U.S. Army
Adjutant General's Corps
From mustering rolls at Valley Forge to casualty notification at a family's front door, the Adjutant General's Corps manages the personnel, records, and administration that define every soldier's career. They process mobilizations, manage the Army's bands, operate the postal system, and perform the hardest duty in the Army — telling a family their soldier isn't coming home.
Wartime Personnel Operations
Every War
MOBILIZATION
EVERY WAR
12M
Soldiers · WWII
Repple
Depple · Replacement
SIDPERS
Personnel Database
iPERMS
DIGITAL RECORDS
In WWII, the AG Corps processed the mobilization of 12 million soldiers — inducting, classifying, assigning, and tracking every individual. The replacement depot system (repple depple) funneled trained soldiers to units that needed them. In every war since, the AG Corps has managed the individual replacement pipeline, tracked personnel readiness, and maintained the records that determine who deploys, when they rotate, and whether their family gets the benefits they've earned. No other branch touches every soldier's career the way AG does.
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CASUALTY
NOTIFICATION · ASSISTANCE
CNO
Casualty Notification
CAO
Casualty Assistance
Knock
On the Door
Hardest
DUTY IN THE ARMY
When a soldier is killed in action, the AG Corps manages the casualty notification and assistance process. A uniformed officer and chaplain knock on the family's door — a duty that no one who has performed it ever forgets. Casualty Assistance Officers then guide the family through benefits, burial arrangements, and every administrative requirement during the worst days of their lives. The AG Corps has performed this mission in every war. It is the hardest duty in the United States Army. It is done with precision and compassion every single time.
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Modern AG Operations
Today
ARMY BANDS
MUSIC · MORALE · CEREMONY
99
Active Army Bands
42R
Army Musician MOS
Pershing's
Own · The Army Band
Honor
FUNERALS · CEREMONIES
The AG Corps owns the Army's band program — from Pershing's Own (The United States Army Band) at Fort Myer performing at state funerals and presidential inaugurations to division bands deployed to combat zones performing for soldiers who haven't heard live music in months. Army musicians are soldiers first — they deploy, they perform, and they provide the ceremonial backbone for every military funeral, change of command, and retirement. Bands are morale. Bands are tradition. The AG Corps keeps the music playing.
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MAIL CALL
APO · FPO
APO
Army Post Office
Mail
Call · Morale
WWII
V-Mail System
Global
POSTAL NETWORK
Mail call was the most important event of the day in every war from the Civil War through Afghanistan. The AG Corps operates the Army Post Office system — the APO network that delivers mail to soldiers stationed and deployed worldwide. In WWII, the V-Mail microfilm system was an AG innovation that reduced mail weight by 98% to free cargo space for ammunition. In the digital age, the postal mission has evolved but never disappeared. Care packages still arrive at FOBs. Letters still matter.
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249
Years of Service
1M+
Active Personnel Managed
99
Army Bands
Every
Soldier · Every Record