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Navy/Marine FITREP examples
A FITREP (Fitness Report) is how the Navy and Marine Corps formally evaluate their people, though coverage differs by service and paygrade.
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From weak to strong.
The same accomplishment, written twice. The difference is almost always a strong verb, a real number and a stated result.
Helped with various division tasks and was part of the inspection team, which went fine.
'Helped' and 'various' with no metric or scope — this could describe almost any Sailor on almost any day.
Led a 14-Sailor Engineering division through INSURV workups. Rebuilt the preventive-maintenance schedule across the department's three divisions and cut open discrepancies 40% in 90 days. Achieved the ship's first zero-discrepancy INSURV trial in six years and earned a recommendation for accelerated advancement.
Specific event, specific division, a clear before/after number, and a result tied directly to the promotion recommendation.
How to write it
A repeatable structure.
- 1 Lead with the action
The specific thing you did, not your job title or a general duty description.
- 2 Attach a metric to the impact
A number, a rate, a time saved, wherever the work produced one.
- 3 Show the scope
How many Sailors or Marines, divisions, or systems the work touched.
- 4 Tie it to the promotion recommendation
The strongest bullet should support the reporting senior's overall assessment, not just describe activity.
Tips
- Front-load your strongest, most specific bullet — reporting seniors and boards skim.
- Match the language to the trait block you are writing under (for example, Professional Expertise vs. Teamwork).
- Don't bury a great accomplishment in the middle of a paragraph — one accomplishment per bullet.
What it is, and who writes it.
What it is
A FITREP (Fitness Report) is how the Navy and Marine Corps formally evaluate their people, though coverage differs by service and paygrade. Navy FITREPs cover officers — Navy Chiefs (E-7 through E-9) instead receive a separate ChiefEval, and more junior Sailors typically get an Evaluation Report (Eval). Marine Corps FITREPs cover a wider band: officers and enlisted Marines from Sergeant (E-5) and above. Reporting seniors write narrative comments against a set of performance traits and attach an overall promotion recommendation, and boards lean heavily on that language — a report full of generic praise reads as weaker than one with specific, bounded accomplishments.
Who writes it
Your reporting senior (usually your commanding officer or department head) writes it about you, on a periodic cycle — typically annually, plus at events like a change of reporting senior or your detachment from the command.
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Common questions.
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What's the difference between a FITREP and an Eval?
Same underlying purpose — a periodic performance report — but coverage differs by service and paygrade: Navy FITREPs cover officers only (Chiefs get a separate ChiefEval, and more junior Sailors get an Eval), while Marine Corps FITREPs extend down to enlisted Marines at Sergeant (E-5) and above. The bullet-writing principles are the same either way.
Who actually writes the narrative — me or my reporting senior?
Your reporting senior signs and owns it, but most Sailors and Marines draft bullets themselves and hand them up as source material. A specific, well-written draft usually survives close to as-written.
How often do I get a FITREP?
Typically annually, plus at trigger events like a change of reporting senior, your own detachment, or the command's decommissioning — check your service's current instruction for the exact cycle.
Will this tool write or submit my official FITREP?
No — it helps you draft and grade bullet language. The official report still goes through your reporting senior and your service's evaluation system.
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