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  • The Provost Marshal General (PMG) is the principal military advisor to the Secretary of the Army and Chief of Staff of the Army on policing matters and the principal Army staff officer for the development and execution of the Army policing functions. As the Army's senior military police officer, the PMG provides leadership and direction to the Military Police Corps. The Director of the Defense Forensics and Biometrics Agency directly reports to the PMG.

    The PMG also serves as the Commanding General of Army Corrections Command. Additionally, the PMG serves as the functional chief for Army Civilian Career Program 19—Security and Law Enforcement.

  • The Office of the Provost Marshal General (OPMG) is responsible for the policy, plans, programs, oversight and budget for the Army’s policing functions – to include law enforcement, criminal intelligence fusion, corrections, biometrics & forensics, physical security, high risk personnel security, antiterrorism, and detention operations – in coordination with Department of Defense and the greater law enforcement community.

    There are 13 divisions of the OPMG.

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  • Army Corrections Command (ACC) exercises mission command of Army Corrections System facilities and assigned units providing care, custody, control, and rehabilitation of U.S. military prisoners. ACC develops and administers corrections policy, plans, programs, budgets, and resources. ACC provides oversight to facility design, standardization, and modernization. ACC coordinates the disposition of all prisoners to include transfers and designation, mandatory supervised release, clemency and parole, as well as the execution of condemned military prisoners. ACC provides trained internment/resettlement units, leaders, and Soldiers to conduct detainee operations in support of combatant commander requirements worldwide, and executes the Secretary of the Army’s Executive Agent responsibilities for long term corrections and detainee operations.

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Leaders

  • Brig. Gen. Sarah Albrycht
    Provost Marshal General
    Brig. Gen. Sarah Albrycht
  • Command Sgt. Maj. Shawn Klosterman
    Office of the Provost Marshal General Sergeant Major
    Command Sgt. Maj. Shawn Klosterman
  • Mr. Geoffrey Stewart
    Principal Deputy to the Provost Marshal General
    Mr. Geoffrey Stewart
  • Col. John Curry
    Deputy Provost Marshal General
    Col. John Curry

OPMG Videos

Command Sgt. Maj. Shawn Klosterman, sergeant major of the Office of the Provost Marshal General and command sergeant major of Army Corrections Command, welcomes Brig. Gen. Sarah Albrycht as the 20th Provost Marshal General of the Army (PMG). The two senior Army leaders present their three priorities for the Military Police Corps aligned with the Chief of Staff of the Army focus areas. (U.S. Army video by Army Multimedia and Visual Information Division)

  • The Army Threat Integration Center integrates, analyzes and disseminates all-source threat information for commanders and force protection officials at all levels to enhance Army operational capabilities and provide shared situational awareness, enabling effective risk-based decisions and the protection of Army personnel, assets and information worldwide.

  • The Army Antiterrorism division develops, coordinates, and implements an antiterrorism communication synchronization plan to instill Army-wide heightened awareness and vigilance to protect personnel, critical assets, and information from acts of terrorism in support of Army readiness.

  • The Defense Forensics and Biometrics Agency (DFBA) leads, consolidates and coordinates forensics and biometrics activities and operations for the DoD in support of identity operations and activities across the range of military operations. DFBA carries out the DoD Executive Agent responsibilities for both forensics and biometrics on behalf of the Secretary of the Army and the Provost Marshal General. DFBA coordinates biometric data-sharing between U.S. government agencies and foreign partner nations, as well as other executive duties. DFBA also operates DoD’s Automated Biometric Identification System (DoD ABIS) in Clarksburg, West Virginia, and provides worldwide biometric technical support.

  • The Knowledge Management division assists senior leaders and support staff by getting the right information, to the right people, in the right format, at the right time, to aide in balancing the art of command with the science of control by enabling the most important leadership task: decision making.

  • The Law Enforcement division directs, develops and monitors implementation of Department of the Army policies pertaining to law enforcement, military working dogs, police intelligence, military police investigations, military police offense reporting, U.S. Army Deserter Information Program, and other provost marshal activities.

  • The Physical Security division promulgates policy through eight Army regulations and one Department of the Army pamphlet. Physical Security provides oversight of Army physical security initiatives, and validates and advocates for resources to secure Army property, installations, activities, Soldiers, Family Members, and Army Civilians. The division also serves as the functional manager for Army Management Decision Package — Physical Security, and as the Functional Chief Representative for Army Career Program 19.

  • The Strategic Initiatives Group coordinates across all of the PMG’s roles and responsibilities when actions involve policing functions under the responsibilities of the PMG, in support of special initiatives and strategic engagements. This group serves as the immediate action agent for short suspense requirements and develops and disseminates the principal’s strategic communications.

  • The Security Management Office provides security guidance, assistance, and a full range of security and protection program services to the PMG. The office works in concert with both internal and external partners to promote: integrity in the security process, accountability for DoD network and information system access, and Army Staff readiness to meet warfighter and America’s national security requirements. Security Managers provide oversight to the Defense Forensics & Biometrics Agency (DFBA) while serving as a liaison to the DFBA-supported agency security elements, as well as to the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, thus supporting 24/7 security during crisis events.

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Mission

The Department of the Army Antiterrorism Division – part of the Office of the Provost Marshal General – develops, coordinates, and implements an antiterrorism communication synchronization plan to instill Army-wide heightened awareness and vigilance to protect personnel, critical assets, and information from acts of terrorism in support of Army readiness.

Vision

The Army Antiterrorism Strategic Plan (ATSP) is synchronized with both the Army’s Campaign Plan and the Office of the Provost Marshal General’s Priorities as a readiness to prevent or respond effectively to terrorist-related events. The ATSP articulates antiterrorism principles and guides Army actions to prevent or respond to terrorist-related events. The end state of this implementation strategy is an army capable of sustaining warfighter readiness. It inculcates Army antiterrorism principles into mainstream planning to execute antiterrorism protection in a way that allows Army missions and activities to proceed without divergence from the objectives assigned by National Command Authority. This enterprise entails participation from the entire Army community, guided by Army leaders who constantly review and adjust antiterrorism procedures, to produce an active and comprehensive layer of protection with the stated goal of preventing terrorism, protecting our people, and ensuring Army readiness.

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iWATCH Army

iWATCH Army is the Army’s neighborhood watch program. iWATCH Army encourages and empowers the Army community to identify and report suspicious behavior. The program toolkit includes an informational brochure, poster series, a 15-series awareness video library, and new iWATCH Army training for contractors and family members.

RESOURCES & LINKS

Antiterrorism Enterprise Portal, a CAC-access online portal, includes the iWatch Army toolkit and other helpful products from the Department of the Army Antiterrorism Division. The series of iWATCH Army videos are available for download here. Please contact your local antiterrorism officer or the HQDA Antiterrorism Division at usarmy.pentagon.hqda.list.aoc-at-division@army.mil for more information.

Overview

Forensics and biometrics are separate disciplines that, when combined, are powerful tools in support of innovative security initiatives for a continuously transforming industry. The ability to identify individuals using their physical characteristics has game-changing implications for military operations as well as internal functions: access control for bases and computer networks.

"Forensics and biometrics enable a defense in depth equally capable of detecting threats on the battlefield and in our own facilities." – Mr. Glenn D. Krizay, former DFBA Director

The Department of Defense established the Defense Forensics and Biometrics Agency (DFBA) in September 2012 to provide a permanent body that could take advantage of rapidly-evolving technology. Biometrics – after being confined to a series of ad hoc organizations formed in response to the Global War on Terror – found a permanent home alongside forensics within the OPMG. As a component of OPMG, DFBA executes the responsibilities of the Executive Agent for DoD Forensics and Biometrics on behalf of the Secretary of the Army.

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About DFBA

  • DFBA carries out the DoD Executive Agent responsibilities for both forensics and biometrics on behalf of the Secretary of the Army and the Provost Marshal General.* In this role, DFBA leads, consolidates and coordinates forensics and biometrics throughout the DoD in support of Identity Activities across the range of military operations.

    25,000,000+ Enrollments
    17,000,000+ Unique Identities
    400,000+ Watchlist Hits

    *Ref: DoD Directives 5205.15E and 8521.01E and DAGO 2016-08

  • The ability to identify individuals using biometric technologies and forensic exploitation enables and enhances many different mission areas, including:

    PROSECUTION SUPPORT
    Forensics supports host nation rule of law through the provision of warrant-based targeting and criminal prosecution by providing material evidence linking, or denying linkage of, a person to a hostile act or crime.
    SUPPORT TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES
    The DoD Automatic Biometric Identification/Information System helps protect U.S. borders through biometrics support to joint, interagency, intelligence, and international partners. DFBA's ability to share biometric information collected abroad enables the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security to identify hostile actors should they arrive on U.S. territory.
    COUNTERINSURGENCY
    Terrorists, foreign fighters, and insurgents utilize anonymity to shield themselves from U.S. forces. Biometric information collected through screening operations and through forensic exploitation are critical to separating threatening individuals from the general population, identifying potential adversaries at border crossings and other transit points, both abroad and within the United States-while also authenticating credentialed individuals.
    CREDENTIALED PERSONNEL
    Biometric technology increases the effectiveness of physical and logical access control. Approved individuals can gain access without cards or badges, while unauthorized persons are flagged when they present their biometrics. DFBA supports biometric access control implementation throughout DoD.

  • In a fast-changing world, forensics and biometrics offer an assured means of identifying friend from foe. While the technology may change, individuals' biometrics remain. Adversaries encountered years ago will be denied anonymity for years to come, protecting the border, preventing attacks and enhancing national security.

  • The wide and varied use of forensics and biometrics – from gathering fingerprints left on the battlefield to enrolling individuals seeking base access – enables multiple mission sets and results in increased security through the ability to identify individuals.

    ENABLE THE MISSION
    U.S. forces apply forensics and biometrics to a multitude of combat and peacetime missions – from compiling watchlists of known and suspected terrorists to enabling base access for cleared individuals.
    PROTECT THE NATION
    The DoD stands as the United States' first line of defense against nefarious actors and their activities globally. Threat actors, such as known or suspected terrorists, transnational threats, and international criminal organizations, are increasingly determined and adaptive, using advanced technology to avoid U.S. surveillance, reconnaissance systems and precision munitions across many different areas of responsibility. DFBA works to mitigate these challenges by providing proof of identity through military and business mission area biometrics and forensics, sharing information with its interagency and international partners. These capabilities and the information sharing process enable the U.S. to deny anonymity, ensure greater threat deterrence and defeat U.S. adversaries before they even reach the border.

DFBA Leadership

  • Mr. Geoffrey Stewart
    Acting Director
    Mr. Geoffrey Stewart
  • Mr. Peter Baber
    Forensics and Biometrics Senior Advisor
    Mr. Peter Baber

Crime Prevention Month

  • When we contemplate how to reduce and prevent crime in our communities, we often default to police’s role in resolving crime problems. However, one of the most consistent lessons learned and best practices emerging from successful crime prevention programs has been the role of residents, private businesses, schools, and grassroots organizations in resolving crime and disorder within their communities.  Shifting the emphasis from police-centric approaches to a community-based approaches to prevent crime has proven to be an effective paradigm shift for many communities.

    By providing citizens, businesses, and community organizations a voice in crime prevention efforts, police empower them to take on active roles in protecting their communities. These groups tend to have intimate knowledge of the underlying conditions driving crime in their living, work, and recreational spaces. Also, they likely know some of the actors committing the crimes within their communities.

    Their on-the-ground perspectives and insights are essential for designing effective crime prevention strategies and programs, ensuring police and their partners are targeting the root causes promoting criminal opportunities and the correct criminal offenders. Effective community engagements and involvement also provide police with access to expertise, resources, and authorities that may prove critical to resolving crime problems. Without their communities’ active support and involvement, police risk wasting time and resources examining countless options before they find an effective solution to a specific crime problem.

    In turn, police can share educational resources and training to improve residents’ and businesses’ crime prevention measures around their homes, workplaces, and gathering spaces. Police can share latest trends on certain types of crimes such as counterfeit medicines and goods, hate crimes, bullying, and property crimes to help community members to avoid becoming a victim of such crimes.

  • Protecting our home and family from crime is a top priority for many of us. Unlike past generations, we need to account for crime not only in the physical domain, but now crime in the cyber domain. The following ideas offer cost-efficient, effective measures you can implement to safeguard your homes from crime:

    1. Get to know your neighbors and work together to protect your neighborhood
    2. Upgrade locks (replace push button locks and pad locks with deadbolts and/or smart locks) on doors, windows, fences, and sheds
    3. Use your locks! A vast amount of stolen property is taken from unlocked cars, sheds, etc.
    4. Consider installing a security systems in your home and smart/video door bells and motion sensor lighting on the exterior of your home
    5. Keep curtains and/or shades closed and use timers to turn stereos, televisions, and lights on when not at home
    6. Park your car and store other items, such as bicycles and tools, in garages; if your home does not have a garage, ensure your car and other items are secure when you are not outdoors
    7. Do not leave ladders, tools, spare keys, and other items that could assist a person to gain unlawful entry into your home
    8. Maintain an inventory of your property; consider marking your high-value possessions such as televisions, stereo systems, and computers
    9. Maintain your landscaping, such as trimming back trees and bushes, to improve natural surveillance and to deny criminals concealment
    10. Ensure you password protect your internet/wi-fi connections, computers, tablets, phones, and online accounts; practice using different passwords for different accounts
    11. Be cautious when answering your door when not expecting visitors; you are not under any obligation to open your door if someone unexpectedly rings your doorbell

  • When left unchecked, bullying has a detrimental impact on children’s physical and mental well-being, academic success, and overall safety. Depression, anxiety, loss of interests in social activities, and poor academic performance are some of the common side effects resulting from bullying. While bullying is often associated with schools, it can occur in other settings such as organized sports, community activities, and other social settings where children and young people gather and interact.

    In recent years, communities have prioritized the establishment of anti-bullying campaigns. U.S. Army military police can support anti-bullying programs in several ways. While military police may investigate reports of bullying that cross a criminal threshold, military police can better serve their communities by supporting efforts to prevent bullying from starting in the first place. Law enforcement officials serving as School Resource Officers or who frequently interact with administrators, teachers, and students can serve as mentors, advisors, and role models to assist in bullying prevention. Members of our military police community can advise school administrators on developing anti-bullying policies and a code of conduct for students. Officers engaged with community organizations or who volunteer as coaches in youth sports leagues can help mitigate bullying activities within these activities and provide counsel and mentorship equally to those who bully and those subjected to it. Finally, Army military police can provide awareness training to communities about state and local bullying and cyberbullying laws.

    The U.S. Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services offers a guide, Preventing and Addressing Bullying and Intolerance: A Guide for Law Enforcement written by Ms. Becki Cohn-Vargas, that Army military police can download as a resource on how to best support community anti-bullying campaigns at https://portal.cops.usdoj.gov/resourcecenter/content.ashx/cops-p334-pub.pdf.

  • Over the past several years, the OPMG Law Enforcement Division has worked diligently to re-establish an Army-wide crime prevention program. Efforts included reactivating and revising an Army regulation that provides policy guidelines for installations and unit commanders on establishing crime prevention programs at their respective levels. Army Regulation (AR) 190-31, Army Crime Prevention Program, last published in 1993, has gone through a number of revisions and is expected to published soon.

    While the revised AR 190-31 retains its predecessor’s emphasis on the criticality of prioritizing our prevention of crime over our response to crime, the regulation incorporates many best practices collected from communities, academia, and the policing profession that have demonstrated tangible success at reducing crime, disorder, and other harmful behaviors. Best-practices highlighted in the regulation include:

    • Creating an Army Preventive Policing Model framework that guides Army police and stakeholders on designing, implementing, and assessing crime prevention programs
    • Taking a community-approach versus a police-centric approach to preventing crime to ensure the right mix of expertise, resources, and authorities are applied to solve chronic crime problems and prevent the emergence of new problems
    • Adopting principals from "Situational Crime Prevention" and "Crime Prevention through Environmental Design" to prevent conditions that promote criminal opportunities from arising
    • Establishing a program management framework that includes measures of performance and measures of effectiveness to enable commanders, military police, and other stakeholders to assess and strengthen crime prevention programs
    • Providing guidance on incorporating criminal intelligence and analysts into crime prevention programs to enable commanders and military police to accurately identify and understand the root causes of crime problems

    The Army Crime Prevention Program regulation aligns with and complements crime prevention discussions found in Army Techniques Publication 3-39.10—Police Operations, and ATP 3-39.20—Police Intelligence Operations. It also reinforces and complements broader Department of Defense and Headquarters of the Department of the Army prevention strategies, programs, and objectives.

Reading List

The appearance of material on this list in no way implies official endorsement or support for any particular author or speaker or for their views. This list is intended to be a sampling of ideas and viewpoints for professional development and to stimulate thought and discourse.

  • Crime Prevention Month

    Week One

    The OPMG Crime Prevention Team highlights several books, reports, and journal articles related to a specific area in policing. The purpose of the reading lists is to encourage Army police professionals to take an active role in their own self-development. This week’s reading list focuses on best-practices in crime prevention.

    We would be remiss if we did not start off our reading list with Army Techniques Publication (ATP), 3-39.10: Police Operations. Last published in August 2021, ATP 3-39.10 provides doctrinal guidelines for policing on our home-station installations and in support of broader Army operations. Its chapter 4 (Policing Measures and Strategies) dedicates significant amount of content focused on crime prevention principals and best-practices in reducing crime. A new edition of the ATP is tentatively scheduled for publication during the second half of FY 2025.

    Next on the list, Policing Problem Places: Crime Hot Spots and Effective Policing by Anthony Braga and David Wiesburd.  Braga and Wiesburd explain how decades of research have shown that crime does not occur randomly. Instead, crime tends to cluster or concentrate in specific geographic areas known as “hot-spots” across communities. They demonstrate how conducting police intelligence operations to identify crime hot-spots, analyzing why crime concentrates in these specific locations, and taking community approaches to tackling the root causes driving criminal opportunities have proven to be effective, cost-efficient approaches to solving chronic crime problems across many communities.

    Finally, Situational Crime Prevention and Using Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design in Problem-Solving provide readers with two effective approaches that advocate for changes to how we collectively design and manage properties to reduce criminal opportunities. Situational crime prevention promotes 25 techniques, such as controlling access to facilities, improving place management, and reducing anonymity, to reduce criminal opportunities and victimization in specific places and spaces. Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, or CPTED for short, emphasizes a multi-disciplinary approach that accounts for crime prevention in the design, construction, and management of facilities and their grounds. Similar to Situational Crime Prevention, CPTED’s objectives include minimizing criminal opportunities, influencing criminal decision-making, reducing victimization, and facilitating community cohesion and engagements.

    WEEK THREE

    This week’s reading list recommendations focus on the role of problem solving in crime prevention and how the effects of the fear of crime impact units, communities, and people. Problem solving is one of the most critical components of crime prevention. By accurately identifying and understanding the root causes for crime problem, Army police and their stakeholders can successfully tailor and implement crime prevention strategies and measures in a more effective and cost-efficient approach.

    Our second focus of this week’s reading list discusses that fear of crime can be as harmful as crime and disorder. Sometimes an overlooked component of the impact of crime on units and communities, the fear of crime can adversely impact people’s perceptions of their personal safety and degrade economic development in communities.

    The selected readings will provide Army police professionals tools to hone their problem-solving skills while also providing an understanding and best-practices on how to account for the reduction of the fear of crime in their installations’ crime prevention strategies and programs.

    Problem-Solving

    • Eck, John. (2010). Assessing Responses to Problems: Did It Work? An Introduction for Police Problem-Solvers, 2nd Edition. Office of Community Oriented Policing, U.S. Department of Justice. - This guide provides helpful insights for police officials who already have a basic understanding of problem-oriented policing. It provides Army police with an understanding of how to evaluate whether their response to a crime problem was effective and resulted in their desired effects and outcomes.  A free copy of the guide can be found at https://portal.cops.usdoj.gov/
    • Scott, Michael S. (2015). Identifying and Defining Policing Problems. Center for Problem-Oriented Policing, Inc., U.S. Department of Justice. - This book will guide how to identify and define policing problems using the widely adopted SARA (Scanning, Analysis, Response, Assessment) model. The advice provided in this guidebook is based on theory and practice. A free copy of the guide can be found at https://portal.cops.usdoj.gov/
    • Bynum, Timothy S. (2006). Using Analysis for Problem-Solving: A Guidebook for Law Enforcement. Office of Community Oriented Policing, U.S. Department of Justice. - This guidebook is a comprehensive resource for conducting effective problem analysis in law enforcement. It is based on the experiences of various agencies with diverse problem-solving backgrounds and jurisdiction sizes. The guidebook provides an in-depth discussion of approaches to analysis, strategies for collecting information, and principles to consider in the analysis process. A free copy of the guide can be found at https://portal.cops.usdoj.gov/

    Fear of Crime

    • Corder, Gary. (2010). Reducing Fear of Crime: Strategies for Police. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of Justice. - This guide briefly reviews information about the phenomenon of fear of crime as well as historical and contemporary police efforts to reduce fear. The main focus, however, is on tools and techniques that police can use to target and reduce fear of crime, and institutionalize fear reduction within their agencies. A free copy of the guide can be found at https://portal.cops.usdoj.gov
    • Dule, Joseph. (2018). Fear of Crime: A Problem Oriented Solution. Society for Evidence-Based Professionals.   - Fear of crime is a significant issue in America that negatively impacts individuals and communities, increasing anxiety, social isolation, and changing daily behavior. However, implementing efficient policies and problem-oriented strategies that involve citizen input can help minimize fear and crime. A free copy of the blog article can be found at https://www.ebpsociety.org/blog
    • Lane, Jodi. (2024). Fear of Crime in the United States: Causes, Consequences, and Contradictions. Carolina Academic Press. Fear of Crime in the United States: Causes, Consequences, and Contradictions examines the nature and extent of crime-related fear. The authors describe and evaluate key research findings in the specific areas of methodology; gender, age, race and ethnicity, and socioeconomic status; contextual predictors; and the consequences of fear of crime. The book also describes the physical, psychological, behavioral, and social effects of fear of crime. The book is available for purchase at most online bookstores

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    U.S. Army ROTC 2024 GREEN TO GOLD 2/3/4-Year & Commanding General's Hip Pocket scholarship programs

    Online applications are available here or by visiting https://armyrotc.army.mil/green-to-gold/

    Important Dates:
    • June 12, 2024: Application window opens
    • November 29, 2024: Last day to initiate applications for 2/3/4 Year Scholarship & Phase 1 documents submission
    • December 4, 2024: Selection Board convenes (not applicable to Hip Pocket applicants)
    • April 30, 2025: Last day for Hip Pocket Applications

    The Green to Gold (G2G) Scholarship Program is a program that provides eligible, active-duty enlisted Soldiers an opportunity to complete their first bachelors degree or their first masters degree. Upon the successful completion of their degree program, the Soldier receives a commission as an officer in the U.S. Army in either the Active or Reserve/National Guard component. Soldiers are boarded and/or selected based on the Cadet Command Scholar/Athlete/Leader (SAL) model.

    Note: Program participants are discharged from service and forfeit all active duty pay, benefits, and allowances, except those selected into the Active Duty option.

    PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL Hip-Pocket Scholarships

    The Army ROTC Green to Gold Hip-Pocket Scholarship Program provides division commanders, like Brig. Gen. Albrycht, two scholarships opportunities to nominate deserving Soldiers for two, three, and four-year Green to Gold scholarships. In her unique capacity, our PMG has FOUR scholarship opportunities available for our regiment!
    These selected Soldiers are given the opportunity to complete their baccalaureate degree requirements and obtain a commission through participation in the ROTC Scholarship program. Units are encouraged to nominate Soldiers that have exhibited the potential for further outstanding service to the United States and the Army as Commissioned Officers. Interested Soldiers are encouraged to follow-up with their chain of command.

    Benefits
    • Tuition or room and board support.
    • Additional money for textbooks, supplies, and equipment.
    • A $420 monthly stipend for up to 10 months each school year.
    • Pay for attending the Cadet Leadership Course (CLC) between the junior and senior years of college.
    • Additionally, many colleges and universities offer incentives to scholarship winners. The Professor of Military Science at your college of choice can provide further information on what is available at the school.
    To assist you in the application process you can use the Green to Gold Scholarship/Hip-Pocket Information Booklet. The booklet contains valuable information about the program and can help you submit your application.

    All Hip-Pocket applications and nomination letters must be uploaded to the application portal no later than April 30, 2025. Ensure the name, email address, and phone number for your scholarship nomination point of contact is annotated on the nomination letter for coordination purposes. If the nominated Soldier requires any waivers, the earlier the application is submitted the better chance the Soldier has of receiving a decision in time to start school in the Fall.

    Eligibility

    To be eligible to participate in this program, a Soldier must:

    1. Be a citizen of the United States. No waiver authorized
    2. Be eligible for appointment as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army under the provisions of AR 135‐100.
    3. Be under 31 years of age on Dec. 31 of the year of graduation and completion of all requirements for commission. No waiver authorized
    4. Have completed less than 10 years Active Federal Service at the projected time of the start of school enrollment and classes. Waiver is authorized
    5. Have favorable recommendations from Soldier's current chain of command. company and battalion-level commanders
    6. Have received a General Technical (GT) score of 110 or higher on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). No waiver authorized. Proof of qualifying score may be done by uploading the proper page of the Solider Talent Profile or a validated Education Center scoresheet.
    7. Have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 grading point system (unweighted) on all previous college work completed. Waiver is authorized
    8. Have a passing ACFT score, with no alternate events, taken in calendar year 2024.
    9. Provide USACC Form 104-R (Planned Academic Program Worksheet) – used to indicate 2 or 3 years remaining as a full-time student to degree completion. Course overload (more than 6 classes per semester/quarter) is NOT permitted. Students must be enrolled full-time with 50% of the curriculum in traditional class-room settings.
      *NOTE: 4-year applicants do not need this form.
    10. Obtain a letter of acceptance from the Professor of Military Science (PMS) into the Army ROTC Program affiliated with the college/university the Soldier plans to attend and the start date of the school term. Reach out to the PMS at your preferred school in order to receive this letter.
    11. Have a secret or higher security clearance. Soldiers without a clearance must provide a memo from their unit’s security manager’s office that states that the individual has a favorable closed Tier‐3, Tier‐5, Single Scope Background Investigation, or National Agency Check Local and Credit Investigation.
    12. Be medically qualified in accordance with AR 40‐501, Standards of Medical Fitness dated 27 Jun 2019, to participate in the ROTC program as determined by Department of Defense Medical Examination Review Board (DoDMERB), the agency responsible for reviewing medical examinations (must be medically qualified by 15 July or request to be deferred until the following Fall Semester).
    13. Have no more than three dependents (including spouse). Waiver is authorized
    14. Have completed at least two years of active duty on his or her initial enlistment. HRC-approved time-in-service and/or training-service-obligation waivers are authorized using the unit's Personnel Action Request 6.
    15. Have completed any service-remaining requirements incurred as of the date of discharge for enrollment in ROTC – including language training, critical MOS, or Additional Skill Identifiers (ASI) received. Service obligations are served concurrently; the most recent service obligation for specialized training may not be based on the most recent course attended. Waivers are authorized using the unit's Personnel Action Request 6
    Ineligibility

    Soldiers are ineligible for the program if he/she:

    1. Fails to meet all eligibility requirements
    2. Will not be an active-duty member of the Army on June 1 of the year in which the scholarship starts and/or is not eligible to reenlist.
    3. Is a conscientious objector, as defined in AR 600‐43, Conscientious Objection.
    4. Has a domestic violence misdemeanor conviction.
    5. Is under suspension of favorable personnel action (FLAGS) in accordance with AR 600‐8‐2.
    6. Is under probation for a civil conviction, or charges are pending at the time of application.
    7. Had any adverse adult or juvenile adjudication (even if the record may have been sealed or expunged), or have been arrested, indicted, or convicted by a civil court or military law for other-than-minor traffic violations (fine of $300 or less), or had imposed other adverse disposition, e.g. attend classes, perform community service or perform any other similar acts). Waivers are authorized
    8. A Soldier without a spouse and who has one or more dependents under 18 years of age is disqualified except as provided in paragraph 11(c) in the G2G handbook. Waiver is authorized
    9. Dependents:
      a. A Soldier with a spouse in a military-component armed service (excluding members of the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR)) that has one or more household members under 18 years of age. Waiver is authorized
      b. A divorced Soldier may be processed for enrollment without a waiver when the child(ren) has/have been placed in the custody of the other parent, an adult relative or legal guardian by court order and the Soldier is not required to provide child support. Copies of court documents must be provided with the application.
      c. A divorced Soldier may be processed for a dependency waiver when the Soldier has joint/sole custody and/or the Soldier is required to provide child support. In both cases mentioned, the Soldier must sign a statement of understanding acknowledging he or she can be removed from the program should they regain sole custody of the child(ren) while enrolled in ROTC. An exception to the removal will only be considered if extraordinary circumstances prevail, such as the death of the legal guardian or adult.

    Your application is available online here or by visiting https://armyrotc.army.mil/green-to-gold/

    Counterpart Program

    For questions or assistance in completing the application, contact the ROTC Program located nearest your military installation. These Counterpart Programs are staffed specifically to assist program applicants, even Soldiers stationed outside the United States.

    Installation — ROTC Battalion — Telephone

Contact us

The Office of the Provost Marshal General of the United States Army is located at The Pentagon, the U.S. Department of Defense headquarters.

Email your OPMG queries to this link or usarmy.pentagon.hqda-pmg.list.npe-mgt@army.mil

Mailing Address:

OFFICE of the PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL
2800 Army Pentagon
Washington, DC 20310-2800