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H�b```a``jg`f``|� Ȁ �@V �H@e�TY�� 0000001659 00000 n Sheer complimentary bullets and esprit de corps sayings may sound good, Avery said, but often miss the mark. Can You Explain How Chapter 35 Benefits Work? If a rater, senior rater or a rated soldier has questions that can’t be answered using the regulation, Avery is available to offer guidance at DSN 221-9660 or (703) 325-9660. In Part IV, labeled “Values/NCO Responsibilities,” the rater describes the soldier’s overall performance for the rated time period. It's like your supervisor handed you a blank check and said, fill in whatever you want! 0000002318 00000 n The Army Achievement Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, and the Meritorious Service Medal are probably the most commonly submitted and awarded decorations in the Army. This website is dedicated to completing that portion of the AF Form 910 that gives people the most trouble: the Performance Assessment blocks. Examples of event-oriented counseling are counselings for instances of superior or substandard performance, reception and integration counseling, crisis counseling, referral counseling, promotion counseling, and separation counseling. “The minute you think you know it all, that’s when you’re going to be turning in some bad reports.”. “We want each bullet to stay precious, so that when you see it as an ‘excellence,’ it says something to everyone who reads it.”. Bullet comments should not be used for “personal attacks,” Avery added. It was authenticated by Togo D. West, J r . (Physical fitness and military bearing), * Won interservice racquetball championship for Olympic placement. Phrases like “I wouldn’t let him lead my dog on a leash,” should not appear on the form. A recent example of a poorly written evaluation Avery looked at concerned a master sergeant with an excellence rating for the “competence” block. The senior rater bullets have become increasingly important, Avery said, and should be as brief as the rater’s bullets. They want it laid out in short, clear, unadorned bullets. In the Army, counseling is an almost daily requirement. Your rater knows you work at the homeless shelter, but you have a limited amount of space and the Army needs to know if you’re a good tanker.”, “‘Best NCO I’ve ever known’ means almost nothing,” he said. Avery is the senior enlisted policy NCO of the Management Support Division, Evaluation Systems Office, at the U.S. Total Army Personnel Command in Alexandria, Va. Each month, Avery receives a sampling of about 600 NCOERs from the U.S. Army Enlisted Records and Evaluation Center at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind. And a promotion means a raise of thousands of dollars a year! Whether it's meant to guide a Soldier's growth, document career milestones, or correct improper behavior, it can be a challenge to find the words to adequately describe a Soldier's performance and potential. (Leadership), * Does not wish to be held accountable for ensuring that squad leader tasks are completed. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Sponsored Advertisement: Commanders love to present awards. (Physical fitness and military bearing), * Qualified superior on Bradley Table VIII. 373 0 obj << /Linearized 1 /O 375 /H [ 647 748 ] /L 544365 /E 3036 /N 86 /T 536786 >> endobj xref 373 11 0000000016 00000 n It may precede events, such as preparing a Soldier to go to a promotion board or attend a school, or it may follow events, such as noteworthy duty performance, a problem with performance, or a personal problem. “Stick to military duties,” Avery said. To give the soldier a fair rating, those bullets need to be right on target. The Army community website that makes writing tasks easier by sharing examples of evaluations, counselings, awards, and other common writing tasks. ?2. The NCOER form includes samples of what information the bullets should include, but raters may wrongly use those samples to establish the soldier’s minimum performance level. No other document has as much effect on your career or your life. “We don’t want any bullet to become cannon fodder, just a common bullet put on like a rubber stamp,” Avery said. But sometimes it's hard to get your thoughts flowing, to accurately convey what you want to say. That single sheet of paper affects your chances for promotion, your assignment options, training opportunities, and your entire future in the military. I’ll use some real comments off my own OERs, since I don’t have any other OERs to refer to. For instance “won drill sergeant of the year” is a good bullet to explain why an excellence rating is given for the “competence” area. When a rater identifies an area needing improvement, the rater is also tasked, as the soldier’s primary rater, to present a plan for bringing the subordinate up to standard. For each heading, the soldier is given an overall box rating of either “excellence,” “success” or “needs improvement (some or much).” The rater is also given a block of space to explain, with a brief “bullet” comment, why he gave the soldier a particular rating. “We know we work for busy people,” Avery explained. In Part V of the evaluation, the senior rater assesses the soldier’s overall performance with boxes labeled “successful,” “fair” and “poor.” The senior rater determines promotion potential and responsibility potential with boxes labeled “superior,” “fair” and “poor.” The senior rater is also given the opportunity to elaborate on the rated soldier’s performance with bullet comments.