---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 66.4"
title: "32"
number: "66.4"
heading: "Policy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/66.4"
---

# §66.4. Policy.


It is DoD policy to:

- (a) Use common entrance qualification standards for enlistment, appointment, and induction into the Military Services.
- (b) Avoid inconsistencies and inequities based on ethnicity, gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation in the application of these standards by the Military Services.
- (c) Judge the suitability of individuals to serve in the Military Services on the basis of their adaptability, potential to perform, and conduct.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 504, 505, 520, 532, 12102, 12201, and 12205.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 16270, Mar. 27, 2015, unless otherwise noted.