Fort Detrick
Equal Opportunity (EO) Office

Equal Opportunity (EO) Office
Community Support Center, Bldg. 1520, Rm 211A
301-619-2738

EO Mission:

The Equal Opportunity (EO) Office is a staff advisory entity providing assistance to commanders, soldiers, and family members, in both on- and off-post facilities and establishments. This office formulates, directs and sustains a comprehensive effort to maximize human potential and ensure fair treatment of all individuals based solely on merit, fitness, and capability, which supports readiness.

EO Services:

Services provided include:

  • Comprehensive cultural awareness and human relations education and training guidance
  • Advice on matters seen as possible acts of discrimination
  • Formal and informal issue or complaint handling and resolution
  • Federally mandated ethnic observance celebration coordination
  • Staff assistance visits
  • Demographic analysis
  • Organizational assessments
  • Sensing sessions

To contact the EO Office call 301-619-2738.

EO Guidance:

Army Regulations:

AR 15-6 [PDF]
Procedures for Investigating Officers and Boards of Officers

AR 20-1 [PDF]
Inspector General Activities and Procedures

AR 27-10 [PDF]
Military Justice

AR 27-40 [PDF]
Litigation

AR 600-13 [PDF]
Army Policy for the Assignment of Female Soldiers

AR 600-20 [PDF]
Army Command Policy

Joint Army Regulations:

JAR 190-24 [PDF]
Armed Forces Disciplinary Control Boards and Off-Installation Liaison and Operations

DoD Directives:

DoD Directive 7050.6 [PDF]
Military Whistleblower Protection

Army Pamphlets:

DA PAM 350-20 [PDF]
Unit Equal Opportunity Training Guide

DA PAM 600-26 [PDF]
Department of the Army Affirmative Action Plan

DA PAM 600-69 [PDF]
Unit Climate Profile Commander's Handbook

Training Circulars

TC 26-6 [PDF]
Commander's Equal Opportunity Handbook
(AKO Logon)

Ethnic Observance / Event

Martin Luther King, Jr.January

Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday

Date: 15 January 2011

Theme: Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day On, Not A Day Off!

Host: USAMMA

Presentations External Link: Leaving Fort Detrick Website

Black History MonthFebruary

African American/Black History Month

Date: 1-28 February 2011

Theme: African Americans and the Civil War

Host: 21st Signal Bde

Presentations External Link: Leaving Fort Detrick Website

Women's History MonthMarch

Women's History Month

Date: 1-31 March 2011

Theme: Our History is Our Strength

Host: USAMRIID

Presentations External Link: Leaving Fort Detrick Website

Days of RemembranceApril

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Date: 21 April 2011

Theme: Theme not available

Host: USAMRMC

Presentations External Link: Leaving Fort Detrick Website

Asian Pacific American Heritage MonthMay

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Date: 1-31 May 2011

Theme: Theme not available

Host: Navy

Presentations External Link: Leaving Fort Detrick Website

Women's Equality DayAugust

Women's Equality Day

Date: 26 August 2011

Theme: Celebrating Women's Right to Vote

Host: 21st Signal Bde

Presentations External Link: Leaving Fort Detrick Website

Hispanic Heritage MonthSeptember

Hispanic Heritage Month

Date: 15 September - 15 October 2011

Theme: Theme not available

Host: USAMRIID

Presentations External Link: Leaving Fort Detrick Website

National Disability Employment Awareness MonthOctober

National Disability Employment Awareness Month

Date: 1-31 October 2011

Theme: Theme not available

Host: USAG/EEO

Presentations External Link: Leaving Fort Detrick Website

National American Indian Heritage MonthNovember

National American Indian Heritage Month

Date: 1-30 November 2011

Theme: Theme not available

Host: 6 MLMC

Presentations External Link: Leaving Fort Detrick Website

Helpful Links:

The Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI)

Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (DoD SAPR)

Department of Army Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program (DA SAPRP)