JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas –
Restricted senior rater endorsement and stratification for
senior NCO enlisted performance reports were implemented in conjunction with
the July 31 senior master sergeant EPR closeout date.
Endorsement and stratification restrictions for senior NCOs
are part of ongoing Air Force enlisted evaluation and promotion system changes
underway since July 2014.
Announced in June, restrictions will limit the number of
endorsements a senior rater may give to their promotion-eligible master
sergeants and senior master sergeants. Senior raters will be restricted to
endorsing only the top 20 percent of their senior master sergeants eligible for
promotion to chief master sergeant and the top 10 percent of their master
sergeants eligible for promotions to senior master sergeant.
This percentage correlates with historical promotion rates
for each grade.
In addition to endorsements, senior raters have the option
to include written stratification in their optional comment or
"push-line" in the final evaluator's comments section on Air Force
Form 911, the EPR for master sergeant through senior master sergeant, which was
released July 31.
Senior rater endorsement and stratification authorizations
are based on the total number of time-in-grade and time-in-service
promotion-eligible master sergeants and senior master sergeants a senior rater
has. Senior raters will no longer be authorized to stratify their
promotion-eligible senior NCOs based on the joint service population and grade.
For example, if a senior rater has 200 senior master
sergeants, but only 100 are TIG/TIS promotion eligible, the senior rater may
endorse up to 20 of the eligible senior master sergeants by marking the
appropriate block on the EPR form. The senior rater can also provide a written
stratification in the push-line like "my #1 of 100 SMSgts" if the
rater chooses. Senior raters also have the option to endorse a member without
including stratification.
Only the senior rater may include written stratification on
EPRs for senior NCOs they endorse. Lower-level stratification and
stratification by deputy and intermediate evaluators is prohibited, to include
lower-level stratification on those evaluations endorsed by the senior rater.
Additional information on restricted endorsement and
stratification, and other changes to the evaluation and promotion systems, are
available on the myPers Enlisted Evaluation System and Weighted Airman
Promotion System changes page at http://www.gum-crm.csd.disa.mil.
For more information about Air Force personnel programs go
to the myPers website at http://www.mypers.af.mil. Individuals who do not have
a myPers account can request one by following the instructions on the Air Force
Retirees Services website at http://www.retirees.af.mil.