ALCOAST 626/08
COMDTNOTE 5600
SUBJ: MODERNIZATION ISSUE OF THE COAST GUARD RESERVIST MAGAZINE
1. THE COAST GUARD RESERVIST MAGAZINE HAS LONG BEEN AN ESSENTIAL
COMMUNICATIONS TOOL FOR THE COAST GUARD, AND SPECIAL ISSUES ARE
PERIODICALLY PUBLISHED TO PROVIDE IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO ALL
HANDS. THE CURRENT EDITION IS A 48-PAGE SPECIAL ISSUE DEVOTED
EXCLUSIVELY TO COAST GUARD MODERNIZATION. IT PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW
OF THE VARIOUS PROPOSED ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES TO BETTER ALIGN THE
COAST GUARD FOR SUSTAINABLE 21ST CENTURY MISSION EXECUTION.
2. FEATURED IN THIS SPECIAL ISSUE IS AN EIGHT-PAGE INTERVIEW WITH
THE COMMANDANT, AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED REALIGNMENT, AND
ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS EXPLAINING THE CORE AREAS OF THE COAST GUARD
MODERNIZATION EFFORTS: DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR OPERATIONS (CG-DCO),
DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR MISSION SUPPORT (CG-DCMS), COAST GUARD
OPERATIONS COMMAND (CG OPCOM), AND COAST GUARD FORCE READINESS
COMMAND (CG FORCECOM). ADDITIONAL ITEMS OF INTEREST ARE AN ARTICLE
ON THE RESERVE FORCE READINESS SYSTEM, WHILE COLUMNS BY MCPOCG SKIP
BOWEN AND MCPO-CGRF JEFF SMITH ADD A DECKPLATE VIEW OF HOW THESE
CHANGES WILL AFFECT OUR ENLISTED FORCE.
3. PRINT COPIES OF THE RESERVIST WILL BE MAILED ON 19 DEC 2008 TO
RESERVIST READERS AND TO ALL UNITS ON THE STANDARD DISTRIBUTION
LIST. TO READ THE RESERVIST MAGAZINE ONLINE VISIT:
HTTP://WWW.USCG.MIL/RESERVIST. MORE INFORMATION ON COAST GUARD
MODERNIZATION EFFORTS CAN BE FOUND AT: HTTP://CGCENTRAL.USCG.MIL.
4. RADM JODY A. BRECKENRIDGE, ASSISTANT COMMANDANT FOR HUMAN
RESOURCES AND THE COAST GUARD STRATEGIC TRANSFORMATION TEAM, SENDS.
5. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.