Alleged errors, injustices, and illegalities in a rated Soldier’s evaluation report may be brought to the commander’s or commandant’s attention by the rated Soldier or anyone authorized access to the report (see para 1–11).
a.
The primary purpose of a Commander’s or Commandant’s Inquiry is to provide a greater degree of command involvement in preventing obvious injustices to the rated Soldier and correcting errors before they become a matter of permanent record.
b.
A secondary purpose is to obtain command involvement in clarifying errors or injustices after the evaluation is accepted at HQDA.
However, in these after-the-fact cases, this paragraph is not intended to be a substitute for the appeals process, which is the primary means of addressing errors and injustices after they have become a matter of permanent record (see para 3–37 for restrictions on modifications to previously submitted evaluations already accepted by HQDA).
c.
The provisions of AR 15–6 do not normally apply to inquiries of this type.
However, the commander or commandant may determine that the provisions of AR 15–6 apply in specific instances.
Referenced Paragraphs
1–11. Commander’s or Commandant’s Inquiry
During the evaluation process or after it has been completed, when a commander or commandant discovers that an evaluation report rendered by a subordinate or a subordinate command may be illegal, unjust, or otherwise in violation of this regulation, her or she will conduct an inquiry into the matter.
The definition of a rendered evaluation report is one that is authenticated by all designated rating officials with a senior rater’s intent to present the final evaluation report to the rated Soldier for authentication, or apply the appropriate statement in the absence or inability for the rated Soldier to authenticate.
The Commander’s or Commandant’s Inquiry will be confined to matters related to the clarity of the evaluation report, the facts contained in the evaluation report, the compliance of the evaluation with policy and procedures established by HQDA, and the conduct of the rated Soldier and members of the rating chain.
The official does not have the authority to direct that an evaluation report be changed; command influence may not be used to alter the accurate evaluation of a rated Soldier by a rating official that was made in good faith.
The procedures used by the commander or commandant to process such an inquiry are described in chapter 4.
3–37. Modifications to previously submitted evaluation reports
Modifications to previously submitted evaluation reports already accepted by HQDA are restricted and governed by the policies and procedures established within the Evaluation Report Redress Program and applicable appeals processes.