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AR 25-50 — PREPARING AND MANAGING CORRESPONDENCE

AR 25-50 is listed as current Current
in the Army Publishing Directorate catalog as of our last index refresh (2026-08-23). Status is mirrored from that catalog, re-checked weekly — every change is logged. Note: its publication date is 2020-10-10 — 5.9 years old — so check for newer interim changes before citing it.

Branch	U.S. Army
Series	AR
Publication date	2020-10-10 (5.9 years ago)
Status	Current
Proponent / OPR	CIO
Source of record	Army Publishing Directorate

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What this publication covers

Purpose This regulation prescribes Department of the Army (DA) policies, procedures, and standard formats for preparing and processing Army correspondence.
— AR 25-50, paragraph 1–1, p.9, quoted from the official PDF

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