ALCGENL 055/18 - AY19 MACHINERY TECHNICIAN (MK) - SITREP ONE

20 APR 18

ALCGENL 055/18
SUBJ: AY19 MACHINERY TECHNICIAN (MK) - SITREP ONE
A. Military Assignments and Authorized Absences Manual COMDTINST M1000.8A
B. https://cgportal2.uscg.mil/communities/snipe-place/SitePages/Home.aspx
1. This SITREP kicks off AY19 for the Machinery Technician Rating. All
members who are tour complete in AY19 should take time to consider
their career aspirations including career progression, professional
development, and seek guidance from mentors. Commands should begin
evaluating readiness impacts and preparing command concerns expected
in the next transfer season. Commands should counsel tour complete
members to ensure they are ready and available for worldwide
assignment in the summer of 2019. In addition, Commands should
identify all members nearing the end of their enlistment to review
reenlistment eligibility and career intentions for continued
service.
2. Slating: MK Assignment Officers (AO) will continue to utilize a
Tiered Slating methodology to fill general duty assignments. After the
completion of EPO assignments, AO’s will follow with afloat
assignments and then ashore assignments from the e-Resumes submitted
on November 2nd, which will contain both Afloat and Ashore positions.
Members who apply but do not earn an afloat assignment will then have a
chance to resubmit an updated e-resume before the published deadline
to capture new available positions from the Direct Access shopping list.
This approach will allow all members to submit a realistic e-resume and
manage expectations for all MK transfers in AY19. Members should look
for further MK SITREPS with guidance and published timelines for
submission of e-resumes and  are encouraged use reference B frequently
for assignment process updates and additional specific AY19 timeline
guidance.
3. Advancement: Members are reminded that the Coast Guard advances
members to fill vacancies. Accordingly, members and commands are
reminded that as outlined in reference A, personnel who compete for
advancement must be prepared to be reassigned to fill any authorized
position at the next higher paygrade. Members who will take the May
2018 SWE, and are at or above the published cut, should apply for
positions at the pay grade to which they will advance. If a member is
close to the cut and tour complete, the member should delay their
e-resume submission until the submission deadline. Members who come
above the cut in AY19, are in a paygrade position mismatch, or double
encumbered, should consider themselves tour complete in AY19 and
submit an e-Resume accordingly.
4. Fleet-Ups and Extensions: AOs will continue to maximize fleet-up
and extension opportunities in AY19. Command endorsements are
required for all extension requests. Fleet-ups for members in non-
command cadre positions will be maximized by the AOs. Commands should
communicate both fleet-up opportunities and extensions with
recommendations through their unit’s AY19 Command Concerns submission.
5. Career management:
   a. It is difficult to define a realistic e-Resume across all
   paygrades so it is highly recommended that members take advantage
   of the AO career counseling open season (1 May - 31 August). As a
   reminder, members do not need permission from their supervisor or
   chain of command prior to contacting their AO during career
   counseling season.
   b. Members should always craft their e-Resume to reflect a diverse
   career path. No member should try, or expect, to remain in one
   mission set or geographic area for an entire career. Members
   should list as many positions as possible on their e-Resume that
   they would be willing to go to. Members also need to take in
   consideration their assignment priority and paygrade when selecting
   the number of positions on their e-Resume in order to avoid not
   earning an assignment. Tour complete members who submit an
   unrealistic e-Resume, and do not earn an assignment, will either be
   assigned to a service need position or given a list of remaining
   positions to rank order if available.
   c. Members that complete back to back assignments afloat or ashore
   should expect an assignment to a different unit type. Failure to
   apply for positions in a different unit type or follow AO guidance
   can cause a delay in assignment decisions. Career and mission
   diversity will help develop a well-rounded senior MK workforce.
   d. Members lacking sea time for advancement requirements and those
   with no rated sea time will be considered and notified by the AO’s
   as a sea duty candidate. Sea duty candidates will receive separate
   correspondence from their AO's via email. Sea duty candidates are
   MK's that do not have the required sea time for advancement or have
   less rated sea time compared to their peers rotating in AY19. Sea
   duty candidates that chose to not add afloat positions to their e-
   resume will be assigned to an afloat unit at AO's discretion. 
6. General assignment guidance:
   a. As outlined in reference A, some positions require a command
   endorsement (i.e. overseas, instructor, PATFORSWA, MIPF Saudi Arabia,
   DSF). It is imperative that each member works with their command
   to ensure that they meet the specific requirements of the position
   requested and that a command endorsement is included with the e-
   Resume submission. Failure to include a command endorsement will
   prohibit a member for earning a position.
   b. PATFORSWA AY19 assignments will be advertised in a future
   solicitation message which will be released SEPCOR. Specific
   requirements and the application process will be covered in the
   solicitation message. Members that are already interested can find
   additional information located at the following website:
   https://cg.portal.uscg.mil/units/psc/psc-epm/SitePages/Patforswa-MIPFTAG.aspx
   c. Potential position reprogramming: EPM receives numerous requests
   to fill billets being proposed for reprogramming. EPM is prohibited
   from assigning members in anticipation of billet reprogramming.
   Assignment officers can only assign members to approved positions.
   Commands and program managers should anticipate billet reprogramming
   requests and ensure requests or approvals align with the assignment
   season to capitalize on a robust candidate pool and adequately
   address the intended position reprogramming action (e.g. rate change,
   location change). Direct Access is the primary tool EPM and Assignment
   Officers have to advertise open or newly established positions. Vacant
   MK positions may also be found at reference B.
   d. Engineering Petty Officer (EPO) screening and assignment process
   for AY19 will be covered in a future message that will be released
   SEPCOR. Additional information can be found at reference B, EPO
   library.
7. MK AY19 Timeline:
   01 May – 31 Aug 2018: Members contact AOs for career counseling
   01 May – 31 Aug 2018: Commands/AOs conduct PAL validation
   15 Jul 2018: Panel Submissions due for EPO screening
   17 Aug 2018: Command concerns due
   31 Aug 2018: EPO screening results released
   10 Sep – 26 Sep 2018: Unofficial shopping lists published, Commands
                                         validate shopping list
   28 Sep 2018: Official shopping list published
   14 Oct 2018: e-Resume due for EPO positions
   14 Oct 2018: Predicted PATFORSWA e-Resume deadline (PATFORSWA MK
                         solicitation will update this deadline)
   26 Nov 2018: EPO orders issued
   02 Nov 2018: e-Resume due for Afloat and Ashore positions (all assignment
                         priorities)
   11 Jan 2019: Afloat orders issued
   01 Feb 2019: e-Resume due for any updated positions (all assignment
                         priorities that are not in receipt of orders)
   31 Mar 2019: All AY19 orders issued
7. Timeline changes and additional information will be communicated in
future SITREPS and will also be posted at reference B.
8. POCs:
   a. CWO Bryan Kaseman: D5, PATFORSWA and MKA School (202) 795-6589.
   b. CWO Darrell Wildey: D8 and D9 (202) 795-6597.
   c. CWO Matthew Thornton: D1 and D7, (202) 795-6598.
   d. CWO Kurtis Yoder: D11, D13, D14 and D17 (202) 795-6602 (after 15JUL18).
   e. LCDR Thomas Osborn: Central Assignments Coordinator II, (202)
   795-6616.
9. Released by: LCDR T. Osborn, 202-795-6616.
10. Internet release authorized.