U.S. Coast Guard Personnel Service Center Gunners Mate Assignments CWO Douglas Winstein, Assignment Officer Phone: (202)493-1265 FAX: (202)493-1269 E-Mail: Douglas.L.Winstein(at)uscg.mil

Assignment Officer Hot Word:
Updated 5/10/12

GM Career Pyramid

*AY13*

I am available for career counseling now.  Please following the AY13 timeline below.

AY13 timeline:

Dates below should remain firm, but any changes will be published on Refs (C) and (D) and announced in subsequent ALCGENL AY13 SITREPS.
A. Standard Assignment Timeline:
01 May - 31 Aug: Commands/Assignment Officers (AOs) conduct PAL
validation.
01 May - 31 Aug: Members contact AOs for career counseling and
mentoring.
14 May - 10 Aug: Command visits.
17 Aug: Command concerns due.
17 Sep - 01 Oct: Shopping list published/commands validate
shopping list.
09 Nov: e-Resumes due.
12 Nov 2012 - 31 Mar 2013: AOs slate members and issue orders.
B. EPM will publish alternate timelines and early afloat solicitations for specific ratings and detached duty assignments as necessary. Refer to rating-specific SITREPS for additional guidance and deadlines.
 

I have issued all orders for AY12.  If you were expecting orders and didn't receive any, contact me ASAP.  This will bring my AO duties pretty much to a close.  I will remain the GM AO until I report in to NESU Portsmouth 1 AUG 12.  It has been a please to be your AO and meeting most of you personally and talking to the remainder of you via phone.  This was one of the more rewarding tours in my career.  Thank you.  Gunner Rick Ward will be the new AO and reports in the later part of July.

On target and Tracking with GM AO is up and running over at Fred's Place/ Military.com discussion board.