial Skill Training, to include One Station Unit Training, and Officer Acquisition Training, to include Officer Candidate School, the ROTCROTCReserve Officers’ Training Course, and the Service Academies (see DoDI 1304.33).

Grade A step or degree, in a graduated scale of office or military rank, that is established and designated as a grade by law or regulation (see 10 USCUSCUnited States Code 101).

National origin An individual’s or ancestor’s place of origin. Also applies to a person who has the physical, cultural, or lin- guistic characteristics of a national group (see DoDI 1350.02).

Permanent party personnel Active duty and Reserve Component military personnel who are assigned to or are attached to an instal- lation in a PCSPCSPermanent change of station status. Also includes trainees or students who are attending a training course for 20 weeks or longer (see DoDM 4165.63).

Prospect Any person who has expressed, to recruiting personnel, an interest in enlisting or receiving an appoint- ment in a Military Service and who appears to possess, or who may in the future possess, the potential and qualifications for enlistment or appointment in said Military Service. An individual who expresses a loss of interest in enlistment or appointment will continue to be a prospect for the purpose of this regula- tion for a period of 1 year from the date they express their loss of interest to recruiting personnel. Individu- als who possess the potential or qualifications for enlistment or appointment at some point in the future may include, but are not limited to, individuals who do not meet minimum age requirements, who scored too low on the qualification testing but will be eligible to retest, or who have not completed their education. An individual who expresses an interest in enlistment or appointment but is permanently barred under ex- isting regulations is not a prospect (see DoDI 1304.33).

Race A division of humans identified by the possession of traits that are transmissible by descent and that are sufficient to characterize persons possessing these traits as a distinctive human genotype (see DoDI 1350.02).

Rank The order of precedence among members of the armed forces (see 10 USCUSCUnited States Code 101).

Religion A personal set or institutional set of attitudes, moral or ethical beliefs, and practices that are held with the strength of traditional religious views, characterized by ardor and faith, and generally evidence through specific religious observances (see DoDI 1350.02).

Substantiated violation A violation will be treated as substantiated if there has been a court-martial conviction for a violation of the policy, but the adjudged sentence does not include discharge or dismissal; or if a nonjudicial punishment authority under 10 USCUSCUnited States Code 815 has determined that a Servicemember has committed an offense in violation of the policy and imposed nonjudicial punishment upon that member (see DoDI 1304.33).

Trainee Any military or civilian member undergoing initial military training in a formal training course with a unique training course identifier, or in an in-residence or education course (see DoDI 1304.33).

Trainer Any military or civilian member who is responsible for planning, organizing, or conducting initial military training as part of a formal training course, with a unique training course identifier, or as part of an in-resi- dence training or education course (see DoDI 1304.33).