FORT KNOX, Kentucky -- Military personnel messages are undergoing their first change since 2003.
Human Resources Command will no longer be publishing MILPERs in all capital letters, instead using sentence case.
MILPERs are used as a medium to announce new or updated human resources work requirements and procedural guidance. They outline guidance on such topics as board messages, new incentive programs, and clarification of existing procedures.
MILPERs have been used as a means to communicate guidance since April 1976. At that time they were distributed through the Defense Message System or the Automatic Digital Network, the Department of Defense's first computerized message switching system.
In 1997, the Army began publishing MILPERs online in addition to using AUTODIN and DMS.
In 2003, the use of AUTODIN and DMS was ceased and MILPERS have been solely published on the HRC website, www.hrc.army.mil. Viewing them requires the use of a login.
Previously, publishing the messages in all caps was seen as way to make them easier to read.
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