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COMDTNOTE 1430
SUBJ: REVISED GUNNERS MATE (GM) ENLISTED PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATIONS
A. PERSONNEL MANUAL, COMDTINST M1000.6 (SERIES)
1. THIS MESSAGE ANNOUNCES A REVISED SET OF GM ENLISTED PERFORMANCE
QUALIFICATIONS (EPQ). ALL GM PERSONNEL ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN USING
THE NEW EPQ FORM CG-3303C-GM (REV 03-2010) AS IT ACCURATELY REFLECTS
CURRENT OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. THE NEW EPQ (REV 03-2010) IS
REQUIRED FOR ADVANCEMENT COMPETITION STARTING WITH THE MAY 2011
ACTIVE DUTY AND OCT 2011 RESERVE SERVICE-WIDE EXAM CYCLES.
2. THE EPQS ARE AVAILABLE VIA THE CG LEARNING PORTAL WEBSITE,
HTTPS://LEARNING.USCG.MIL. IAW REF A, THE EPQ RECORD (FORM CG-3303C-
GM) SERVES AS THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENT FOR ANNOTATING COMPLETION OF
ENLISTED QUALIFICATIONS FOR ADVANCEMENT ELIGIBILITY. SUPERVISORS AND
DESIGNATED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COACHES (PDC) MAY TRANSFER
SIGNATURES FROM THE OLDER EPQ EDITION (REV 11-2009) TO THE CURRENT
EPQ EDITION (REV 03-2010) WHEN THEY DIRECTLY CROSS-REFERENCE.
3. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT EPQS AND RATING COURSES ARE
CONNECTED AND DESIGNED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER PRIOR TO THE
STUDENT TAKING AN END OF COURSE TEST (EOCT). NEW GM COURSES ARE
PRESENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT AND WILL BE ANNOUNCED WHEN THEY BECOME
AVAILABLE.
4. GM CREED. THE GM CREED IS APPENDED TO THE REVISED EPQ FORM. IT
WAS DEVELOPED BY AND FOR THE GM COMMUNITY. WHILE COAST GUARD CORE
VALUES CAPTURE THE INDIVIDUAL VIRTUES DESIRED OF ALL COAST GUARD
PERSONNEL, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES CONTAINED WITHIN THE CREED APPLY
SPECIFICALLY TO THE GM RATING. THE GM CREED DESCRIBES THE CULTURE,
NORMS, AND DUTY ON WHICH A GM BASES THEIR PRACTICES. THE CREED
PROVIDES A BENCHMARK BY WHICH A GM CAN GAUGE HIS OR HER OWN
PROFESSIONALISM. GM PERSONNEL ARE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE A PERSONAL
COMMITMENT TO UPHOLD THE CREED.
5. QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NEW GM EPQ MAY BE ADDRESSED TO THE GM
RATING FORCE MASTER CHIEF, GMCM ANDY MUNOZ, (202)372-2295. QUESTIONS
REGARDING COURSE MATERIALS MAY BE ADDRESSED TO THE GM RATING
TRAINING MASTER CHIEF, GMCM TIM WALLACE, AT (757) 856-2439.
6. RELEASED BY RADM TIM SULLIVAN, COMMANDER, FORCE READINESS COMMAND.
7. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.
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