Front: Parts I-IV

• 1). Acquire a DA form 67-9 from http://www.army.mil/usapa/. Open the web page, go down to "EForms," and click on "DA Form." You are looking for the link "DA 0001 thru DA 1299;" click on it, then scroll down to find the 67-9. Forms are in numerical order.
  
  
• 2). Fill in Part I at the top of the form with the rated officer's personal information. Part II consists of rater, interim rater, and senior rater information, and Part III is the rated officer's duty description.You can use the officer's previously filled out OER Support Form (DA 67-9-1) to obtain all of this information.
  
  
• 3). Part IVa. asks the rater to decide whether the rated officer is a reflection of the Army values. The rater can check either "Yes" or "No" for this section. Values include characteristics like honor, integrity, and loyalty, among others.
  
  
• 4). Part IVb. asks the rater to judge whether or not the rated officer possesses leader attributes. These are checked "Yes" or "No," and examples include mental attributes, interpersonal skills and planning skills.
  
  
• 5). Part IVc. is the rated officer's Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) score, her height, and her body weight. Part IVd. asks for a "Yes" or "No" answer about whether the four required face-to-face counselings were conducted throughout the year.
  
  

Back: Parts V-VII

• 1). Part Va. asks the rater to evaluate the rated officer's performance for the year. Choices are pre-written and the rater places an X in the box indicating which rating he chooses. Choices range from "Outstanding Performance-Must Promote" to "Unsatisfactory Performance-Do Not Promote." There is also a choice for "Other" that requires an explanation.
  
  
• 2). Part Vb. requires the rater to comment on specific aspects of the rated officer's performance. To answer this, the rater must refer to Part III on the front of the OER that he is filling out, and he must also refer to Parts IVa, IVb., and Part Vb from the rated officer's OER Support Form. The idea of this section is to capture the rater's opinion about the rated officer's overall performance, and it is answered in essay form.
  
  
• 3). Part Vb. asks the rater to comment on the rated officer's potential for promotion. Part Vc. asks for the rater to point out any unique characteristics the rated officer brings to the Army. Both parts are answered in essay form.
  
  
• 4). Part VI is the intermediate rater's comments. The intermediate rater can write a detailed comment, or she can agree briefly with the rater and pass the OER to the senior rater.
  
  
• 5). Part VII is the senior rater portion of the OER. The senior rater will read what the rater and intermediate rater have written. Once the senior rater has read the rater's evaluation, the senior rater checks boxes indicating the rated officer is either "Best Qualified," "Fully Qualified" or "Do Not Promote." The next boxes range from "Above Center Mass" to "Below Center Mass-Do Not Retain" (meaning, kick the officer out of the Army).
  
  
• 6). Finally, the senior rater uses the rater's evaluation to make comments on the officer's potential. The senior rater also indicates the three jobs he thinks this officer will do well in once he is promoted.
  
  
• 7). Once the OER has been filled out by the senior rater, he signs it and passes it to the intermediate rater to sign. Then she passes it to the rater, who signs. And lastly, it is passed to the rated officer, who may read it and sign it. The OER is then finalized and submitted to the officer's records.