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Army Writing Tools and Guide  

Up Army Writing Letter Factory Air Force Writing

Key Points
  • If you haven't already, Take a writing class. English Comp will fit the bill.
  • Take a creative writing class. It will forces effective, vivid writing skills...
  • WRITE!!! The more you do it, the better you get.
  • Ask for HELP, the only person looking out for #1 is you.
  • The only person looking out for your troop is YOU!
  • Use various writing resources like Merriam-Webster Online
  • Use a spell checker.  F7 works real fast in MS Word.


 


Misconceptions

  • Military Writing is different from Civilian writing. Wrong! Sentence structure, subject-verb-predicate, remains the same.
  • I don't have to write until I am a (fill in a Rank). Wrong! If you haven't learned by now, most people are lazy! If you can give your supervisor a package, group of accomplishments, etc. the better off you will be.
  • Each service branch has a different way to write. Wrong! Writing is writing. Each branch may look for a specific structure, but ultimately it follows Action-Impact.

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Guides and Examples Table of Contents

General Guides

NCOER

Awards

Decorations


Effective Military Writing Guides

Condolence Letter Guidelines  Good Guide on writing Condolence Letters -- see more in Letter Factory
Decoration Guidebook (USCENTAF Dec 04)w/ examples(11M Doc)
Global Operations Evaluations Guide (USSTRATCOM)Good examples for both OPR and EPR. Includes word lists. (May 05)
Global Operations Evaluations Guide  
Guide to Effective Army Writing (USA) Acronyms
Effective Military Communication (Writing/Briefing)The Army Writing Style
Superior Personal Performance Word and Phrase GuideSimple phrase creation guide along with 400+ phrase examples

NCOER (Evaluation) Guides

NCO-ER EVALUATION REPORT PREPARATION GUIDE (1M Doc) -- From DA PERSCOM
Army’s Noncommissioned Officer Evaluation Reporting System (NCOER-TIPS) (PPT)

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Award Writing Guides and Examples

THE ARMY WRITING PROGRAM- 6 step writing process
- 7 rules
Army Awards Program (theory) (PPT)
PE #1 DOC
PE #2 DOC
 

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Decorations Writing Guides and Examples

USCENTAF Decoration Guidebook

Decoration Name Recommendation Examples/GuidesNarrative ExamplesExamples (e.g.) of Citation
Basic Joint Service Medal Example of Board RecommendationExample of Narrative Joint Service E.g. - Basic Joint Service
Joint Meritorious Unit Award  e.g. JTF - Assured Lift
Joint Service Achievement Medal (JSAM) JSAM Submission Guideline  E.g. - JSAM Citation
Joint Service Commendation Medal (JSCM) JSCM Submission Guideline

JSCM for PCS

JSCM for PCSE.g. - JSCM Citations

JSCM for PCS

Defense Meritorious Service Medal (DMSM) DMSM Submission Guideline E.g. - DMSM Citation

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