what is a referred army evaluation

Personnel Evaluation

Evaluation Reporting System

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

RANDY A. GEORGE
General, United States Army
Chief of Staff

Official:
Julie A. Blanks
Acting Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army

History. This publication is a mandated revision. The portions affected by this mandated revision are listed in the summary of change.

Summary. This pamphlet provides procedural guidance on completing tasks for the Army’s Evaluation Reporting System, including officer, noncommissioned officer, and academic evaluation reports focused on the assessment of performance and potential. It includes operating tasks and rules in support of operating tasks. It has been revised to update policy on use of new academic evaluation report forms; incorporate Army Directive 2018–07–8 removing multi-source assessment and feedback requirements and information on officer evaluation reports; incorporate Army Directive 2018–10; describe the use of the Army’s Evaluation Entry System as the primary method for creating, tracking, and submitting DA Form 1059, DA Form 1059–1, and DA Form 1059–2 evaluation reports completed on Service-members attending military Service schools and civilian institutions; describe

a new DA Form 1059–2 to the Army’s form inventory, applicable for specific military training institutions; describe a new rater academic achievement box check system on academic evaluation reports, linking performance with Army leadership attributions and competencies; and describe a new reviewer overall academic achievement 4-tier box check system for DA Form 1059 and DA Form 1059–2. Final revisions include defining what significant administrative errors are actionable when requesting an administrative appeal.

Applicability. This pamphlet applies to the Regular Army, the Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve, unless otherwise stated. It also applies to Department of the Army Civilians, and to U.S. Armed Forces and U.S. Coast Guard officers, officers of allied armed forces, and employees of the Government who serve as rating officials in the performance of their personnel management responsibilities as established by this regulation and in accordance with applicable Joint, Department of Defense, and civilian personnel management policy. It does not apply to retirees or former Soldiers. The guidance provided in this pamphlet applies during mobilization in conjunction with Personnel Policy Guidance published for each operation and issued by Headquarters, Department of the Army.

Proponent and exception authority. The proponent of this regulation is the Deputy Chief of Staff, G–1. The

proponent has the authority to approve exceptions or waivers to this regulation that are consistent with controlling law and regulations. The Deputy Chief of Staff, G–1, has delegated this approval authority to the Commanding General, Human Resources Command, who may further delegate this authority to a division chief, Human Resources Command, in the rank of colonel or the civilian grade equivalent. Human Resources Command is a direct reporting unit to the proponent agency. Activities may request a waiver to this regulation by providing justification which includes a full analysis of the expected benefits and must include a formal review by the activity’s senior legal officer. All waiver requests will be endorsed by the commander or senior leader of the requesting activity and forwarded through their higher headquarters to the policy proponent. Refer to AR 25–30 for specific guidance.

Suggested improvements. Users are invited to send comments and suggested improvements on DA Form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) directly to the Commander, U.S. Army Human Resources Command (AHRC–PDV–E), 1600 Spearhead Division Avenue, Department 470, Fort Knox, KY 40122–5407.

Distribution. This pamphlet is available in electronic media only and is intended for the Regular Army, Army National Guard/Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve.

If the evaluation was previously referred, and after editing the evaluation, it is still referred, the rating chain will refer the final evaluation to the rated Soldier for acknowledgment and the opportunity to submit comments before sending it (and any signed comments) to HQDA.

If an OER or AER is referred, there is the evaluation referral and acknowledgment process (see para 3 – 29 and DA Pam 623–3).

If the referral of a negative or derogatory OER or AER is required, the senior rater (OER) or reviewing official (AER) will personally refer the evaluation to the rated Soldier for acknowledgment and comment before submitting the evaluation to HQDA for processing (see para 3–27 or 3–28).