Navy EVAL Block 43 Comment Examples
Block 43 comments follow a firm structure: a forceful opening characterization, quantified accomplishment bullets, and a closing promotion or ranking statement. Boards skim — the opener and closer carry disproportionate weight. Fictional pattern examples below.
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Opening statement
MY #1 OF 12 FIRST CLASS PETTY OFFICERS. A TALENTED TECHNICIAN AND NATURAL LEADER ALREADY PERFORMING AT THE CHIEF LEVEL.
Accomplishment bullet (production)
- SUSTAINED THE FIGHT. Processed 2,140 requisitions valued at $3.8M with 99.8% accuracy, directly supporting an 11-month deployment with zero mission delays for parts.
Accomplishment bullet (leadership)
- DELIBERATE LEADER. Led 4 Sailors through 3,200 maintenance man-hours; work center finished the fleet maintenance availability 6 days early with zero rework.
Accomplishment bullet (qualification)
- RELENTLESS SELF-IMPROVER. Earned Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist in 8 months — half the command average — while standing 120 watches as Officer of the Deck (in port).
Accomplishment bullet (community)
- COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR. Organized 5 command volunteer events totaling 260 hours, strengthening ties with two local schools and earning the command a city commendation.
Closing statement
PROMOTE TO CHIEF PETTY OFFICER NOW. UNLIMITED POTENTIAL — SCREEN FOR THE MOST DEMANDING BILLETS. MY STRONGEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION.
Rules that get these approved
- Open with your ranking if you can defend it ("MY #1 OF 12...").
- Bullets start with "- " and a punchy caps label, then quantified results.
- Use every hard number you have — dollars, counts, percentages, hours.
- Close with an unambiguous promotion statement; hedged closers read as damnation by faint praise.