Adjectives for Awards & NCOERs

Below is a list of positive adjectives that may be used to describe your troop's performance in NCOERs and award submissions. Adjectives should be chosen carefully. There's never enough room to say everything that we want to say about our troops' performance so it's important to make the best use of the limited space and make every word count. For example if you wrote that a person was, "the epitome of efficiency and effectiveness", although it sounds nice, those two words mean roughly the same thing. You could have used another word that more completely described the person's character such as "dependable and efficient".


able
above average
acclaimed
accomplished
active
adaptable
adept
admirable
advanced
advancing
aggressive
agile
alert
ambitious
analytical
arduous
articulate
assured
astute
athletic
attentive
authoritative
aware
 
 
bold
brilliant
bright
beneficial
best
brave
bulletproof
balanced
 
 
competent
conscientious
cooperative
confident
considerate
creative
capable
consistent
critical
committed
conservative
commanding
careful
cautious
certified
courageous
compassionate
courteous
calm
commendable
contributing
 
 
determined
diligent
decisive
dedicated
dynamic
diplomatic
discreet
dependable
detail-oriented
deliberate
daring
driven
dutiful
dominating
 
 
educated
eloquent
exceptional
enabling
encouraging
essential
energetic
enthusiastic
earnest
enterprising
efficient
expert
eager
effective
experienced
energized
excellent
exemplary
 
 
flexible
fearless
facilitating
faithful
firm
fair
focused
flawless
forceful
 
 
gung-ho
genuine
goal-oriented
 
 
hard working
hard-charging
helpful
honest
honorable
 
 
industrious
innovative
independent
inventive
impartial
imaginative
impressive
intelligent
important
indispensable
inspired
involved
influential
ingenious
informed
invaluable
insatiable
inexhaustible
invested
 
 
just
judicious
 
 
key
knowledgeable
 
 
leading
logical
level-headed
learned
loyal
lasting
 
 
masterful
motivated
multi-talented
multi-skilled
meticulous
modest
mature
methodical
 
 
nimble
notable
no-nonsense
 
 
outstanding
organized
observant
orderly
 
 
punctual
proficient
prepared
productive
positive
professional
perfect
prominent
protective
proactive
proven
persuasive
practiced
perceptive
promising
polished
prudent
precise
persistent
persevering
practical
poised
peerless
praiseworthy
 
 
qualified
quick
quick-thinking
 
 
responsible
ready
rational
recognized
relentless
reliable
resourceful
remarkable
reasonable
reputable
resilient
results-oriented
resolute
 
 
skillful/skilled
superior
scrupulous
sober
supportive
self-assured
stable
steady
satisfactory
significant
self-motivated
sincere
strong
secure
self-reliant
systematic
smart
sensible
selfless
steadfast
serious
spirited
sharp
successful
self-confident
stalwart
stellar
sustaining
selected
superb
sterling
superlative
 
tactful
tested
tenacious
trained
talented
tireless
thorough
traditional
trustworthy
top
thoughtful
tough
 
 
unique
unfailing
unlimited
unparalleled
unrivaled
unmatched
unstoppable
 
 
vital
veteran
valuable
vigilant
vigorous
 
 
 
willing
well-grounded
well-rounded
watchful
wise
working
 
 
zealous



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