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Writing Guides Writing Guides Misconceptions. Military Writing is different from Civilian writing. Sentence structure, subject-verb-predicate, remains the same. I don't have to write until I am a (fill in a Rank).
If you haven't learned by now, most people are lazy! Give your sup a package or a list of accomplishments,. Each service branch has a different way to write. Writing is writing.
Each branch may look for a specific structure, but ultimately it follows Action-Impact. You have to write to win. You write to acknowledge, reinforce, and/or reward Acronym or abbreviation to find: Fast IMT Links Guides and Examples Table of Contents. Effective Military Writing Guides Awesome guide as before and updated as of Mar 09. (Contributed by SMB) (1M Doc) Awesome guide submitted by 21 SW/IG.
Jun 12, 2017 - writing, editing, and publishing matters related to official publi- cations of Air. The Style Guide may be of interest to those outside the Air Force who write or edit manuscripts. 18 │ 1.0 TERMS AND USAGE. Mar 13, 2014 - We are also Air Force Weather's largest unit below a squadron. Again, welcome to the Detachment 4, 18th Weather Squadron; we look forward to. Detachment 4 standards are the expectations/rules that guide our.
Of EPR/OPR/DECs. (1M doc) Name says it all.
Good document Wrote by CMSgt Pat Masters/26 IOG CCC As of 18 June 2002 (113K Doc) Very GOOD information, separated in a variety of web pages. AIRMAN LEADERSHIP SCHOOL (ALS) Military Writing (Jan 04) - Unlinked due to policy Developed by: Enlisted Professional Enhancement Programs for ALS Lesson Plan (76K Doc) 2003 June Edition (290 KB Doc) Good handbook covering Commander actions for Article 15 punishments. Good examples and instruction with a focus on the Medical Career fields. Includes information about Civilian awards. Good Guide on writing Condolence Letters - see more in Good PPT touching on bullet construction and worthy examples. An AF Civilian and Officer Guide (PPT) Writing Fundamentals (17 Oct 05) AWESOME PPS created by 379 AEW! Worth your time.
(1M) (26 Oct 05) Authored by: CMSgt Jesse Hall. Very Good document covering EPRs, DECs and awards (AF) USSTRATCOM May 04 (684K PPT) (STRATCOM) Good examples for both OPR and EPR. Includes word lists.
(May 05) From Aerospace Power Journal, it is a completely different look at Air Force Writing Very good look at what a person needs to do to have a solid EPR and be competitive for awards. Not really a writing guide but it does fit. The 80/20 rule discussing the Trivial Many vs the Vital Few! Helps justify a screwed up system, and what you need to look at. AFMAN 33-326 - Relevant information regardless of the branch.
Produced by 37TRW/JA (105K Doc) ( Submitted by: Trish) - see more in (30SW) Produced by 30SW/JA (132K Doc) Jul '03 Air Force Speech Writing Guide (32K PDF) Collection of bullet phrases and words to help ease the pain of EPR writing. Simplify the writing process by utilizing pre-wrote paragraphs associated with the articles that correspond to the offense.
(Mar 05) Standardization for EPR/OPR/DEC (AFAM, AFCM, MSM) (1M PDF) (PDF) Basics writing guide for Air Force (PPT) Guides on Military Writing How to Write an Effective Bullet (2 Feb 99) Produced by 4th Fighter Wing - Simple to the point writing guide Article from Roll Call 29 Aug - 4 Sep 07 How To Guide for ROC, LOC, LOA, LOR Joint Writing Guides The Joint Guides are also co-mingled though out the rest of this page Good Guide on writing Condolence Letters - see more in (284K Doc) w/ examples(11M Doc) (STRATCOM) Good examples for both OPR and EPR. Includes word lists. (May 05) Performance Report Guides (EPR/OPR) MPFM: 07-44 Implementing Instructions and Processing Procedures for the new AF Form 910, Enlisted Performance Report (AB thru TSgt), the AF Form 911, Enlisted Performance Report (MSgt thru CMSgt), the AF Form 931, Performance Feedback Worksheet (AB thru TSgt) and the AF Form 932, Performance Feedback Worksheet (MSgt thru CMSgt).
(2.3M Doc) MPFM: 07-45 Implementing Instructions and Processing Procedures for the new AF Form 707, Officer Performance Report (Lt thru Col) and AF Form 724, Performance Feedback Worksheet (Lt thru Col). (1.5M Doc) New web database consisting of Air Force EPR, OPR and Award bullets From AETC - Basic information and hints to EPRs (PPT) Good guide provided by AMC touching on Performance Feedback, Deployed Letters of Evaluation (LOE), OPRs, PRFs, and EPRs. Mar 05 (1.3M doc) thanks Carter Awesome guide submitted by 21 SW/IG. Of EPR/OPR/DECs. (1M doc) Very good evaluation guide provided by 353 rd SOG dated 1 Jan 06. (78M PDF) 67 IOW Chiefs' Views on How to Write an EPR 67IOW Senior Rater Indorsement EPR Writing Guide IRA C.
EAKER College for Professional Development How to Prepare Performance Reports (Updated 11 Aug 2003) (181K PDF) It is a little dated but the information is still very valuable. (435K Doc) From the 75th Air Base Wing - Very informative, gives great examples of what to say in packages, and how they effect the promotion system. (2.2M Doc) (USAFE) USAFE, Supt, Board Secretariat presentation with References, Rules and Techniques Includes what the SNCO Board is looking for (500K PPT) (HQAFR) Decent evaluation guide produced by the AFR Personal Center dated Nov 05.
(136K PDF) Guidelines for addressing New AF Fitness Results in EPR/OPRS Displays Strong and Weak Bullet Choices (PPT) Enlisted Evaluation System Training Guide created by AFELM/DMPG f Effective OPR and PRF Writing submitted by 21 SW/IG Current checklist submitted by 21 SW/IG Current checklist submitted by 21 SW/IG Good info on EPRs, Letters of Evaluation and Referral Reports. (307K Doc) Pretty good and relatively recent (Sep 04). (500k Doc) Thoughts, comments, examples and pointers for writing OPRs (8AF/CC dated 3 Aug 04) From 18AF/CC dated 3 Aug 04 - Looks like a couple of the other guides on this were cut into it.
Submitted by MAJ - 9AF (06) 9 AF / AFCENT PRF Guide. Good guide plus added 2 pages of Officer Bullets. Submitted by CAD (PPT) Includes multiple examples of good and bad bullets. Worth the time to look over Updated guidance for the 05 Calendar Year. Official Message.
Official Guidance from HQ AF. It is hard to read, but basically, don't waste space talking about general PME enrollments and completion. Talk about official.
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So here's the thing. I just got out of ALS, put on SSgt, and they handed me 3 airmen, one of which I should be putting in for an AMN of the QTR award.
Unfortunately, how they teach you to write bullets in ALS is completely different than how bullets are actually written. I've got two days to write some bullets and was wondering if I could get some help on how to word them. I'm not asking someone to do my work for me, but just guide me on how it should look and stuff like that. Print off your MAJCOM and then Wing writing guides so you can get a reference of approved acronyms and abbreviations. Then sit down with your Airman and have them say everything they did. Then quantify it as much as possible. Number's are a huge part of a bullet.
Here is a bullet I wrote for one of my old UDM's. So his job was to get people out the door for deployments. How did he do that? Making sure they were green for their required items and properly equipped. So fast forward and the bullet ended up: - Mng'd 155 Amn for dplymnts; track'd 2.3K CBTs/produc'd $132K in vital equipment-zero AOR discrepancies Action, impact, result. How many people did he processes during the year?
How many CBT's did he hound after people? How much was the total amount of equipment issued worth? What was the end result? He helped fight the war. And the higher the result the better.
(Honestly, looking back I wish I replaced AOR with AFCENT or COCOM. But nothing I can do about it now.) Good luck. Your methodology works and develops writers, glad you touched on the face-to-face. If nothing else, the Airman gets some PD out of it.
I try to avoid negative in any bullet. Just a psychological thing with the reader, trying to keep them on the positives. Zero discrepancies, mishaps, etc. It's an accomplishment to have none, but it's still a negative thing (plus, one mentor explained to me: isn't it your job to ensure nothing's jacked up?). Try to highlight positives. Using your example, what did those deployed airmen accomplish in the aor as a result of being trained?
Of getting that equipment? Being in the AOR translates to battlefield successes at that strategic level you're looking for, and those are some of the most hard-hitting impacts you can have. I know your pain, they gave me a new guy before I was even finished with ALS and months before I put SSgt on. You can't expect a new airman to write bullets, but in the future you can show them the format and teach them a little bit and make them write, say 2 bullets a month to make it easier on you. Instead of asking them for 12+ bullets at once.
Your best option is to look at EPRs from your shop's other airmen and copy the FORMAT. Although this is why copy/pasting is the thing to do in the AF.