It takes a village...

to write a FITREP (Fitness Report, an officer evaluation). I ran my FITREP by my wisest active duty LCDR here. FITREPs need to stand out for a board somewhere in the future. He is a fan of the opening impact statement, a break (gap) then bulletized attributes that are preceded by that bullet's characteristic in ALL CAPS. The final bulleted point ends with another break and a closing impact statement. Other parties supported the paragraph format in order to maximize the allotted space of 19 lines. The LCDR's point is that the board needs signposts when they get to the point of briefing you to the group, or in the case of splitting hairs on a promotion decision. As always, the FITREP is a distinctly memorable Navy process. You know you are "getting short" when you submit your FITREP.