Include schools attended in conjunction with thepermanent change of station (PCS) not docu-mented previously.3. Educational Achievements. List any educa-tion the member obtained during the reportingperiod. Include high school and college courses,correspondence courses, non-Navy technicalcourses, and GED tests completed as well asdegrees awarded.BLOCK56-EVALUATIONCOMMENTS.YOU MUST LIMIT EVALUATION COM-MENTS TO THE SPACE PROVIDED. CON-TINUATION SHEETS WILL NOT BEACCEPTED. Do not include narrative remarksin E-1 through E-3 evaluations. In petty officerthird class evaluations, do not include narrativeremarks, but list significant qualifications theperson achieved during the reporting period (suchas Top Watch [BT3] or Watch Captain [MS3]).Use of clear, concise, specific statements in bulletformat is recommended. Do not use unusualabbreviations or acronyms, particularly thosedeveloped locally or those of a transitory nature.Written comments document and amplify otherareas of the report. Comments should conveysufficient detail and conclusive facts to assurereaders the evaluation is a true description of themember’s performance. You do not have toconfine comments to the scope of duties indicatedin block 54 (Duties and Responsibilities). Thefollowing are other areas on which you shouldcomment:1. Arduous or Combat Conditions. Thor-oughly document performance under arduous orcombat conditions with type, length, and location.If the individual experienced an actual combatengagement or other hazardous action, commenton his or her performance.2. Acts of Heroism. Describe acts of heroismin this section of the report. Examples include actsfor which a personal decoration was recom-mended but not approved at a higher level or actsfor which civilian recognition has been bestowedalthough a military decoration is not appropriate.3. Awards. Indicate when the member hasreceived a medal or an award during the reportingperiod. You need not comment on the actualevents that resulted in the award or medal,provided appropriate documentation for theaward or medal has been forwarded to theBUPERS.4. Interactions With Foreign Nationals. Whena member is assigned to overseas duty ordeploying commands, you may evaluate themember’s result ant significant interactions withforeign nationals. Reflect the positive con-tributions of the member toward the command’soverseas diplomacy program in your comments.Also reflect the member’s willingness to interactwith foreign nationals in a way that would a havepositive impact either directly with individual orindirectly in situations involving publicobservation.5. Providing Services. Provide commentsabout those members serving in billets thatprovide services, such as post offices, specialservices offices, PASS offices, and personneloffices. Comment on their ability to providecourteous, responsible, and efficient services.6. Personnel Supervised. For those membersin supervisory positions, comments areencouraged concerning the number and grades ofpersonnel supervised.7. Naval Investigative Service (NIS) Reports.Do not refer specifically to NIS reports inevaluation reports.8. Aircraft Accident Reports. Do not referspecifically to aircraft accident reports inevaluation reports.9. Court-Martial Personnel. Article 37,UCMJ, specifically prohibits conveningauthorities and other commanding officers fromcensuring, reprimanding, or admonishing a courtor any member with respect to the findings orsentence adjudged by the court, or with respectto any other exercise or functions in the conductof the proceedings. In the preparation of evalua-tion reports, you may not rate or evaluate enlistedpersonnel on the basis of their performance ofduty as members of a court-martial. However,you may state that a person served as a memberof a court-martial.10. Resolution of Weaknesses or Problems.Evaluation reports cover a specific period ofperformance. Therefore, you need not discussweaknesses or problems addressed in a previousevaluation report in subsequent reports providedthe weakness has been overcome or the problemresolved. The current trait mark should indicatethe degree of accomplishment or resolution. If themember has made unsatisfactory progress towardresolution and the weakness or problems remainat an other than satisfactory level, you may assignappropriate trait marks and make narrativecomments accordingly. Remember that referenceto previous weaknesses or problems, even toreport they no longer exist, will make thesubsequent evaluation adverse. The evaluation2-26
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