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COMDTNOTE 1430
SUBJ: REVISED INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST (IS) ENLISTED PERFORMANCE
QUALIFICATIONS
A. PERSONNEL MANUAL, COMDTINST M1000.6 (SERIES)
1. THIS MESSAGE ANNOUNCES A REVISED SET OF INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST
(IS) ENLISTED PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATIONS (EPQ). ALL (IS) PERSONNEL
ARE ENCOURAGED TO BEGIN USING THE NEW EPQ FORM CG-3303C-IS (REV
06-2010) AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE BECAUSE IT ACCURATELY REFLECTS
CURRENT OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENTS. THE NEW EPQ FORM (REV 06-2010)
WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ADVANCEMENT COMPETITION STARTING WITH THE NOV
2011 ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE-WIDE EXAM CYCLE.
2. THE EPQS ARE AVAILABLE VIA THE CG LEARNING PORTAL WEBSITE,
HTTPS://LEARNING.USCG.MIL. IAW REF A, THE EPQ RECORD (FORM
CG-3303C-IS) 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 (IS) COURSES ARE PRESENTLY IN
DEVELOPMENT AND WILL BE ANNOUNCED WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.
4. (IS) GUIDING PRINCIPLES. THE (IS) GUIDING PRINCIPLES ARE APPENDED
TO THE REVISED EPQ FORM. IT WAS DEVELOPED BY AND FOR THE (IS)
COMMUNITY. WHILE COAST GUARD CORE VALUES CAPTURE THE INDIVIDUAL
VIRTUES DESIRED OF ALL COAST GUARD PERSONNEL, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES
CONTAINED WITHIN THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES APPLY SPECIFICALLY TO THE
(IS) RATING. THE (IS) GUIDING PRINCIPLES DESCRIBES THE CULTURE,
NORMS, AND DUTY ON WHICH INTELLIGENCE SPECIALISTS BASE THEIR
PRACTICES. THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES PROVIDES A BENCHMARK BY WHICH AN
(IS) CAN GAUGE HIS OR HER OWN PROFESSIONALISM. (IS) PERSONNEL ARE
ENCOURAGED TO MAKE A PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO UPHOLD THESE GUIDING
PRINCIPLES.
5. QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NEW (IS) EPQ MAY BE ADDRESSED TO THE (IS)
RATING FORCE MASTER CHIEF, ISCM ALAN PAUL, (202) 372-2741. QUESTIONS
REGARDING COURSE MATERIALS MAY BE ADDRESSED TO THE (IS) RATING
TRAINING MASTER CHIEF, ISCM MARK PEARSON, AT (757) 856-2735.
6. RELEASED BY RADM TIM SULLIVAN, COMMANDER, FORCE READINESS COMMAND.
7. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.
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