AR 140-185 — Training And Retirement Point Credits And Unit Level Strength Accounting Records
AR 140-185 governs U.S. Army Reserve training, retirement point credit, unit-level strength accounting, and retirement records.
- Publication number: AR 140-185
- Title: TRAINING AND RETIREMENT POINT CREDITS AND UNIT LEVEL STRENGTH ACCOUNTING RECORDS
- Date: 07/26/2024
- Proponent: G-1
- Status: ACTIVE
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AR 140-185 covers retirement point limits, inactive duty training, membership points, source documents, and DA Forms 1379 and 1380. It requires procedures for recording training and retirement point credits and establishes source-document requirements for adjusting retirement points.
Topics covered
- Retirement point credit
- U.S. Army Reserve training
- Unit-level strength accounting
- Inactive duty training
- DA Form 1379
- DA Form 1380
- Electronic-based distributed learning
Questions and answers
How many retirement points can a Soldier receive in an anniversary year?
The limitations on the number of points that may be credited to a Soldier during an anniversary year are: a. A maximum of 365 (366 during leap year) points. (paragraph 2-1)
How many retirement points can be awarded for active duty on one day?
No more than one retirement point may be awarded for any day in which the Soldier is on active duty. (paragraph 2-1)
How long must inactive duty training last for retirement points?
IDT will be either 4 hours in length for one retirement point or 8 hours in length for two retirement points. (paragraph 2-1)
How many membership points are awarded for each year in an active status?
Soldiers are awarded 15 membership points for each year in an active status. (paragraph 2-1)
What must units do before submitting an action to adjust retirement points?
Units of assignment are responsible to ensure source documents are uploaded into iPERMS prior to submission of action to adjust a Soldiers retirement points. (paragraph 7)