@asiegel12, I’ll second @brock.j.young on this one. As I approached BOLC graduation I had the same question in mind, and decided just to type a nice MFR type letter to my Battalion Commander (Senior Rater) thru my Company Commander as an introduction, using the AR 25-50 writing bible as my guide. Their response was, in short, that they certainly…[Read more]

@asiegel12,
The fact you are even asking the question puts you about 75% farther ahead than any of your peers. Doing ANYTHING, whether it be a formatted letter, memo, or email, would put you 80% ahead of your peers. While I agree with Chad that formatting a letter to AR 25-50 standards will go a long way to showing your incoming CoC you are a…[Read more]