WASHINGTON, DC – October 6, 2026 (STL.News) The U.S. Army has fundamentally tightened the way misconduct complaints move through its Inspector General system, imposing new deadlines, strengthening due-process requirements and making explicit that once an IG refers a credible misconduct allegation to a command, the Inspector General does not control what happens next. The commander does. Army Directive 2026-05, Inspector General Administrative Investigations Oversight and Reform, dated March 19, 2026, establishes a seven-duty-day credibility assessment for IG complaints alleging misconduct, generally requires command investigations resulting from IG referrals to be completed within 30 duty days, and requires status
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