does anyone know where i can get an example counseling statement for recommending a soldier for Corporal?

Answer 1

Depends are you in the Army or Marines? In the Army all you have to do is prove that the SPC is working in at least and SGT position, if so it should not be hard to get the Commander to do the Lateral Promotion if the soldier is "squared away." (Because most of the time it is only a company level promotion and never goes to DA, and it can be taken at their next unit when they PCS) On the other hand you should not use a promotion to CPL as a reward for doing a good job...the best thing to do is help them get promoted to SGT...I was promoted from SPC to CPL and I liked the promotion to SGT because it put more cash in my pocket...CPL in the Army is a hard rank to hold...some NCOs will not treat them like NCOs because it was given to them not really earned...

Answer 2

What is a monthly counseling statement? Was the person supposed to be there that month? I was Navy and we had counseling statements and a charge sheet both were way different. A counseling was minor and got filed a way. A charge sheet sent you to mast (art 15). What are they being counseled about? Is it a negative counseling or just an informative one? Some record of counseling have nothing to do with poor performance. Some are only meant to have a record of informing the member as to an administrative action or policy/regulation..a written order of sorts. Those I wouldn't worry about. If you are being held accountable for something that happened when you were authorized to be gone then you need to talk with your chain of command. If it was for somehting that you should have taken care of before you left or somehting that just now caught up to you, maybe you have to deal with it. You don't have enough information to give a good thorough answer.

Answer 3

The Army Inspector General (DAIG) has put out a Counseling Guide. They have a generic promotion counseling example at the below link (It's on page 25 of the guide). Hope that helps.

Answer 4

Before you recommend anyone for promotion you need to address your own deficiencies... ie: Spelling. If you can't do this then your recommendation won't carry any weight. I refer you to #1 of the 10 (or 11) Principles of Leadership (depending on your service)... seek professional competency.
Now to answer your question, simply using a boxed statement holds no merit with me. Whenever we see these statements it tells us that the evaluator couldn't be bothered to put the effort into this guy.
Just make a list (point form) of his outstanding qualities and then start plugging in the suitable descriptive words. Once you're done with that form them into sentences and paragraphs. Don't forget to sell it with a sentence stating how this person's skills will benefit the service and make it sound like missing this opportunity would be a grievous injustice to the unit.
Good luck. This is an important step in the development of any NCO’s carreer.

Answer 5

Go to Clothing Sales and ask for a book titled 'The Mentor.' This is a comprehensive reference for all sorts of counselings and has examples for specific situations.