1. Introduction: two or three lines for the rater to describe the ratee's performance and character.
2. The introduction should describe aspects of character not readily apparent from accomplishments.
3. duty-related accomplishment
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17. accomplishment/Summary
18. Summary: one or two lines for the rater to summarize the ratee's performance and make a promotion statement.

Part 1. Identify the accomplishment. Part 2. Describe the accomplishment's positive effect.

Example: Managed corrosion control of over 3,000 square feet of exterior hull; team completed task 30 days ahead of schedule, reduced corrosion by 50%.

More examples:

- Arranged delivery of over 75K gallons of fuel by air; supported five temporarily assigned minesweepers and eliminated delays to mission.

- Increased qualification rate of all section members, reduced workload on team, raised work center production 30%.

- Supervised emergency repair of air conditioning at Naval Network and Telecommunications Site; preserved $1.5M of critical equipment.

Be as specific as possible. The overall goal of the performance report is to, as accurately as possible, describe a person's performance. To that end, every statement should be qualified. By that I mean that every claim should be supported by a quantity. For example, consider the bullet statement:

Treated sick dogs and cats and prevented spread of communicable disease.

To make this bullet more specific, the number of dogs and cats should be listed. If a high number of pets were treated as compared to the total population, consider listing the number as a percentage if that makes the bullet statement stronger. If 95 out of 100 possible pets were treated, it would have more impact to describe the quantity as a percentage: 95% of base pets treated. Was the disease minor or fatal? What was its impact? Be specific!

Treated 95% of base pets and confined spread of fatal contagious disease to off-base.

After you've brainstormed and have a list of accomplishments, sort them into groups:

• duty-related, primary or collateral duties
• leadership, mentoring
• self-improvement, training
• community service

When listing achievements in the Comments on Performance block, the duty-related accomplishments should be listed at the top, on the first line of achievements, right below the Introduction. After listing all the duty-related bullets, then list the other categories in the order shown above. Keep categories together for ease of reading.

The duty-related bullets are considered to be the most significant and that's why they're listed first. It is said that reviewers are often in a hurry and can't afford to spend a lot of time reading individual performance reports. They may only glance at the first few lines. So, knowing that we must grab the reviewer's attention in the first few lines, the best accomplishments or bullet statements should be listed first --at the top. The next important accomplishment would be second and so on until you reach the "contributed to the Combined Federal Campaign" bullet at the bottom. Personally I think this business about Senior Personnel having so little time to review personnel records is an urban legend. Any organization that placed so little importance on the selection process that they spent only a few seconds reviewing records in order to fill their most critical positions would quickly collapse. And besides, when was the last time you saw a Chief in a hurry? In my opinion, the reason for listing the bullets in this order is to enhance readability.

Write the bullet statement so that anyone can understand it. Use ordinary day-to-day English and avoid tehnical jargon unique to your rating. The Evaluation will be reviewed at boards consisting of SNCOs from a variety of career fields so it must be understandable to a broad audience not only someone from your unit or background.

After you've entered all the accomplishments that you can squeeze into the available space, go back and edit them for readability. If possible, make them easier to read. Make sure the bullets are listed in a logical order. Make each bullet statement either one or two or three lines long as appropriate. In other words, try not to end one bullet statement in the middle of a line and start another one on the same line.

In general, the more bullets listed, the better. Seven good, hard-hitting two-line bullets are better than four three-line bullets because they indicate more productivity and action. However don't sacrifice quality for quantity.