1. Purpose. To provide guidelines, and review forms and worksheets for the 2000 NSCC/NLCC Annual Inspection and Evaluation Report as required by reference (b).

2. Discussion. Reference (b) was distributed to all units, Regional/Associate Regional Directors, and Headquarters Representatives in February of this year. This one-time mass distribution of this report was done early in the year to ensure Regional Directors, unit commanding officers and members of the area inspection teams had ample time to familiarize themselves with the contents of this document. if you have not reviewed the report, now would be a good time to "dust-off' the report and become fiuniliar with its contents. Unit commanding officers are encouraged to conduct a pre-inspection during the last quarter of the year.

3. Action.

1. Inspection Cycle. The inspection cycle is from 1 January through 31 December 2000.
   
   
2. Inspection Schedule. Regional Directors have overall responsibility for scheduling, coordination, conducting and/or reviewing unit inspections for NSCC/NLCC units under their cognizance. Where compatible with the regional schedule, inspection teams will inspect NLCC Training Ships with their affiliate NSCC units. Designation of Associate Regional Directors to inspect NLCC Training Ships is also appropriate. ALL inspections will be scheduled between 1 January and 31 March. Regional Directors are responsible for submitting completed inspection reports to NHQ. The completed report must arrive at NHQ no later that 30 April 2001. Unit commanding officers should constantly monitor the status of their inspection/evaluation reports to further ensure they arrive at NHQ on time.
   
   
3. Inspection Teams. Regional Directors will designate inspection team members per reference (a). When possible, the same inspection team(s) should be used throughout the Directors region to provide consistency. Active duty, reserve, retired and Navy League officials may only participate as members for personnel inspections. When this procedure is used, the NSCC regional inspection team shall conduct the remaining sections of the inspection to ensure fairness in grading. Units not inspected by a regional designated inspection team will not be eligible to compete for national awards. In preparing the inspection/evaluation report, inspection team members must observe the following:
   
   
   1. Inspection team members must review and comply with Part 1 Senior Inspecting Officer Guide of reference (b).
      
      
   2. No more than 25 NSCC service records and/or 15 NLCC service records need to be inspected for Section B of Part III of the NSCC/NLCC Annual Inspection/Evaluation Report.
      
      
   3. NSCC and NLCC scores will not be combined in arriving at inspection scores.
      
   4. NSCC units with affiliate NLCC training ships that have the same officer staff will prepare a separate report for each. NLCC cadet scores will not be used in arriving at the final score for the NSCC unit.
      
      
   5. Regional Directors and Unit Commanding Officers will receive a list from NHQ of the unit attendee's at summer training and a list of the unit's participation in 5 day or more local training towards the end of the year.
      
      
   6. Those NLCC companies with less than five (5) cadets on board need not he formally inspected. However, a personnel inspection and a courtesy review of the records will be completed. Comment to be included under Part IV of the NSCC/NLCC Annual Inspection/Evaluation Report. NLCC companies with five or more cadets shall be inspected utilizing the inspection/evaluation report and the results forwarded to NHQ. NLCC companies are not eligible to compete for national standings.
      
      
4. Unit Inspection Procedures. Each unit is in receipt of reference (b). Inspections will be conducted IAW the procedures outlined in this report. In preparing for the annual inspection and preparing the report, unit commanding officers and inspection team members must observe the following:
   
   
   1. Unit commanding officers must review and comply with the "Unit Commanding Officer Instructions" in reference (b).
      
      
   2. Use Part II of reference (b) for NSCC units and Part III of reference (b) for NLCC training ships and companies.

4. Distribution of Annual Inspection/Evaluation Report. Upon completion of the inspection the Senior Inspection Officer (SIO) will forward the report to the Regional Director for comments in Part VI. If the SIO is the Regional Director this step is not necessary. After the Regional Director has completed and signed the report the following distribution should be made:

1. Make one (1) copy and forward to NHQ for processing. This is intended to prevent a unit from being penalized for failure to meet the 30 April deadline. The signature of the Committee Chairperson while desired is not required for NHQ to process the report. If the Committee Chairperson is readily available this step will not be necessary.
   
   
2. Forward the report to the NSCC Committee Chairperson for review, comments and endorsement. The signature of the council president is acceptable. The council shall return the report to NHQ with the completed Audit Report. The Audit Report must be completed in order for the unit to be eligible for National Awards. If the sponsoring organization does not provide monetary support to the unit, the Audit Report should be annotated appropriately and forwarded with the Inspection Report. The Regional Director shall make all attempts to ensure the report is forwarded to NHQ prior to the deadline.