Letters are only required to explain anomalies in one's record, n'est pas?
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FY18 O-5 results
- Thread starter HooverPilot
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Letters to the board are used either to explain anomalies in the FITREP record, or to get information to the board that for one reason or another didn't make it to the FITREP. All correspondence to the board must be briefed in full, and if a record is a little unusual, a letter can serve as a "speed bump", essentially forcing the members to spend more time on that record. I recommend a minimalist approach...a one page letter is enough to explain some unusual circumstances in a FITREP. Submit a letter if you have picked up a particular AQD or an academic degree that doesn't show on your last FITREP. Be thoughtful about what you submit. Submitting certificates for on-line courses that don't affect your primary job isn't useful, and is probably detrimental. Your briefer will have to review and brief every piece of paper you submit to the board every time your record comes through the tank.
Letters can be a double-edged sword. Don't put anything in a letter that you don't want out there, particularly medical information. I'd also suggest floating any letter past your detailer for his take on it before submitting it to the board.
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Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
Or they could provide a soft/hard breakout that comes along outside the normal Fitrep period.
EG, you get ranked 3 of 12 LTs on your Fitrep. The two ahead of you transfer between your fitrep signing and the board. It's your in zone look and your CO thinks you should be selected... a letter telling the board how you've stepped up and become the #1 guy can help a ton.
That kind of thing should be known well enough in advance to be put on the last FITREP the board will consider. If your Front Office dropped the ball by not including that verbiage, then a letter could make up for it. That might make a difference on a statutory board, but anything less than a #1EP (in excess of 6-10 months, realistically), isn't going to get that person screened for O5 command.