THE NCOER AR 623 205 CONCEPTS Designed to

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