AR 525-26 — Army Mission Assurance And The Mission Assurance Construct
AR 525-26 governs Army mission assurance policy, responsibilities, processes, risk management, and oversight for defense critical infrastructure.
- Publication number: AR 525-26
- Title: ARMY MISSION ASSURANCE AND THE MISSION ASSURANCE CONSTRUCT
- Date: 07/10/2025
- Proponent: G-3/5/7
- Status: ACTIVE
View AR 525-26 on armypubs.army.mil
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It covers mission assurance identification, assessment, risk management, monitoring, reporting, and command oversight. It requires annual threat and hazard assessments, corrective action planning, and reporting of specified changes affecting task critical assets.
Topics covered
- Army mission assurance
- Defense critical infrastructure
- Mission assurance processes
- Critical asset identification
- Threat and hazard assessments
- Risk management
- Corrective action planning
- Task critical asset reporting
Questions and answers
What is mission assurance intended to protect?
Mission assurance overview MA, as established in DoDD 3020.40, is a process to protect or ensure the continued function and resilience of capabilities and assets, including personnel, equipment, facilities, networks, information and information systems, infrastructure, and supply chains which are critical to the execution of DoD mission-essential functions (MEFs) in any operating environment or condition. (paragraph 3-1)
What are the four Army mission assurance processes?
The MA constructs four processes are identification, assessment, risk management, and monitoring and reporting. (paragraph 3-2)
How often must organizations assess threats and hazards to assets?
Organizations must assess threats and hazards to assets annually utilizing the AHTA. (paragraph 5-1)
When must initial corrective action courses of action be developed?
The asset owner hosts a RRP working group to develop initial CA courses of action no later than 14 days after finalizing the MAAR. (paragraph 6-3)
When must TCA 2 asset owners report operational status changes?
TCA 2 asset owners will update MARMS, notify DCS, G 3/5/7, and respective mission owners of change to the assets operational status and situational reporting within 48 hours after incident discovery. (paragraph 7-2)