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The '''Army Publishing Directorate''' ('''APD''') is the [[United States Army]]'s centralized publications and forms management organization.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apd.army.mil/AboutUs/AboutUs.aspx |title=ADP Mission |publisher=Army Publishing Directorate |access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref>

==Office symbol==
In accordance with Army Regulation (AR) 25–59, '''ADP''''s office symbol is '''SAAA-APD'''.<ref>"Information Management: Records Management – Office Symbols", AR 25–59, Headquarters Department of the Army, 28 November 2014 [http://www.apd.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/r25_59.pdf]</ref>

== Mission ==
The Army Publishing Directorate (APD) supports readiness as the Army's centralized publications and forms management organization. APD authenticates, publishes, indexes, and manages Department of the Army publications and forms to ensure that Army policy is current and can be developed or revised quickly. APD also provides content management services, as well as illustrative and design services from in-house visual information specialists who design publication figure illustrations and manage custom 4 color print projects in support of both HQDA and Army-affiliated clientele  .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apd.army.mil/AboutUs/AboutUs.aspx |title=ADP Mission |publisher=Army Publishing Directorate |access-date=2017-06-17}}</ref>

==See also==
===Administrative Documents===
The list below is not all-inclusive. 
* [http://www.apd.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/AR.aspx US Army Regulations (AR)]
** [[US Army Regulation 25-50|AR 25-50 Preparing and Managing Correspondence (5/17/2013)]]
** [http://www.apd.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/ARN3644_AR670-1_Web_FINAL.pdf AR 670-1 Wear and Appearance of Army Uniforms and Insignia (5/25/2017)]
* [http://www.apd.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/AGO.aspx US Army General Orders (AGO)]

===Doctrine and Training===
the list below is not all-inclusive 
* [http://www.apd.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/ADP.aspx US Army Doctrine Publications (ADP)]
* [http://www.apd.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/ADRP.aspx US Army Doctrine Reference Publications (ADRP)]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.apd.army.mil/ APD's Website]
* [http://www.apd.army.mil/ContactUs/ContactUs.aspx ADP's Contact Us web page]
* [http://www.armypubs.org Pubs web page]

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