This publication, Army Regulation AR 600-8-19 Personnel-General Enlisted Promotions and Reductions December 2015, prescribes policies and procedures governing promotions and reductions of Army enlisted personnel. This regulation includes policy statements, operating tasks, rules in support of operating tasks, and sequential steps of each operating task. It implements Title 10, United States Code, Section 1563. This regulation is applies to the Regular Army, the Army National Guard, Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated. This regulation was published on 18 December 2015 and is effective on 1 January 2016.