R 061814Z JAN 10 SUBJ: ALCGRSV 002/10 - PY10 RESERVE COMPONENT (RC) CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER (CWO) APPOINTMENT BOARD TIMELINES A. SCHEDULE OF OFFICER PERSONNEL BOARDS AND PANELS, COMDTINST 1401.5AE B. CG PERSONNEL MANUAL, COMDTINST M1000.6A C. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 121242Z OCT 07/ALCOAST 481/07 D. COMCOGARD PERSCOM ARLINGTON VA 231503Z OCT 07/ALCGRSV 050/07 E. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 151826Z OCT 07/ALCOAST 489/07 F. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 162345Z JUL 09/ALCOAST 409/09 G. RESERVE POLICY MANUAL, COMDTINST M1001.28A 1. THIS MESSAGE ANNOUNCES THE SCHEDULE AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PY10 RESERVE CWO APPOINTMENT BOARD. PER REF A, THE RESERVE CWO APPOINTMENT BOARD WILL CONVENE ON 12 APRIL 2010. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE REFERENCES ABOVE, DEADLINE REQUIREMENTS LISTED BELOW, AND DIRECT ACCESS GUIDANCE PROVIDED. DUE TO THE LIMITED RESERVE DRILL PERIODS, APPLICANTS ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BELOW TIMELINE AND START PREPARING THEIR CANDIDATE RESUME AND OER INPUT NOW IN ANTICIPATION OF THE DEADLINES IN PAR. 10.C. 2. APPOINTMENT PATHS FOR CWO SPECIALTIES LISTED IN ART. 1.D.4.A OF REF B ARE OBSOLETE. THE FOLLOWING IS THE NORMAL PATH FOR RESERVE ENLISTED RATINGS TO CWO SPECIALTIES: ENLISTED RATING CWO SPECIALTY BM BOATSWAIN (BOSN) ET ELECTRONICS (ELC) EM/MK NAVAL ENGINEERING (ENG) FS/SK FINANCE AND SUPPLY (F AND S) IV (NOTE 1) CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR (INV) IT INFORMATION SYSTEMS MGMT (ISM) IS INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS SPECIALIST (ISS) DC MATERIAL MAINTENANCE (MAT) HS MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (MED) MST (NOTE 2 AND 3) MARINE SAFETY SPECIALIST DECK (MSSD) DC/EM/MK (NOTE 3) MARINE SAFETY SPECIALIST ENG (MSSE) OS OPERATIONS SYSTEM SPECIALIST (OSS) YN PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION (PERS) GM WEAPONS (WEPS) ME MARITIME LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY SPECIALIST (MLES) (NOTE 1) IV APPLYING TO THE INV SPECIALTY SHALL FOLLOW THE DEADLINES LISTED BELOW AND THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS LISTED IN ART. 1.D.15 OF REF B. (NOTE 2) IAW REF C AND D, THE BM AND GM RATINGS ARE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FEEDER RATINGS INTO THE MARINE SAFETY PROGRAM. (NOTE 3) IAW REF E THE REQUIREMENT OF NORMAL COLOR PERCEPTION HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR APPLICANTS TO THE MSSD AND MSSE SPECIALTIES. 3. MEMBERS WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED TO COMPETE FOR ONE SPECIALTY THIS APPOINTMENT CYCLE. THE SCOPE OF WARRANT SPECIALTIES LISTED IN ART. 1.D.13 OF REF B IS OBSOLETE. THE SCOPE OF RESERVE WARRANT SPECIALTIES IS POSTED AT CG PSC-RPM WEBPAGE, CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER SECTION, PY10 CWO APPOINTMENT BOARD: HTTP://WWW.USCG.MIL/PSC/RPM/CWO/. 4. APPLICANTS MUST MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF REF B, ART. 1.D.2 EXCEPT THE SEA DUTY REQUIREMENT. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: A. AS OF 1 JUN 10 OR DATE OF WARRANT APPOINTMENT, WHICHEVER COMES LATER, BE NO OLDER THAN 58 YEARS OF AGE, AND HAVE LESS THAN 28 YEARS OF SERVICE. NOTE: YEARS OF SERVICE IS BASED UPON A MEMBER'S PAY BASE DATE AS REFLECTED ON BLOCK 3 OF A MEMBER'S LEAVE AND EARNINGS STATEMENT, FORM CG-5209, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH THE NUMBER OF YEARS ELIGIBLE FOR RESERVE RETIREMENT. B. THE RESERVE COMPONENT DOES NOT UTILIZE A PRE-SCORING SYSTEM FOR CANDIDATES. PERSONNEL DATA EXTRACTS (PDE) AND A PRE-BOARD ELIGIBILITY LIST WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE. C. APPLICANTS MUST AGREE TO TRANSFER TO A VACANT, OR PROJECTED VACANT RC CWO POSITION FOR A MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS FROM THE APPOINTMENT EFFECTIVE DATE. SELECTEES WHO FAIL TO COMPLETE THE INITIAL TWO-YEAR SELRES CWO ASSIGNMENT COMMITMENT SHALL BE ASSIGNED TO THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE (IRR) FOR THE BALANCE OF THEIR INITIAL TWO-YEAR COMMITMENT. RC CWOS WHO COMPLETE THEIR INITIAL TWO-YEAR COMMITMENT WHILE ASSIGNED TO THE IRR MAY RECOMPETE DURING THE NEXT ASSIGNMENT YEAR (AY) FOR VACANT SELRES CWO POSITIONS ON THE PERSONNEL ALLOWANCE LIST (PAL). 5. SINCE APPOINTMENT IS BASED UPON SELRES CWO PAL VACANCIES, MEMBERS MUST BE IN THE READY RESERVE (SELRES/IRR) ON THE DATE OF APPOINTMENT. MEMBERS ON TITLE 10, ACTIVE DUTY FOR OPERATIONAL SUPPORT (ADOS), OR EXTENDED ACTIVE DUTY(EAD) MUST BE RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT. AS DISCUSSED IN PAR. 4C, APPOINTEES MUST SERVE IN THE ASSIGNED SELRES CWO POSITION FOR A MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS BEFORE PURSUING VOLUNTARY ACTIVE DUTY OF ANY SORT (TITLE 10, ADOS, OR EAD OPPORTUNITIES) OTHER THAN AT THE MEMBER'S SELRES UNIT. 6. SELECTEES WHO DECLINE APPOINTMENT AND FOLLOW-ON ASSIGNMENT TO A POSITION LOCATED WITHIN THEIR REASONABLE COMMUTING DISTANCE (RCD) AS DEFINED IN ART. 5.A.2.A.4 OF REF G, WILL BE INELIGIBILE TO RE-APPLY FOR APPOINTMENT UNTIL THE PY12 WARRANT OFFICER APPOINTMENT BOARD. 7. SELECTEES WHO DECLINE APPOINTMENT AND FOLLOW ON ASSIGNMENT TO A POSITION LOCATED OUTSIDE THEIR RCD, AS DEFINED IN ART. 5.A.2.A.4 OF REF G, WILL NOT INCUR A PERIOD OF INELIGIBILITY, AND MAY COMPETE IN THE PY11 WARRANT OFFICER APPOINTMENT CYCLE. 8. SELECTEES WHO AGREE TO AN APPOINTMENT AND FOLLOW-ON ASSIGNMENT TO A POSITION LOCATED OUTSIDE THEIR RCD AND FAIL TO REPORT AS ORDERED, SHALL INCUR A 2-YEAR PERIOD OF INELIGIBILITY TO RE-APPY FOR APPOINTMENT, AND SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY ASSIGNED TO IRR STATUS. 9. APPLICANT AND CO ENDORSEMENT: PLEASE FOLLOW THE GUIDANCE AVAILABLE AT CG PSC-RPM WEBPAGE CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER SECTION, PY10 CWO APPOINTMENT BOARD: HTTP://WWW.USCG.MIL/PSC/RPM/CWO/. 10. THE FOLLOWING DEADLINES (BY COB ON DATES LISTED) APPLY: A. 01 FEB 10: RC CWO VACANT POSITIONS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT AT CG PSC-RPM WEBPAGE, CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER SECTION, PY10 CWO APPOINTMENT BOARD: HTTP://WWW.USCG.MIL/PSC/RPM/CWO/. IMPORTANT NOTE: IF THERE ARE NO VACANT POSITIONS IN YOUR PROSPECTIVE RESERVE CWO SPECIALTY THEN YOUR CWO SPECIALTY WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED BY THE PY10 CWO APPOINTMENT BOARD, SINCE APPOINTMENTS ARE CONSIDERED BASED UPON PROJECTED VACANCIES. IF THERE ARE NO VACANT POSITIONS IN YOUR PROSPECTIVE CWO SPECIALTY, DO NOT CONTINUE WITH THE PY10 CWO APPOINTMENT APPLICATION PROCESS. B. 22 MAR 10: DEADLINE FOR APPLICANTS TO HAVE COMPLETED ALL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS PER REF B, INCLUDING APPLICANT'S E-RESUME, COMMAND'S E-INTERVIEW. APPLICANTS REGULARLY SCHEDULED 2009 ENLISTED EMPLOYEE REVIEW (EER) MUST ALSO BE FINALIZED IN DIRECT ACCESS. C. 29 MAR 10: DEADLINE FOR RECOMMENDATION FILE (OER), CANDIDATES MEMORANDUM RESUME, AND OPTIONAL RESERVE RESUME FORM CG-5481 TO ARRIVE AT CG PSC-RPM. DOCUMENTS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED BY SCANNED EMAIL ATTACHMENT TO THE FOL CG PSC-RPM DISTRIBUTION LIST ARL-PF- CGPSC-RPM-QUERY(AT)USCG.MIL. D. 12 APR 10: APPOINTMENT BOARD HELD AT CG PSC. E. OOA 12 MAY 10: APPOINTMENT BOARD RESULTS ANNOUNCED BY ALCGPSC MESSAGE. 11. IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN FAIRNESS TO ALL APPLICANTS IN THIS HIGHLY COMPETITIVE PROCESS, THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THE PUBLISHED DEADLINES. THE APPLICANT BEARS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR DETECTING ERRORS, AND THE COMMAND BEARS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CORRECTING ERRORS AND FORWARDING TIMELY, PROPERLY ENDORSED APPLICATIONS. 12. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REVIEW THEIR CG PSC PDR TO ENSURE COMPLETENESS PRIOR TO THE BOARD CONVENING DATE. CONSULT THE CG PSC- PSD-MR RECORDS BRANCH WEBSITE AT: HTTP://WWW.USCG.MIL/PSC/ADM/ADM3/. 13. APPLICANTS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO ENSURE THAT THEIR MEMBER INFORMATION IS CORRECT (PHONE, EMAIL, ADDRESS) IN THE DIRECT ACCESS MENU HOME - SELF SERVICE - EMPLOYEE TASKS. 14. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE RESERVE CWO APPOINTMENT BOARD PROCESS SHOULD BE SENT BY EMAIL TO ARL-PF-CGPSC-RPM-QUERY(AT) USCG.MIL TO HELP ENSURE THAT INQUIRIES ARE RESPONDED TO IN A TIMELY MANNER ENSURE THE SUBJECT LINE READS PY10 RESERVE CWO APPOINTMENT BOARD. 15. RC CWO APPOINTMENT BOARD COORDINATOR: CWO PAM THOMPSON-YANCEY, (202)493-1762. 16. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.