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Officer’s Statement
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The OS is a one page document which provides officers the opportunity to summarize: |
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- Their support of Corps activities
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Their commitment to visibility as an officer
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Their vision and expectations
of a career in the Corps and the Corps mission
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| The OS should be written using succinct bullet statements, and using proper grammar and spelling. It is essential that the bullets describe not just what organization officer’s are members of, but what they have contributed to those committees or groups. Board members like to see accomplishments and impact, not just job descriptions. The software used for word processing such as Microsoft Word, Corel Word Perfect, etc. typically store data using various characters and a different format than the OS form. Therefore, it is recommended that officers use text processing software like Microsoft Notepad, Microsoft Wordpad, etc., or that the officer save the document as an ASCII text file when completing the text of the OS. This will allow the officer to edit and save the document while working on it. Once complete, the text can be copied and pasted into the current year’s OS form.
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After reading the instructions and completing the OS form, officers shall print,
sign and fax the OS form to OCCO using the eOPF fax lines (301-480-1407 or 301-480-1436)
no later than the due date on the
Promotion Checklist. It is the sole responsibility of the officer to
accomplish this. Officers are encouraged to print a copy of the fax verification
indicating the document was faxed by the deadline in order to ensure availability
to the Promotion Board.
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Only the
current year’s OS Form
will be accepted for promotion consideration and for inclusion in the eOPF.
NO OTHER VERSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Once the document is submitted it will be indexed, dated and filed in the officer’s
eOPF. The document will be assigned an arbitrary date, regardless of when it is
submitted. Please don’t be concerned with the document date in the eOPF; the date
is for internal use only and will not be seen by the promotion board members. The
promotion board will only have access to the
current year’s OS; they will not see any other OS submitted
from previous years. Therefore, an officer
must submit a new OS every year the officer is eligible for
permanent or temporary grade promotion. The OS will be placed in the blue
section of the eOPF.
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