ALCGRSV 053/07
SUBJ: PY08 RESERVE COMPONENT (RC) ENLISTED TO CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER
(CWO) APPOINTMENT BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT
A. SCHEDULE OF OFFICER PERSONNEL BOARDS AND PANELS, COMDTINST
1401.5AC
B. CG PERSONNEL MANUAL, COMDTINST M1000.6A
C. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 132044Z JUL 07, ALCOAST 341/07
D. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 121242Z OCT 07/ALCOAST 481/07
E. COMCOGARD PERSCOM ARLINGTON VA 231503Z OCT 07/ALCGRSV 050/07
F. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 151826Z OCT 07/ALCOAST 489/07
G. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 271925Z NOV 06/ALCOAST 559/06
H. RESERVE POLICY MANUAL, COMDTINST M1001.28A
1. THIS MESSAGE ANNOUNCES THE SCHEDULE AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
PY08 RESERVE CWO APPOINTMENT BOARD. PER REF A, THE RESERVE CWO
APPOINTMENT BOARD WILL CONVENE ON 7 APRIL 2008. PLEASE READ
CAREFULLY AND PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE REFERENCES ABOVE,
DEADLINES 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 24 MAR 08 DEADLINE IN PAR. 12.C BELOW.
2. APPOINTMENT PATHS FOR CWO SPECIALTIES LISTED IN ART. 1.D.4.A IN
REF B ARE OBSOLETE. THE FOLLOWING IS THE NORMAL PATH FOR RESERVE
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&S)
IV (NOTE 1) CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR (INV)
IT INFORMATION SYSTEMS MGMT (ISM)
IS (NOTE 2) INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS SPECIALIST (ISS)
DC MATERIAL MAINTENANCE (MAT)
HS MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (MED)
MST (NOTE 3 AND 4) MARINE SAFETY SPECIALIST DECK (MSSD)
DC/EM/MK (NOTE 4) MARINE SAFETY SPECIALIST ENG (MSSE)
OS OPERATIONS SYSTEM SPECIALIST (OSS)
YN PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION (PERS)
PS PORT SAFETY AND SECURITY (PSS)
GM WEAPONS (WEPS)
(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) REF C, PROVIDES ISS APPOINTMENT GUIDANCE FOR PY08 AND
BEYOND. THERE ARE NO RESERVE ISS APPOINTMENTS ANTICIPATED IN PY08.
(NOTE 3) IAW REF D AND E, THE BM AND GM RATINGS ARE NO LONGER
ELIGIBLE FEEDER RATINGS INTO THE MARINE SAFETY PROGRAM.
(NOTE 4) IAW REF F 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 CGPC-RPM WEBPAGE, CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER
SECTION, PY08 CWO APPOINTMENT BOARD: http://www.uscg.mil/RPM/cwo/ .
THE SCOPE OF THE ISS SPECIALTY IS CONTAINED IN REF G.
4. APPLICANTS MUST MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF REF B, ART. 1.D.2
EXCEPT THE FOLLOWING:
A. THE SEA DUTY REQUIREMENT IS WAIVED FOR RESERVE CWO APPOINTMENT
ELIGIBILITY.
B. AS OF 1 JUN 08 OR DATE OF WARRANT APPOINTMENT, WHICH EVER COMES
LAST, BE NO OLDER THAN 58 YEARS OF AGE AND HAVE LESS THAN 28 YEARS
OF SERVICE.
NOTE: YEARS OF SERVICE IS BASED UPON A MEMBERS PAY BASE DATE AS
REFLECTED ON BLOCK 3 OF A MEMBERS LEAVE AND EARNINGS STATEMENT,
FORM CG-5209, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH THE NUMBER OF YEARS
ELIGIBLE FOR RESERVE RETIREMENT.
C. 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.
D. APPLICANTS MUST AGREE TO TRANSFER TO A VACANT, OR PROJECTED
VACANT RC CWO POSITION FOR A MINUMUM 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 THAT COMPLETE THEIR INITIAL
TWO YEAR COMMITMENT WHILE ASSIGNED TO THE IRR MAY RE-COMPETE 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 SELECTED RESERVE (SELRES) ON THE DATE OF
APPOINTMENT. MEMBERS DEPLOYED/TDY ON TITLE 10 RECALL OR ACTIVE
DUTY FOR SPECIAL WORK (ADSW), AND MEMBERS ON EXTENDED ACTIVE DUTY
(EAD) MUST BE RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY OR FILLING A POSITION IN
THE SELRES PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT. AS DISCUSSED IN PAR. 4D ABOVE,
APPOINTEES MUST SERVE IN THE ASSIGNED SELRES CWO POSITION FOR A
MINUMUM OF TWO YEARS BEFORE PURSUING VOLUNTARY ACTIVE DUTY OF ANY
SORT (VOLUNTARY TITLE 10 RECALL, ADSW, OR EAD OPPORTUNITES) OTHER
THAN AT THE MEMBERS 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 H, WILL INCUR A 2 YEAR PERIOD
OF INELIGIBILITY FOR CONSIDERATION UNTIL THE PY11 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 H, WILL NOT INCUR A PERIOD OF INELIGIBILITY AND MAY COMPETE IN
THE PY09 WARRANT OFFICER APPOINTMENT BOARD.
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 AND SHALL BE
IMMEDIATELY ASSIGNED TO THE IRR.
9. APPLICANT:
A. AFTER MEETING ALL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, YOU MUST OBTAIN A
RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMANDING OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO CWO.
APPLICANTS SHOULD FOLLOW THEIR COS POLICY FOR REQUESTING THE
RECOMMENDATION (EX. SCHEDULING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE CO, PROVIDING
DOCUMENTATION ATTESTING TO THE APPLICANTS SUITABILITY FOR
APPOINTMENT).
B. IN ADDITION TO THE E-RESUME PROCEDURES IN PAR. 10 BELOW,
APPLICANTS SHALL REFER TO ART. 1.D.7 OF REF B FOR SPECIFIC FORMAT
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SEPARATE HARDCOPY CANDIDATE RESUME.
C. APPLICANTS FOR RESERVE CWO APPOINTMENT ARE ALSO HIGHLY
ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT A RESERVE RESUME, FORM CG-5481, REV. 06-04 OR
LATER VERSIONS. FORM CG-5481 IS AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICER
EVALUATION SECTION OF THE CGPC-RPM WEBSITE AT
http://www.uscg.mil/RPM/oer/default.asp
10. APPLICANT E-RESUME PROCEDURES.
A. BEFORE STARTING THE E-RESUME, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THE
APPLICANT NOTE THE VACANT POSITION NUMBERS LISTED ON THE CGPC-RPM
SHOPPING LIST (PAR. 12A. BELOW) TO INPUT INTO THE E-RESUME.
B. APPLICANTS SHALL FOLLOW THE SPECIFIC APPLICANT E-RESUME
GUIDANCE AVAILABLE AT CGPC-RPM WEBPAGE, CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER
SECTION, PY08 CWO APPOINTMENT BOARD: http://www.uscg.mil/RPM/cwo/
C. DIRECT ACCESS IS AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING USCG RESERVE
WORLDWIDE WEBSITE, ON THE LEFT SIDE UNDER THE QUICK LINKS SECTION
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/reserve/reshmpg.html
11. CO ENDORSEMENT AND E-INTERVIEW:
A. THE FINAL ELIGIBILITY STEP IN THE RC CWO APPOINTMENT PROCESS IS
OBTAINING THE COMMANDING OFFICERS RECOMMENDATION. THE
RECOMMENDATION AFFIRMS THE APPLICANTS MORAL, PHYSICAL, AND
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT TO CWO TO INCLUDE A
REVIEW OF THE APPLICANTS UNIT AND/OR SPO PDR AS DISCUSSED IN ART.
1.D.3 OF REF B WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT CGPC-RPM WEBPAGE, CHIEF
WARRANT OFFICER SECTION, PY08 CWO APPOINTMENT BOARD:
http://www.uscg.mil/RPM/cwo/ . THE COS RECOMMENDATION IS COMPLETED
THROUGH THE E-INTERVIEW (CO ENDORSEMENT TO THE E-RESUME) IN DIRECT
ACCESS.
B. CO: COS MUST INPUT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGH THE E-
INTERVIEW PORTION OF DIRECT ACCESS. FOLLOW THE SPECIFIC COMMANDING
OFFICER ERESUME GUIDANCE AVAILABLE AT CGPC-RPM WEBPAGE, CHIEF
WARRANT OFFICER SECTION, PY08 CWO APPOINTMENT BOARD:
http://www.uscg.mil/RPM/cwo/
C. CO: FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF THE E-INTERVIEW USE ART. 1.D.7 OF
REF B FOR SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS ON COMPLETING THE RECOMMENDATION
FILE OER. USE OER, LEVEL I (CG-5310A, REV 10-06) AVAILABLE AT
CGPC-RPM WEBPAGE, CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER SECTION:
http://www.uscg.mil/RPM/cwo/
12. THE FOLLOWING DEADLINES (BY COB ON DATES LISTED) APPLY:
A. 25 JAN 08: RC CWO VACANT POSITIONS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT
AT CGPC-RPM WEBPAGE, CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER SECTION, PY08 CWO
APPOINTMENT BOARD: http://www.uscg.mil/RPM/cwo/ IMPORTANT NOTE: IF
THERE ARE NOT ANY VACANT POSITIONS IN YOUR PROSPECTIVE RESERVE CWO
SPECIALTY THEN YOUR CWO SPECIALTY WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED BY THE
PY08 CWO APPOINTMENT BOARD SINCE APPOINTMENTS ARE CONSIDERED BASED
UPON PROJECTED VACANCIES. IF THERE ARE NOT ANY VACANT POSITIONS IN
YOUR PROSPECTIVE CWO SPECIALTY DO NOT CONTINUE WITH THE PY08 CWO
APPOINTMENT APPLICATION PROCESS.
B. 17 MAR 08: DEADLINE FOR APPLICANTS TO HAVE COMPLETED ALL
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS PER REF B, INCLUDING APPLICANTS E-RESUME,
COMMANDS E-INTERVIEW, AND APPLICANTS 2007 ENLISTED EMPLOYEE REVIEW
(EER) FINALIZED IN DIRECT ACCESS.
C. 24 MAR 08: DEADLINE FOR RECOMMENDATION FILE (OER), COPY OF
DIRECT ACCESS EER SUMMARY AVAILABLE FROM DIRECT ACCESS AT HOME >
DEVELOP WORKFORCE > PLAN CAREERS > INQUIRE > EMPLOYEE REVIEW
SUMMARY, AND CANDIDATES HARDCOPY RESUME TO ARRIVE AT CGPC-RPM.
MAIL APPLICATION PACKAGE (OER, EER SUMMARY, CANDIDATE HARDCOPY
RESUME, AND OPTIONAL RESERVE RESUME FORM CG-5481) TO:
COMMANDER (CGPC-RPM-1)
ATTN: CWO MEEK
4200 WILSON BLVD, SUITE 1100
ARLINGTON, VA 22203-1804
D. 7 APR 08: APPOINTMENT BOARD HELD AT CGPC.
E. OOA 7 MAY 08: APPOINTMENT BOARD RESULTS ANNOUNCED BY
ALCGPERSCOM MESSAGE.
13. IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN FAIRNESS TO ALL APPLICANTS IN THIS HIGHLY
COMPETITIVE PROCESS, THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS MADE TO THE
PUBLISHED DEADLINES. THE APPLICANT BEARS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
DETECTING ERRORS, AND THE COMMAND BEARS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
CORRECTING ERRORS AND FOWARDING TIMELY, PROPERLY ENDORSED
APPLICATIONS.
14. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REVIEW THEIR CGPC PDR TO ENSURE
COMPLETENESS PRIOR TO THE BOARD CONVENING DATE. APPLICANTS MAY DO
SO BY VISITING CGPC-ADM-3 OR BY SUBMITTING A SIGNED REQUEST FOR A
COPY OF YOUR CGPC PDR BY FAX TO (202) 493-1675. EMAIL REQUESTS ARE
NOT AUTHORIZED.
15. 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.
16. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE RESERVE CWO APPOINTMENT
BOARD PROCESS SHOULD BE SENT BY EMAIL TO ARL-PF-CGPC-RPM-QUERY(AT)
USCG.MIL TO HELP ENSURE THAT INQUIRIES ARE RESPONDED TO IN A TIMELY
MANNER ENSURE THE SUBJECT LINE READS PY08 RESERVE CWO APPOINTMENT
BOARD:
17. RC CWO APPOINTENT BOARD COORDINATOR: CWO DAN MEEK, (202)
493-1708.
18. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.

Am wondering if anyone could tell me about the reserve CWO billet in Denver, position title DDE-Denver-SSS-Reserve Officer. Type of duty, work, scheduling flexability since I would be traveling from MN, etc.

Duckcop-
I may be wrong on this but unless you are already a CWO (your profile says Chief) you cannot be considered for that billet. Reserve CWO Assignment guide says, "However, any existing reserve CWO specialty is eligible for assignment to a general duty billet labeled as “CWO4”." Emphasis on 'existing'. You have to apply for a vacant billet in your specialty for initial appointment. I would check with RC CWO APPOINTENT BOARD COORDINATOR: CWO DAN MEEK, (202)493-1708 before submitting a CWO package for that specific billet. Dan is also the guy who would have specifics on the particular billet or a contact name for you.
If I am wrong.....please disregard my last.

Yea, I noticed that also. That was going to be my next question. I guess I figured that if it was on the list, it was available, as eveything else on the reserve CWO shopping list is a "...4". I will call Mr. Meek one of these days and check with him. Thanks.

There were nine USCG CWO assignments to the Selective Service board listed last year. That might be one of the open ones not filled last year. Any specialty could apply.

FYI.