R 031248Z JUN 10

COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC//CG-13//

SUBJ: ACTIVE DUTY BEYOND 16 YEARS ACTIVE SERVICE FOR RESERVISTS

RECALLED UNDER TITLE 14 USC 712 IN SUPPORT OF DEEPWATER HORIZON

RESPONSE

A. RESERVE POLICY MANUAL, COMDTINST M1001.28 (SERIES)

B. COMCOGARD PSC ARLINGTON VA 091909Z SEP 09/ ALCGPSC 045/09

C. PERSONNEL AND PAY PROCEDURES MANUAL, PPCINST M1000.2 (SERIES)

1. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY A TEMPORARY BLANKET WAIVER FOR RESERVISTS

WITH OVER 16 YEARS OF TOTAL COMBINED ACTIVE SERVICE IS IN EFFECT

FOR RESERVISTS INVOLUNTARILY RECALLED UNDER TITLE 14 USC 712 IN

SUPPORT OF DEEPWATER HORIZON RESPONSE. RESERVISTS WHO WILL ACCRUE

GREATER THAN 16 YEARS BUT LESS THAN 17 YEARS OF TOTAL COMBINED

ACTIVE SERVICE AT THE END OF THEIR INVOLUNTARY TITLE 14 USC 712

ORDERS QUALIFY FOR THIS BLANKET WAIVER.

2. RESERVISTS OUTLINED BELOW ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS BLANKET

WAIVER AND MUST FOLLOW THE POLICY AND PROCESS OUTLINED IN

REFERENCES A AND B, UTILIZING THE 16/18 YEAR WAIVER TEMPLATE

LOCATED AT WWW.USCG.MIL/RESERVE UNDER MEMBER RESOURCES/16-18 YEARS

POLICY.

A. RESERVISTS WHO WILL ACCRUE 17 YEARS OR GREATER TOTAL COMBINED

ACTIVE SERVICE UPON COMPLETION OF THEIR INVOLUNTARY TITLE 14 USC

712 ORDERS FOR DEEPWATER HORIZON RESPONSE.

B. RESERVISTS WHO ACCEPT FOLLOW-ON VOLUNTARY ACTIVE DUTY FOR

OPERATIONAL SUPPORT (ADOS) ORDERS UNDER TITLE 10 USC 12301(D) IN

SUPPORT OF DEEPWATER HORIZON RESPONSE.

3. DISTRICT (DXR) STAFFS SHALL FOLLOW THE PROCESS OUTLINED BELOW:

A. CALCULATE YEARS OF TOTAL COMBINED ACTIVE SERVICE IAW APPENDIX C

OF REFERENCE C, BY COMBINING ALL PRIOR ACTIVE DUTY DAYS, INCLUDING

PRIOR SERVICE IN AN ACTIVE COMPONENT, ADT, AND ADOT. AFFILIATION

POINTS AND POINTS EARNED BY PERFORMING INACTIVE DUTY OR BY

COMPLETION OF CORRESPONDENCE COURSES ARE NOT USED WHEN CALCULATING

COMBINED ACTIVE SERVICE.

B. NOTIFICATION TO COMDT (CG-1311) MUST BE MADE PRIOR TO START

DATE OF ORDERS, VIA EMAIL TO LST-CG-1311(AT)COMDT.USCG.MIL. EMAIL

SHALL INCLUDE COPIES OF THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS:

(1) COPY OF TITLE 14 ORDERS,

(2) RECENT POINT STATEMENT,

(3) STATEMENT OF CREDIBLE SERVICE (SOCS), IF MEMBER DOES NOT HAVE

A SOCS, THEN ONE MUST BE REQUESTED IAW WITH REF C, AND

(4) COPIES OF PREVIOUS OVER 16 WAIVERS.

4. THIS TEMPORARY BLANKET WAIVER WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF

DEEPWATER HORIZON RESPONSE.

5. RELEASED BY RDML S. L. STOSZ, ACTING DIRECTOR OF RESERVE AND

LEADERSHIP.

6. INTERNET RELEASE IS AUTHORIZED.