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Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Missouri, for final
disposition or to serve as archival records.
ENLISTED PERFORMANCE
EVALUATION REPORTS
Performance evaluation reports are an important
part of any enlisted service member’s career. As a PN,
you will come into contact with these reports as part of
your duties and responsibilities for maintaining enlisted
service record data. To be a good PN, you must be
thoroughly familiar with these reports.
In the following paragraphs, you will read about the
reasons these reports are required. You will also read
about the distinctions among the different types of
evaluation reports such as the regular evaluation reports,
concurrent and concurrent regular evaluation reports,
and not observed (NOB) evaluation reports. You will
also read about some of the tasks you will be expected
to perform in support of these reports involving the
performance information memorandum (PIM), changes
and supplements to evaluation reports, and disposition
of evaluation reports after they have been typed.
One thing you should remember is that the
information provided in this chapter concerning
evaluations is only partial. For official guidance, you
should always refer to the instruction on enlisted
performance evaluations. The intention of the
information provided in this section is to give you a
basic idea of what enlisted evaluations are and what their
significance is in relationship to an enlisted member’s
service record and naval career. As a PN3 or PN2, you
will most likely be tasked with typing these reports.
As is the case with making service record entries,
you must make sure when you are tasked with typing
enlisted performance evaluation reports that you type
them promptly and correctly. You should always follow
instructions contained in the Navy Performance
E v a l u a t i on
a n d C o u n s e l i n g
Manual,
BUPERSINST 1610.10.
REQUIREMENTS FOR EVALUATION
REPORTS
Navy Regulations requires that records be
maintained on enlisted persons that reflect their fitness
for service and performance of duties. Enlisted
performance evaluation reports are used in many
personnel actions. These actions include advancement
in rate, selection for responsible assignments and
specialized training, award of the Good Conduct Medal,
qualification for retention and reenlistment, and
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characterization of service upon discharge. As you can
see, enlisted performance evaluations are very
significant in a person’s naval career.
Evaluation reports are very important. Have you
heard the expression, “evaluations can either make you
or break you!”? This expression is very true. If you
review the list of personnel actions, you can see how
your whole career is very much dependent on your
evaluations.
For you to receive good evaluation reports, you
must do your job to the best of your ability. You must
be honest, have unquestionable personal integrity,
loyalty, and devotion to duty. You must be a responsible
individual who understands your position in the chain
of command. You must understand that you will be held
accountable for your actions. You must be a sustained
superior performer and exhibit high standards of
personal conduct and ethical behavior.
You will go far by being a sustained superior
performer. Do not just do what you are expected to do,
do more. Do not be the average individual, go beyond
the realm of normal expectation. When we say do more,
we do not mean just professionally, but personally as
well. Get involved in committees, clubs, and civilian
organizations. Volunteer when you are asked to do so.
Go to night school. Strive to be an overall well-rounded
individual. Make a difference in your life and in the
lives of others for the betterment of society. Your
supervisor expects you to do this even though he or she
may not necessarily tell you so.
To receive good evaluations, you must also show
respect for authority. As a Navy service member, you
should always respect authority. In the Navy, respect
for authority is consistent with high standards of
expected personal conduct. Show respect for your
superiors. You may not like everyone with whom or for
whom you must work, but you can show respect and try
to put yourself in the other person’s shoes.
As a PN3 or PN2, you will be supervised. The
individuals over you will write your evaluations. Try to
understand what your supervisors expect of you and
why. This will help you understand their requirements
and expectations regarding your performance. In
working with peers, provide an example of high
standards in your personal conduct and work ethic,
encourage your shipmates to do their best and to work
as a team, and recognize their individual contributions.
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