Based on interviews with hundreds of naval professionals, and written by a naval officer who has taught English at two service academies, this handbook is the only writing guide geared to the specific needs of the naval services. Since 1990 Navy and Marine Corps personnel have relied on its sound, practical advice on all aspects of their varied writing assignments, from fitness reports to JAGMAN investigations. This new update is in response to the most important change in naval writing to occur in decades—the new Navy Evaluation System. After consulting with experts throughout the fleet and ashore, Robert Shenk devotes an entire chapter to performance evaluations. It includes detailed guidance on how to write the new evaluations, a thorough comparison of the old and new systems, and numerous completed examples.

The remainder of the book has also been fully updated with new guidance and examples of promotion letters to selection boards, E-mail, point papers in the new OPNAV format, and documents on the new Command Investigations, among many other subjects. While continuing to promote the use of plain English throughout, the text also presents useful tips on revising and editing and offers ready references on punctuation, capitalization, and the use of numbers and standard naval abbreviations. A section on oral presentations is included, which includes new up-to-date guidance about briefing in OPNAV.

Such a comprehensive, up-to-date guide will prove useful to everyone connected with the Navy and Marine Corps—civil servants, private contractors, and senior enlisted personnel, as well as officers.

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