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Appendix G 284 ATP 5-0.2-1 07 December 2020 G-145. Strength reporting is turning by-name data into a numerical end product and is conducted at all levels of command. The personnel strength reporting process starts with by-name strength data submitted to battalion or a separate unit-level and ends with personnel systems updates. Strength reports reflect the combat power of a unit and are used to monitor unit strength, prioritize replacements, monitor deployable and non-deployable personnel, execute strength distribution, and make tactical and HR support decisions. G-146. The retention operations objective is to improve readiness, enhance force alignment, and maintain Army end strength through the development and retention of Soldiers. While unit commanders and unit leaders are ultimately responsible for retaining Soldiers at their level, career counselors located at battalion and above are technical experts charged with advising commanders on all aspects of the Army Retention Program. They also determine retention eligibility, evaluate retention options, and assist with eligibility for special commissioning programs consistent with published regulations and DA directives. G-147. Personnel information management encompasses the collecting, processing, storing, displaying, reconciling, and disseminating of relevant HR information about units and personnel. Commanders, HR professionals, and planners rely on personnel information systems when performing their mission. Provide Human Resources Services G-148. HR services are those functions conducted by HR professionals that specifically affect Soldiers and organizations and include essential personnel services, postal operations, and casualty operations. G-149. Essential personnel services provide timely and accurate HR functions affecting Soldier status, readiness, and quality of life and allow Army leadership to manage the force. Essential personnel services include awards and decorations, evaluation reports, promotions and reductions, transfers and discharges, identification documents, leaves and passes, line of duty investigations, Soldier applications, and processing of military pay and entitlements. G-150. Postal operations provide mail and postal finance services within the deployed area of operations. Processing mail involves receiving, separating, sorting, dispatching, transporting, and redirecting ordinary, official, insured, certified, return receipt, and registered mail; conducting multinational and international mail exchange; and handling official casualty, contaminated, suspicious, and enemy prisoner of war mail. Postal finance services include selling postage stamps; cashing and selling money orders; mailing packages; providing insured mail, certified mail services, registered services, and special services (including classified up to SECRET level); and processing postal claims and inquiries. G-151. Casualty operations management is the collecting, recording, reporting, verifying, and processing of casualty information from unit level to Headquarters, Department of the Army. The recorded information facilitates next of kin notification, aids casualty assistance, eases casualty tracking and status updates, and provides the basis for historical and statistical reports. This information is also shared with other DOD and Army agencies to initiate required actions. Accuracy and timeliness are critical components of casualty management, and depend on assured communications and reliable access to personnel information. Coordinate Personnel Support G-152. Coordinating personnel support functions generally falls under the responsibility of the G-1 and S-1. These functions include command interest programs; Army band operations; and morale, welfare, and recreation operations. G-153. Command interest programs are of general interest to organizations and Soldiers. These include, but are not limited to, such programs as the equal opportunity program, Army voting assistance program, Army substance abuse program, Army body composition program, Army continuing education system, sexual harassment and assault response and prevention program, Army sponsorship program, family readiness, and other programs. All command interest programs have regulatory guidance or statutory requirements that S-1s must follow to ensure successful completion of the program. G-154. Army band operations provide support to the deployed force by tailoring music support throughout military operations. Army bands promote the Army and our national interests, enable commanders to shape the environment to accomplish their mission, and set the conditions that lead to trust and confidence in