Promotions, evaluations, schools, and career development.
What promotion boards look for, how to track performance in real time, why Reserve and NG NCOs must volunteer to lead or accept a sparse NCOER, and why civilian accomplishments belong on the form. Including when you’re writing your own.
The Army updated AR 600-8-19 effective 6 April 2026. Here’s what changed — 150-point PME shift, SPC to CPL lateral appointment, and the secondary zone waiver is gone.
The NCOER mechanics most NCOs don’t learn until something goes wrong — rating chain eligibility, when a supplemental reviewer is mandatory (and why missing one is the most common kickback), how EES and ERS work, and what actually gets reports returned.
