ALCOAST 244/17 - AUG 2017 U.S. COAST GUARD ACADEMY ENLISTED SELECTION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM (AESOP)

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SUBJ:  U.S. COAST GUARD ACADEMY ENLISTED SELECTION OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM (AESOP)
1. AESOP is a two day overnight program for junior enlisted members with outstanding
performance and leadership potential. Members will be exposed to the academy
experience, specifically academics, military instruction, athletics, and cadet life.
2. CGA graduates earn a bachelor of science degree and a commission as an ensign, in
the USCG.
3. AESOP will be held 29 October through 31 October 2017 at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy
located in New London, CT. CGA will provide travel order numbers (TONOS) for up to 20
enlisted members. The members home unit will issue orders and verify the member has a
valid government travel charge card (GTCC) for travel purposes.
4. Requirements are as follows (enlisted members must have started an application to
USCGA); be unmarried without dependents; will not reach their 23rd birthday before
01 July 2018; have demonstrated a responsible use of credit; AFGT scores of 75 or higher
with a minimum AR score of 52; and have completed high school or college basic calculus
and physics or chemistry.
5. Exceptions will be considered on a case by case basis.
6. To apply for the AESOP program, the following must be scanned and emailed directly
to the program manager, LT Nicolle Bogden (Nicolle.N.Bogden@uscga.edu) by 01
October 2017: command endorsement from members CO or OINC (CG MEMO format),
unofficial high school transcript, unofficial transcript(s) of any college credits taken
(if applicable), and AFQT and AR scores.
7. Members applying for the AESOP program must create a profile on CGA website at
https://uscga.Askadmissions.Net/emtinterestpage.Aspx?Ip=interest.
8. Program selectees will be notified of their acceptance to AESOP via email through
their online account, members should use an email account that they regularly monitor
(personal or .mil address). 
9. For more information about the academy, visit www.USCGA.edu.
10. Questions can be directed to LT Nicolle Bogden (Nicolle.N.Bogden@uscga.edu) or
(860) 701-6395 or the Academy Command Master Chief, MCPO Brett Verhulst at
Brett.L.Verhulst@uscg.mil or (860) 444-8330.
11. The deadline for application submission is 01 October 2017.
12. RADM Joseph M. Vojvodich, Deputy for Mission Support, sends.
13. Internet release authorized.