Some airmen are clamoring for a look at the new enlisted performance report form, but Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Cody said it's not yet ready.

The Air Force has caught flak from some online commenters, including former officer Tony Carr on his popular John Q. Public blog, for not releasing the new EPR form 910 -- which covers airmen basic through technical sergeant -- to all airmen. At the same time, Air Force leaders have shown images of one of the new forms at a traveling roadshow that tells airmen about the overhaul of the enlisted evaluation and promotion system. But those screenshots don't tell the whole story, Cody said In his latest "ChiefChat" video posted online Thursday. changes ok?mh//sl yes

In his latest "ChiefChat" video posted online Thursday, Cody said the new EPR will be an interactive "smart" form with drop-down menus that alter other parts of the form. Screenshots shown at the roadshow briefings are not interactive.  and that The Air Force is still finishing up the scripts to program the PDF, Cody said that the Air Force has been showing screenshots of the EPR at roadshow briefings, but those non-interactive screenshots don't tell the whole story. changes ok?mh//sl yes

The Chief Chat?mh//sl yes  video scrolls over a still image of the new senior noncommissioned officer EPR Form 911, dated July 1, as Cody speaks spoke.

Cody said he understands why airmen are curious to see the form, but cautioned them to temper their expectations.

"It's really going to be less exciting than I think everybody wants to be excited about," Cody said. "It is a form. Just saying that out loud makes it less exciting, doesn't it? I can understand the anxiety ... but about 30 seconds after you see it, you'll be over that."

Cody said the Air Force will likely have to make additional changes to the form after it is released to the field.

A version of the Form 910 – which covers airmen basic through technical sergeant – surfaced online in June, but Cody said that is an out-of-date draft from two years ago.

And in response to an airman who was concerned that supervisors would still dock airmen on their performance evaluations for not "lead[ing] at least three bake sales," Cody said the new form will show supervisors that airmen should primarily be evaluated based on how well they do their job, and not on their volunteer activities. He said the new form will have eight lines focusing on primary duty performance versus two lines focusing on the "Whole Person concept."

"I'm not sure that a bake sale will measure up to use one of those two lines," Cody said. "It may, I don't know."

But he also urged airmen to be genuine in their criticisms that the previous evaluation system overemphasized of the previous focus on volunteering. changes ok?mh//sl yes

"Do we really believe that's been the case?" Cody said. "That if you didn't do three bake sales, that your performance wasn't going to be documented accurately?"

Cody also said that when they started working on the new enlisted performance system, Air Force leaders consulted with PhDs and other experts on personnel systems, as well as with junior airmen through senior officers to get a variety of perspectives.

Stephen Losey is the air warfare reporter for Defense News. He previously covered leadership and personnel issues at Air Force Times, and the Pentagon, special operations and air warfare at Military.com. He has traveled to the Middle East to cover U.S. Air Force operations.

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