Results for assessment

Medical readiness classification and MEDPROS

The four medical readiness classes, the elements of individual medical readiness that drive them, and what a leader can actually fix.

Risk management and the DD Form 2977

The five steps of risk management, the risk levels that decide who approves an event, and the current worksheet.

Running estimates and the staff's continuous work

A running estimate is a staff section's continuously updated assessment of its area. It is what makes a staff recommendation useful at two in the morning instead of two days later.

The Army Body Composition Program and the screening process

How screening table weight works, when a body fat assessment is required, the maximum allowable body fat by age and sex, and why the assessment method is not what the 2019 regulation says.

The NCO evaluation system and the rating chain

AR 623-3 governs the evaluation reporting system. The DA 2166-9 series carries the NCOER, the support form drives the counseling behind it, and the rating chain fixes who is accountable for the assessment.

The operations process

Plan, prepare, execute, and assess. Four activities that overlap continuously, plus the six things a commander personally does throughout all of them.

Writing a DA 4856 that survives scrutiny

The counseling form is only as strong as the facts in it. A useful DA 4856 states what happened, cites the standard, and sets a plan of action a third party could measure.