What is your opinion of a service wide NCO/PO/SNCO Evaluation report?

1stSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:01:35 -0400

@SFC Christopher Harris presented some info for Army NCOER, what about a service wide one. A leader is a leader, and each service has a formthat covers all of thier MOS/Ratings, why not use 1 form for all services?

Response by Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS made Oct 22 at 2015 4:12 PM

Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:12:55 -0400

Honestly, I REALLY liked the USMC standard "FitRep." It was a simple and easy to understand form which highlighted what Marines thought was important. It keyed in on a dozen or so areas including basic metrics, but also gave the ability of "raters" or those in Supervisory or Managerial positions (aka Leadership) to provide specific input about performance.

It acted as not only an evaluation, but a yearly counselling statement from Sgt (E5) through BGen (O7). As it was individually based, but offered the ability to competitively rank, without too much need to "inflate" because there were clear delineating lines of what the standards were for each grade it was nice. You didn't have to worry about "all to one side issues" and a few "average" marks wouldn't kill your career (early on).

Example from google search:

http://www.slideshare.net/ClayRegister/18-dec-2013-to-may-20-2014

18 Dec 2013 to May 20 2014

FOUO - Privacy sensitive if filled in FITREP ID #1885782 REGISTER CURTIS C 1053845530 1STLT 20130527 1302 1302 1EN 29048 COMBAT LOGISTICS BATTALION 31, 31ST MA…

Response by CSM Michael J. Uhlig made Oct 22 at 2015 4:34 PM

CSM Michael J. Uhlig — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:34:13 -0400

I would be opposed to one across all services, if I were to choose only one, it would be the USMC FitRep without a doubt.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 22 at 2015 4:59 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:59:04 -0400

Sounds like a great idea, but honestly each branch has their own way of doing things, if we were all the same than their would be only one branch. Yes I agree that leadership is leadership, but if you think about it, there are very diverse types of leadership based on MOS, position and duties.

Response by SSG Bielomawicz Wilkes made Oct 22 at 2015 6:37 PM

SSG Bielomawicz Wilkes — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:37:09 -0400

I learned many years ago as PSNCO, it is better to work smarter than to work harder. Utilizing one form for all Services would save hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Response by MAJ Jim Steven made Oct 22 at 2015 9:46 PM

MAJ Jim Steven — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 21:46:18 -0400

well....hell, why don't we all just get in one uniform, while we are at it!!!

Response by A1C Stanley Kolakowski made May 16 at 2016 6:55 PM

A1C Stanley Kolakowski — Mon, 16 May 2016 18:55:19 -0400

Not a fan.

Air Force looks for different things than Navy which looks for different things than Army which doesn't stress things as highly as Marines do...

That's why each branch has their own form...

Response by 1stSgt Private RallyPoint Member made May 16 at 2016 7:07 PM

1stSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 16 May 2016 19:07:31 -0400

No. The branches are each different. I you want both Air Force and Marine Corps, be a winger.