The recruiting manuals, without the search problem.

Codifies the eight functions every USAREC element performs: prospecting, processing, training, sustaining the Future Soldier, contracting, mission accomplishment, public affairs, and leader development.

When a battalion CO asks "where are you weak this quarter," your answer should map to one of these eight functions. The manual is your shared vocabulary.

Names the four network types a recruiter operates inside — Internal (other recruiters), External (COIs and VIPs), Formal (institutions), Informal (relationships).

When a Center of Influence ask comes up at brigade review, this section is your reference. Your station's CP/VIP plan ladders here.

Defines the structured SRP planning cycle — how stations engage with their assigned schools, what events count, and how to allocate visits across schools.

When you push back on a low-conversion school visit being mandated, this section is your authority. The SRP cycle is supposed to be data-driven; bring the data.

Station commanders are required to validate that Future Soldier records are complete in the 7-30 day window before shipping. The standard also requires verifying Future Soldiers continue to meet enlistment eligibility from DEP entry until ship.

Drop the 7/30/3 day reminders on your DEP calendar. Use the Honest MOS 12-week DEP kit to keep the soldier ship-ready through Wk 1.

Mandates station commander preparation of Future Soldiers "mentally, physically, and emotionally" for Army service. FSTP is the regulatory cover for weekly meeting content.

This is the authority for the weekly DEP meeting you have to hold. Use it to justify the content investment when a battalion CO asks why a meeting takes 90 minutes instead of 30.

Brigades and battalions are required to develop annual local marketing plans with a targeting review. Non-compliance can result in local marketing funding being revoked.

If you are a battalion S-3, this is your annual rhythm anchor. Pull the Honest MOS Pipeline Calculator into the plan as your conversion baseline.

EMM is the centralized system through which marketing campaigns are managed. Local PPI and event spend must reconcile through EMM.

If your event spend is being questioned, the audit trail lives in EMM. Pull your records before the meeting.

Defines who qualifies to enlist under current Coast Guard standards — age, citizenship, education, AFQT minimums (40, the highest across services).

Before scheduling MEPS for a borderline applicant, pull the eligibility floor here. CG AFQT 40 floor is a real differentiator from Army/Navy 31.

Governs CG DEP/Future Soldier rules, prior-service re-entry pathways, terms of enlistment, and Cape May recruit training intake.

For prior-service inquiries, this is the rulebook. For new-accession DEP, the CG-specific cadence is here.

Names the recruiting program responsibilities across AETC, AFRS, AFRC (Reserve), ANG (Guard), and USSF Recruiting Squadron.

Use this section to identify the right approval authority for a recruiting initiative. Different components own different decisions.

Spells out the accession standards across RegAF, USSF, ANG, AFR — including AFQT minimums (36 for AF/SF), citizenship, education, and special-duty prerequisites.

Authority for waiver routing in AF/SF. Check here before promising an applicant a path.

The Air Force is re-introducing warrant officer accessions. Attachment 29 is the policy framework. This is brand-new — most existing recruiters have not seen it.

If an applicant asks about Air Force warrant officer track, this attachment is your authority.

Governs the integrated recruiting effort across Active, Reserve, and accession populations for the Marine Corps.

When the question is "is this an Active or Reserve mission line," this order is your reference.

Spells out how Marines outside the 8421/8412 recruiter MOSs participate in recruiting — typically through assigned support to a recruiting station or HOMETOWN program.

If you are leveraging non-recruiter Marines in your AOR, this order governs what they can and cannot do.

Defines the conduct standards for Marine recruiters — interaction with applicants, marketing, ethical practices, prohibited tactics.

For ethics questions and conduct allegations, this is the authority. Documented in the wake of the recurring MCRC welfare investigations.

Lists, by body system, the conditions that disqualify an applicant from accession. Each entry includes the diagnostic criteria and references applicable to the waiver authority.

For any medical question about an applicant, this is the authority. Use the Honest MOS Genesis Pre-Flight tool to triage common cases.