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

• 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

NCOER PREPARATION

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