SFC 13B NCOER Bullets: 6 Examples at Firing Platoon Sergeant Scope

2026-08-25 • Cannon Crewmember · DA Form 2166-9-2 • 6 min read

A SFC 13B is the platoon sergeant of a firing platoon: every gun line standard, every section chief, and every round the platoon fires runs through this NCO. The NCOER is written in platoon certification rates, gunnery results, and the chiefs this NCO grew.

// 01What makes a SFC 13B NCOER different

The firing platoon sergeant sets the standard the section chiefs enforce: certification for multiple howitzer sections, the ammunition operation across every mission, occupation discipline that keeps a platoon alive against counterfire, and the development of the chiefs and gunners who make the platoon work. Evidence at this grade is platoon arithmetic: sections certified, times against standard, readiness rates, and named advancement of subordinate NCOs.

On the four-box form at SFC, senior rater profiles compress and ¶3-11a’s distribution clauses carry real weight. A platoon sergeant’s upper-third claim is checked against the other firing platoons the senior rater sees every day, so the bullets have to bring the platoon-versus-platoon evidence themselves.

// 02Tier calibration for a 13B firing platoon sergeant

At platoon scope: all sections certified and every mission fired safely is Met (¶3-11a(2)); platoon times and scores that climbed under systems this NCO installed is Exceeded (¶3-11a(3)); the battalion’s top firing platoon, standards adopted formation-wide, and chiefs promoted on his development make the Far Exceeded case (¶3-11a(4)). Full definitions in the tier explainer.

// 03Met-tier SFC 13B bullets

Met: ¶3-11a(2) · Achieves

o managed certification, training, maintenance for 4 howitzer sections; all Table VI certified, 100% of missions fired safely

Why this reads as Met: a fully certified platoon with a clean safety record is the position’s standard, met and enforced for the whole formation in his charge, which is ¶3-11a(2)’s own construction.

Met: ¶3-11a(2) · Leads

o maintained platoon howitzer readiness above 90% across the training year; every scheduled service on time through 3 field exercises

Why this reads as Met: readiness held at standard through a full year of tempo is real leadership work, and it is what the majority of platoon sergeants at this grade deliver. Held above standard is Met; moved above peers would start the Exceeded argument.

// 04Exceeded-tier SFC 13B bullets

Exceeded: ¶3-11a(3) · Develops

o ran monthly section chief certification boards he designed; all 4 chiefs certified first-time, 2 gunners validated chief-ready

Why this reads as Exceeded: a recurring institution the NCO built, first-time results at an external gate, and measured bench depth. Often-taken disciplined initiative with immediate, countable impact is ¶3-11a(3) as written.

Exceeded: ¶3-11a(3) · Achieves

o cut platoon occupation time 35% below standard by drilling survivability moves; 14 position changes at CTC without a late mission

Why this reads as Exceeded: a timed platoon-level delta on the skill that keeps cannon crews alive, sustained through an entire rotation. The 14 moves make consistency checkable; battalion-wide adoption of the method would push it to (4).

// 05Far Exceeded-tier SFC 13B bullets

Far Exceeded: ¶3-11a(4) · Achieves

o led top firing platoon of 6 in battalion across both gunnery cycles; emplacement standard adopted as battalion benchmark for Table XII

Why this reads as Far Exceeded: peer-best twice, with the denominator, plus a platoon standard promoted to battalion benchmark. Repetition across both cycles supplies ¶3-11a(4)’s consistency, and the adoption supplies its enduring effect.

Far Exceeded: ¶3-11a(4) · Develops

o developed 4 section chiefs via certification and board preparation; 3 selected for SFC, 1 chosen as schoolhouse gunnery instructor

Why this reads as Far Exceeded: the leadership multiplier in names and selections. When a platoon’s chiefs advance at that rate and one is picked to teach the MOS, the development program is externally validated beyond anything an adjective could add.

// 06Common mistakes on SFC 13B NCOERs

Reporting battery outcomes. The battery’s gunnery success belongs to the first sergeant and commander’s reports. The firing platoon sergeant’s evidence is his platoon’s sections, times, and chiefs; scope discipline is credibility at this grade.

Leaving ammunition operations invisible. A platoon that moved, uploaded, and accounted for hundreds of rounds without a discrepancy is a logistics accomplishment with hard numbers, and it is usually the platoon sergeant’s personally built system. Write it.

Tier language without platoon-versus-platoon facts. At SFC the senior rater sees every firing platoon in the formation. An upper-third claim with no denominator invites the one comparison the profile will make anyway, on someone else’s numbers.

// 07The 13B bullet BulletForge will not write

Feed the generator a thin firing platoon sergeant input and ask for the top tier, and it refuses instead of inflating. The refusal names what is missing and burns no quota.

The input a rater actually types

“the standard for platoon sergeants, owns the gun line, never misses” · requested tier: Far Exceeded

What BulletForge answers instead of writing it

This input does not support FAR EXCEEDED. “The standard for platoon sergeants” is a senior rater conclusion that has to be purchased with ¶3-11a(4) evidence: top platoon of how many, at which gunnery table? What standard did the battalion adopt from this platoon? Which chiefs advanced because of this NCO? Add one of those and ask again; otherwise the generator writes the tier the input supports and the refusal costs nothing.

// 08Related 13B and SFC pages

These examples are calibrated for the firing platoon sergeant lane, but they are still someone else’s numbers. Generate a SFC 13B bullet from your own rating period, graded against the same paragraphs.

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