Originally Posted by
4Foxtrot
I care as much about detachment reports as the person who writes them - they all tend to read the same. As long as you've got one and it doesn't say you are declared NAFOD, then that's all that matters. My short-medium term memory unfortunately requires me to use mid-terms otherwise I would have nothing to write! Curse my misspent youth...
Have you tried to get the subject to write their report?
Before you flame me, it is no different from getting a student to do a self-critical debrief. Many a slip has gone unnoticed but makes it to the final report, plus of course bonus points for honesty and critical self-analysis of course.
If they subject is mostly accurate and self-critical it gives you an option of deleting some 'traits' and improving others. If, OTOH, your subject is a Walt then it also gives you a clue that some severe mentoring is in order, with or without coffee.