Open question.....With retention becoming so high, how much time will pass before the possibility of force reduction comes into play? Or, will the CG resort to other methods first before resorting to force reduction?
Lowered max allowable body fat %, dont you think that was kind of a subtle way of force reduction. Face it that 1% may be the breaking point to those "on the line" before, whether they decide to retire then to get below standards, or just get kicked out b/c they cannot comply.
i can agree with that, however i don't think that the body fat % change will reduce our numbers enough. after all, you might have a butter bar that's measuring the waist of a chief and, well, you know how that story might go. i believe that the CG will start looking for the 15 year second's and so on. the CG can only operate in the red for so long before other methods are sought after. also, wasn't the body fat % change promulgated before our retention became so high?
Cut and pasted from email. Hopefully this answers some of your questions. /r EMC
All,
Rumors have been gaining steam in the workforce regarding the re-activation of the High Year Tenure policy. Those rumors are false. There will be no re-activation of the High Year Tenure policy either now or in the foreseeable future. Please pass this to your people and help quell this rumor.
I believe the rumors may be coming from the fact that there is a workgroup within Cg-1 that is looking at how we might change the High Year Tenure policy to make it more effective if we needed it as a workforce tool sometime in the future. CG-1 has been looking at how the policy might be changed on and off since 2006... so this is really nothing new. I personally support this effort because if we were ever to have to implement some form of High Year Tenure again I don't want to default to the current policy still on the books because it is strictly based on time in service. I strongly believe that performance and possibly other factors should also be considered in any type of High Year Tenure policy.
However, I want to again reiterate... There will be no re-activation of the High Year Tenure policy either now or in the foreseeable future. Nor is it being considered for re-activation.
Just because they say it wont be so doesnt meen they are right, we all have heard something along those lines. The best bet is if they do something, hope they have learned from the past and do not make the same mistake twice. On the other hand, if you are in and planning on staying awhile there are several things to do to ensure you are not one of the chosen: Be the best you can be, it works, they will not get rid of assets. Always work for the next higer bracket, stagnation might not be a good thing. When you see a problem, correct it or make sure you get to someone who can, people who look out for others are also an asset.
mogolloyd, you do relalize that it is the MCPOG who is saying unequivocally that no ones getting booted in anything similar to a HYT. not ofet do folks that high up the food chain chime in and when they do they dont dance around the issue, i think that his comments make it clear that we wont suffer the fate of our DOD bretheren, keep in mind we are nt even staffed well enough to perform at optimum levels. congress is well aware of this , the coast guard senior folks are aware of this, it would be foolish to downsize right now when we are in desperate need of expansion. depsite soon be budget cuts i would think we will be asked to be better stewards of the money well before they kick a needed work force out.
