"Adding To" or "Taking Away" from a Regulation

<p>Since AR 670-1 has come out there is a lot of discussion on what it contains.&nbsp; I would like to start a more general discussion on an issue that a lot of people are confused about apparently.&nbsp; When someone states "You can add to but you can't take away from a Regulation"...what exactly does that mean?&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For example, if there is an APFT standard that says you have to do 60 push-ups to pass and a Commander says "I say you have to do 70 to pass."&nbsp; Is he adding to the Regulation?&nbsp; If you say "no" then logically by default it must mean he is taking&nbsp;away.&nbsp; But does that mean that he can then say "You only have to do 50&nbsp;to pass"?&nbsp; Is he adding now or taking away?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What other examples fit into this gray area?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>How does one determine if a Commander is "adding to" a Regulation&nbsp;or&nbsp;"taking away"?</p>