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AR 611-5

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PERSONNEL AND CLASSIFICATION TESTING

Reviewed by Guilherme Correia, active-duty U.S. Air Force

AR 611-5, "PERSONNEL AND CLASSIFICATION TESTING", is a United States Army publication, dated September 11, 2026.

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September 11, 2026

OPR

G-1

Headquarters, Department of the Army

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AR 611-5 — index record

NumberAR 611-5
TitlePERSONNEL AND CLASSIFICATION TESTING
PublishedSeptember 11, 2026
Office of primary responsibilityG-1
Issued byHeadquarters, Department of the Army
Status on the indexActive
Unit of issuePDF P
Source indexArmy Publishing Directorate
Index last readOctober 20, 2026

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Purpose, in the publication’s words

This regulation prescribes policies and responsibilities for procurement, safeguarding, scoring, release of Army per- sonnel tests, and overall administration of the Army Personnel Testing (APT) Program.

Summary of changes, as printed

Personnel and Classification Testing This regulation is certified current as of 11 September 2026. Aside from the following administrative changes, no other changes were made to certify current of this regulation— o Updates Department of the Army signature and history statement (title page). o Replaces Army Credentialing and Continuing Education Services for Soldiers with Army Continuing Education Division (throughout). o Directs all correspondence/requests to the official group mailbox at usarmy.knox.hrc.mbx.tagd-aced- apt@army.mil (throughout). o Updates obsolete command structure from U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Army University and physical mailing address with the current command structure and digital routing (throughout). o Replaces the term “test examiner” with “test administrator” (throughout). o Replaces obsolete milSuite uniform resource locators with instructions to use the official Army Personnel Testing Teams Channel or the Army Personnel Testing Program Office group mailbox (throughout). o Replaces “social security number” with “Department of Defense identification number” (para 3–3). This administrative revision, dated 29 January 2024— o Changes “usarmy.knox.hrc.mbx.tagd-army-per-sonnel-testing@mail.mil” to “usarmy.knox.tradoc.mbx.armyu- access@army.mil” (throughout). This major revision, dated 25 April 2022— o Adds records management requirements (para 1–5). o Adds Army Personnel Testing milSuite web page (chap 2 and paras 5–1a and D–4a).

Contents

  1. Chapter 1 Introductionp. 1
  2. Section I Generalp. 1
  3. Section II Responsibilitiesp. 1
  4. Chapter 2 Army Personnel Testing Programp. 3
  5. Section I Operationsp. 3
  6. Section II Personnelp. 5
  7. Section III Eligibility for Army Personnel Testingp. 8
  8. Chapter 3 Test Control and Recordsp. 9
  9. Chapter 4 Test Administrationp. 13
  10. Chapter 5 Procurement and Release of Army Personnel Test Materialsp. 17

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