Jan. 15, 2025

IPPS-A Update (CSM/SGM Sends): Frocking vs. Promotions, Soldier Focused Job Aids, Submitting a Permanent Change of Station (PCS), IPPS-A User Manual, and Resources

Command Sergeant Major / Sergeant Major, Two years ago, IPPS-A launched to more than 1.1 million Soldiers across all components. Thank you for continuing to encourage your Soldiers to learn the system. I want to provide you with some updates, guidance, and resources to share with your units as they continue to navigate IPPS-A: Frocking vs.

Dec. 30, 2024

IPPS-A Update (CSM/SGM Sends): 2nd Anniversary, Submit PCS Event, BAH Recertification, MODs in IPPS-A, Adding Badges and Resources

Command Sergeant Major / Sergeant Major, We are approaching the second anniversary of IPPS-A’s Go-Live to all three COMPOs. Thank you for encouraging your Soldiers to learn the system and provide us with their feedback. Your teams are working hard to make IPPS-A a success, and your guidance has been monumental. I want to share some interesting —

Dec. 30, 2024

IPPS-A Update: 2nd Anniversary, Submit PCS Event, BAH Recertification, PAI Reconciliation, ACCESS Video, DD 214 Accuracy and Resources

Teammates, We are quickly approaching the two-year anniversary of IPPS-A going live for all Soldiers in all three components! This time of year gives us a great opportunity to reflect upon the milestones we achieved throughout 2024. We could not have done this without the help of HR Pros and Soldiers in the field. Your engagement and enthusiasm for

Dec. 12, 2024

HOT TOPIC: YMAV Update, Upload up to 8MB to PARs, BAH Recertification, & More

12 DEC 2024: YMAV UpdateTeam IPPS-A will begin updates to Year-Month Available to Move (YMAV) on the Soldier Talent Profile (STP) on 12 December. YMAV will temporarily read "YMAV Currently Under Maintenance" while updates are performed. This message does not impact HRC’s ability to manage YMAV for all Soldiers at their level. HR Professionals may

Dec. 12, 2024

OPINION: 12 battle-tested lessons from Army acquisition

December 12, 2024 — The following content is a single person’s perspective and not intended to replace any official guidance. No warranties, either expressed or implied, as to the merchantability, authoritativeness, correctness or even entertainment, are claimed.If you’ve been in the Army Acquisition Corps for more than a minute, you’ve accumulated battle scars.  My

Dec. 2, 2024

US Army Upgrades Pay System with Cloud Migration

The US Army has recently taken a major step toward modernizing its personnel and pay management by migrating the Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army (IPPS-A) to a cloud-based platform. This transition, reportedly spearheaded by Oracle under the Pentagon’s Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) initiative, will affect more than one million

Nov. 29, 2024

Army expands its officer rebranching program

The U.S. Army is offering its lieutenants an opportunity to voluntarily transfer into the service’s understrength career fields, including adjutant general, air defense, finance, logistics and signal corps. Building on last year’s pilot program, which targeted lieutenants from the Infantry and Armor branches, this year, the Army’s Officer

Nov. 27, 2024

Army aims to move its pay system to the cloud by 2027

Oracle will soon host the service’s HR systems, under the Pentagon’s biggest cloud contracting vehicle. The Army is moving its personnel and pay system to the cloud, an effort that has begun in earnest with the hiring of Oracle to host the HR records of more than 1 million soldiers. Announced last month, the effort will move the guts of the

Nov. 22, 2024

IPPS-A Marketplace changing way HRC determines Active Guard Reserve assignments

FORT KNOX, Ky. – The Reserve Personnel Management Directorate, or RPMD, here at the U.S. Army Human Resources Command recently completed its first successful IPPS-A Marketplace that brought Reserve Soldiers and units together in a collaborative effort to increase transparency and efficiency when it comes to future assignments. The two-way

Nov. 18, 2024

IPPS-A Update (CSM/SGM Sends): PAI Reconciliation Deadline Extended

Command Sergeant Major / Sergeant Major, Please inform your units that the deadline for the Personnel Asset Inventory (PAI) Reconciliation Phase 1 has been extended to 24 November 2024. Phase 2, will occur 25 November through 31 December. HR Professionals and Leaders must prioritize PAI Reconciliation to (1) correct Failure to Lose/Failure to Gain