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FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2015 ments from any counseling sessions con- done wrong ... then we tend to shy away The Scout 7A
ducted with the rated NCO.” from that when it is performance evalua-
From REPORT3DJH$ tion time. “ and Army secretary to move the date to
The requirement for counseling is Jan. 1. The additional time will allow
a uniformed Army Soldier, senior to the also expected to help curb rating infla- The new NCOER was at one point ex- for a fine-tuning of the process and pro-
senior rater within the rated NCO’s orga- tion, Dailey said, because senior raters, pected to hit the streets at beginning of cedures for tracking senior rater profiles
nization,” McDermid said. “As designed, who in the past have neglected to engage the new fiscal year, which is Oct. 1. But to ensure Soldiers have a fair chance at
the supplementary reviewer will monitor in counseling with an NCO for an entire Dailey asked the Army’s chief of staff promotions while also preventing rating
evaluation practices and provide assis- rating period, have been reluctant to rate inflation.
tance and/or advice to rating officials as that Soldier as anything less than the best.
needed.”
“That’s why they got 1 blocks in the
Counseling required past,” Dailey said. “[Senior raters] didn’t
With the implementation of the new do their job counseling, so they just gave
them a 1 block.”
NCOER, counseling will remain critical
in reviewing the Soldier’s demonstrated Dailey said that when senior raters
performance and potential while focus- hold counseling with the Soldiers they
ing on leader development throughout senior rate, they are more comfortable
the rating period. providing an honest rating at the end of
the year.
Raters must counsel the rated Soldier
initially and quarterly, while the senior “If I tell you all throughout the year in
rater should counsel the rated NCO twice counseling that you are not doing a good
during the rating period. job, I have no problem at the end of the
year telling you that you are not doing a
“Ideally this will occur within the first good job,” Dailey said. “But if I haven’t
30 days of the rating period and then at done my job in telling you what you have
the mid-point,” McDermid said. “To
account for this, senior raters will have
a section on the form to annotate com-
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