DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
HHC/MM DISCOM
APO, AP 96224-5048
EAID-SC-HHC
MEMORANDUM FOR HHC/MMC 2ID DISCOM
SUBJECT: Arms Room Standard Operating Procedures
1. REFERENCES
a. AR 190-11
b. AR 190-51
c. AR 710-2
d. DA PAM 710-2-1
2. GENERAL
The purpose of this SOP is to educate and inform the soldiers of the company concerning the
policies, requirements, procedures, and responsibilities pertaining to the safeguarding, controlling,
and accountability of weapons, ammunition, and sensitive items as outlined in reference 1a through
d above.
3. RESPONSIBILITIES
a. Unit Commander.
(1) Has overall responsibility for the security and accountability of all assigned and attached
weapons, ammunition, and sensitive items under the control of his/her unit.
(2) Appoint, in writing, an Arms Room Officer to serve as an advisor and liaison between
the company and battalion physical security sections.
(3) Appoint, in writing, two responsible individuals to act as the Unit Armorer and Alternate
Unit Armorer. These individuals must possess a favorable NAC or ENTAC and a completed Local
Records Check, not older than 3 years. The Unit Commander will determine their trustworthiness
prior to granting them unaccompanied access to the arms room and must evaluate any derogatory
information on the individual.
(4) Ensure no individual who is pending any adverse personnel action, judicial or non-
judicial proceedings, or administrative hearing/actions for misdeeds, alleged or founded, or who is
pending discharge action under any conditions other than honorable is assigned to duties which
allow unsupervised access to the arms room.
(5) Establish an unaccompanied access roster according to AR 190-11 para 4-1. All
personnel on the unaccompanied access roster must meet the same requirements as the unit
armorers.
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