In accordance with Army Regulation 25–59, ADP's office symbol is SAAA-APD.
Mission
The Army Publishing Directorate 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 managementservices, as well as illustrative and design services from in-house visual informationspecialists who design publication figure illustrations and managecustom 4 color print projects in support of both HQDA and Army-affiliated clientele .