ncoer support form

Support forms enable the rated Soldier, rater, intermediate rater (if applicable), and senior rater to communicate and provide documented input for consideration in preparing the OER or NCOER at the end of the rating period. The rater will use the support form to complete an assessment of the rated Soldier on the OER or NCOER and will forward both documents to the next person in the rating chain (senior rater or intermediate rater, as applicable). The interme-diate rater, if applicable, will use the support form to complete their portion of the OER and will forward the documents to the senior rater. The senior rater will use the support form to assess the rated Soldier and will forward the completed OER or NCOER and support form to the supplementary reviewer for review, if applicable, and/or to the rated Soldier for review and signature before its submission to HQDA.

For both OERs and NCOERs, the support form accompanies the rater’s evaluation of the rated Soldier when forwarded to the senior rater to provide information from the rated Soldier’s point of view to the entire rating chain.

Although the support or form is an official document covered by regulation, it will not become part of the official file used by selection boards or career managers. Failure to comply with any or all support form or counseling require-ments will not constitute the sole grounds for appeal of an evaluation report. The senior rater will ensure that a com-pleted support form is returned to the rated Soldier when the OER or NCOER is forwarded to HQDA.

Provide a copy of their support form, along with the senior rater’s support form, to the rated Soldier receiving an OER or NCOER at the beginning of the rating period (does not apply to students receiving an AER).