The United States Army Human Resources Command (Army HRC or simply HRC) is a command of the

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. HRC is a direct reporting unit (DRU) supervised by the

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(DCS), G-1, focused on improving the career management potential of Army Soldiers.Sean Kimmons, Army News Service (28 January 2020) More than half of officers receive top choice in first ATAP cycle
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/ref> From basic training through retirement,

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and

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Soldiers have one agency to assist in career management. HRC is located on

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, and includes 40 operational elements around the country under the leadership of the HRC commander. HRC is the functional proponent for military personnel management (except for the

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and the Chaplain Corps). HRC also supports the Director,

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, and the Chief, Army Reserve, in their management of the Selected Reserve. The HRC commander is also the commander of the

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(IRR), the Standby Reserve, and the Retired Reserve.

History

HRC was established in 2003 from the merger of the United States Total Army Personnel Command (PERSCOM) in

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and the

Personnel Command (AR-PERSCOM) in

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, Missouri. PERSCOM and AR-PERSCOM were inactivated 1 October 2003. HRC was a field operating agency of the DCS, G-1 prior to December 2017. MG Dorian T. Anderson, a career Infantry Officer was Commanding during the activation, thus was the last PERSCOM Commanding General and the first HRC Commanding General HRC came under the

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2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission. Recommendations were put forth to create the Human Resources Center of Excellence, and HRC was directed to move its elements in Alexandria, Virginia,

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, and St. Louis, Missouri to a new facility at

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, by 2011. The HRC complex was named and dedicated in honor of Lieutenant General Timothy J. Maude, who perished on

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, in the attack on

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. At his time of death, Maude was serving as the United States Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, G-1. The complex is the largest single building project in the history of Fort Knox, totaling . It is a three-story, six-winged, red-brick facility.

List of commanding generals

References

External links

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Human Resources Command The United States Army Human Resources Command (Army HRC or simply HRC) is a command of the United States Army. HRC is a direct reporting unit (DRU) supervised by the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (DCS), G-1, focused on imp ...

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