THE NCOER
AR 623-205
CONCEPTS • Designed to strengthen the NCO Corps • Ensure selection of the best qualified NCOs • Improve performance and professional development • Assist in personnel management decisions
COMPONENTS OF THE NCOES • DA Form 2166-7-1 • DA Form 2166-7
RATING CHAIN • Rater (Immediate supervisor for 90 days) • Senior Rater (Direct line of supervision for two rated months) • Reviewer (Officer, WO, E-9)
TYPES OF REPORTS • Annual • Change-of-rater (90 days minimum) • Complete-the-record • Relief-for-cause
COUNSELING • Primary purpose: improve performance & professionally develop the NCO
THE BEST COUNSELING IS ALWAYS FORWARD LOOKING.
COUNSELING AT THE END OF THE RATING PERIOD IS TOO LATE.
COUNSELING CHECKLIST
• Follow the sequence on DA Form 2166-7-1
RULES TO REMEMBER • Face-to-face counseling is mandatory • Must use DA Form 2166-7-1 • Initial counseling must be done within the first 30 days of each rating period
NCOER DA Form 2166-7
NCOER PREPARATION • Part I - ADMINISTRATIVE DATA • Part II - AUTHENTICATION
NCOER PREPARATION • Part III - DUTY DESCRIPTION
NCOER PREPARATION • Part IV - VALUES/NCO RESPONSIBILITIES
NCOER PREPARATION • Part V - OVERALL PERFORMANCE AND POTENTIAL • Part V.a.& b. - Rater • Part V.c., d., e. - Senior Rater
REVIEWER RESPONSIBILITIES • Ensure NCOER completed properly • Ensure fairness • Overwatch of the system
KEY POINTS • • • • •
No late reports Meet suspense Counsel the NCO Don’t inflate the system Justify your bullets
CAUTION! • You write the NCOER, not the NCO • Document performance • Each NCOER stands alone • Don’t be redundant
NCO REFUSES TO SIGN NCOER
NCO WANTS TO APPEAL NCOER