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Administrative Reprimands
A. Reference
• AR 600-37, Unfavorable Information AR 600-8-104, Army Military Human Resource Records Management
B. Overview
Administrative reprimands are an adverse administrative action used to rehabilitate a Soldier and/or document unfavorable information related to a Soldier. While reprimands maybe adjudged as punishment from a court-martial or nonjudicial proceedings, an administrative reprimand is not a punitve action under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. An administrative reprimand issued by a general officer is referred to as a general officer memorandum of reprimand (GOMOR). An administrative reprimand filed in a Soldier’s Army Military Human Resources Record (AMHRR) can significantly impact a Soldier’s career and may result in non-selection for promotion, removal from a selection list, bar to continued service, administrative separation, or other adverse action. For example, in accordance with a Chief of Army Reserve memorandum dated 23 June 2017, US. Army Reserve officers who have GOMORs filed in their AMHRR must be processed for possible involuntary separation.
C. Issuing and Filing Authorities (Local File and AMHRR)
1. Authority to Issue and Direct Filing in a Local File
Authority to issue and file an administrative reprimand in an enlisted Soldier’s local file is restricted to commanders in the recipient’s chain of command school commandants any general officer (to include those who are frocked); or any officer exercising general court-martial convening authority (GCMCA) over the recipient. While immediate supervisors of enlisted personnel may issue reprimands, they may only direct filing in the Soldier’s local file if they are also in one of the above positions. Otherwise, the immediate supervisor must send the reprimand to one of the above officials for decision on whether to file the reprimand locally.
Authority to issue and file an administrative reprimand in an officer’s local file is restricted to commanders in the recipient’s chain of command who are senior in grade or date of rank to the recipient the recipient’s designated rater, intermediate rater, or senior rater under the officer evaluation system any general officer (to include those who are frocked) who is senior to the recipient or the GCMCA over the recipient or the GCMCA’s designee.
Reprimands may only be locally filed for up to 18 months or until reassignment of the recipient to another general court-martial jurisdiction, whichever is sooner. The reprimand or

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