SSG 25U NCOER Bullets: 6 Examples at Battalion Signal Section NCO Scope
A SSG 25U leads signal support at battalion: a section of junior signal Soldiers, the command post’s communications architecture, COMSEC at scale, and the company signal NCOs who look up for the standard. First form with all four box checks.
// 01What makes a SSG 25U NCOER different
At battalion the signal NCO’s ledger widens: a section to train and rate, command post communications established on every jump, COMSEC accounts inspected at battalion scale, network outages measured in minutes that staff sections feel, and the company-level signal NCOs mentored into their own shops. The NCOER evidence is readiness rates, establishment times, inspection grades, and section Soldiers developed, all with denominators the S6 can confirm.
DA Form 2166-9-2 brings the four-box scale and ¶3-11a’s tier tests. Signal work is unusually measurable, uptime, establishment time, inspection ratings, so a battalion signal NCO’s report should read like the section’s own metrics board, not like adjectives.
// 02Tier calibration for a 25U battalion signal section NCO
At section scope: reliable command post communications and clean COMSEC is Met (¶3-11a(2)); establishment times and readiness that climbed under this NCO’s systems is Exceeded (¶3-11a(3)); peer-best inspection results or section-built procedures adopted across the formation argue Far Exceeded (¶3-11a(4)). Full text in the tier explainer.
// 03Met-tier SSG 25U bullets
Met: ¶3-11a(2) · Achieves
o led a 5-Soldier signal section for a battalion command post; communications established on all 4 exercises, availability above 95%
Why this reads as Met: the command post talked, every time, all year. That is the section’s assigned standard achieved and maintained per ¶3-11a(2), recorded with the rate that proves it.
Met: ¶3-11a(2) · Leads
o managed battalion COMSEC custodian duties across 6 accounts; zero findings on the annual command inspection, no compromises
Why this reads as Met: a clean battalion-scale COMSEC year is the standard enforced for everyone in his charge. Zero-defect programs live at Met until a peer comparison or institutional change moves them.
// 04Exceeded-tier SSG 25U bullets
Exceeded: ¶3-11a(3) · Achieves
o cut command post establishment from 90 to 35 minutes across 3 exercises with load set templates and a rehearsed crew drill
Why this reads as Exceeded: a repeated, timed delta on the task the commander feels first at every jump, with the mechanism named. Three successive exercises supplies the often of ¶3-11a(3); the minutes supply the impact.
Exceeded: ¶3-11a(3) · Develops
o mentored 5 signal NCOs through monthly sessions he initiated; all 6 companies passed command inspection first-time, up from 3
Why this reads as Exceeded: unassigned mentorship across the battalion’s companies, with the pass rate doubled at an external gate. The 3-to-6 delta belongs to this NCO’s initiative, and the inspection record proves it.
// 05Far Exceeded-tier SSG 25U bullets
Far Exceeded: ¶3-11a(4) · Achieves
o earned top signal readiness rating of 4 battalions at the brigade exercise; establishment drill published as brigade standard
Why this reads as Far Exceeded: peer-best across battalions with the denominator shown, and the drill promoted to brigade standard. Best of the upper third plus an enduring artifact is ¶3-11a(4) satisfied twice over.
Far Exceeded: ¶3-11a(4) · Develops
o built the battalion signal certification program; 40 Soldiers certified, 2 of his section won boards, 1 selected for instructor duty
Why this reads as Far Exceeded: an institution that certifies the formation plus named advancement for his own Soldiers. The leadership multiplier and the enduring effect are both present, which is what separates (4) from a busy (3).
// 06Common mistakes on SSG 25U NCOERs
Uptime claimed without a denominator. “Maintained comms” is a shrug. “95% availability across 4 exercises, best of 4 battalions at the brigade exercise” is a case. Signal produces numbers; the report should use them.
The section invisible behind the systems. A battalion signal NCO who only writes about equipment concedes the leadership half of the form. The section’s certifications, boards, and growth are half the evidence.
COMSEC written as routine. A zero-finding COMSEC year at battalion scale is a maintained system under real inspection pressure. One clause naming the inspection and the six accounts turns routine into proof.
// 07The 25U bullet BulletForge will not write
Feed the generator a thin battalion signal section NCO 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 S6’s right hand, network never goes down, irreplaceable” · requested tier: Far Exceeded
What BulletForge answers instead of writing it
This input does not support FAR EXCEEDED. “Never goes down” is an availability number waiting to be written, so write it, with the exercise count and the peer standing. What inspection rating, against how many battalions? What did brigade adopt? Which Soldiers advanced under this NCO? Give one ¶3-11a(4) marker or take the honest tier; the refusal burns nothing.
// 08Related 25U and SSG pages
- SGT 25U signal support NCO examples
- SFC 25U senior signal NCO examples
- SSG 25B Information Technology Specialist bullets
- SSG NCOER bullets across all MOSs (the rank guide)
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