ALCGOFF 082/18 - RESULTS OF THE AY19 EXTERNAL AFFAIRS CONSOLIDATED POSTGRADUATE/ADVANCED EDUCATION SELECTION PANEL

R 10 AUG 18

ALCGOFF 082/18 
SUBJ: RESULTS OF THE AY19 EXTERNAL AFFAIRS CONSOLIDATED 
POSTGRADUATE/ADVANCED EDUCATION SELECTION PANEL
A. ALCGPSC 057/18
B. ACTIVE DUTY OFFICER POSTGRADUATE AND ADVANCED EDUCATION PROCESS 
GUIDE
C. CG PERFORMANCE, TRAINING, AND EDUCATION MANUAL, COMDTINST 
M1500.10(SERIES)
1. The External Affairs Consolidated Postgraduate / Advanced 
Education (PG/Adv Ed) Selection Panel convened on 07 August 2018. The 
selectees are listed below:
   a. Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies Fellowship
Primary Selection:
NO  RANK   NAME                      UNIT
1   LCDR   CROWELL, BEN W.           SEC NORTH BEND SURFACE OPS DIV
Alternate list - in order of selection:
NO  RANK   NAME                      UNIT
1   LT     MCKEE, COLIN K.           CGC JOSEPH GERCZAK
2   LCDR   MAAS, MICHAEL A.          CGC WAESCHE
The number of applicants for this program was 7. 
    b. International Affairs
Primary Selection:
NO  RANK   NAME                      UNIT
1   LCDR   KIM, MIN H.               AIRSTA BARBERS PT 
Alternate list - in order of selection:
NO  RANK   NAME                      UNIT
1   LT     NEWMEYER, RYAN T.         DDE LANT-53 CNE C6F NAPLES IT
2   LT     STECKLE, EVAN J.          SEC N CAROLINA INTEL STAFF
3   LT     BABB, RYAN R.             CGC SAWFISH
4   LT     VANAMBERG, VIRGINIA M.    DDE-ODNI WASHINGTON DC
5   LT     NEWMEYER, SEAN P.         CGC JAMES 
The number of applicants for this program was 33.
   c. Olmsted Scholarship Program
Finalists – in alphabetical order:
NO  RANK   NAME                      UNIT
1   LT     BABB, RYAN R.             CGC SAWFISH
2   LT     CLIFTON, CHRISTOPHER L.   SEC NEW YORK ENFORCEMENT DIV
3   LT     ROBINSON, KEITH C.        SEC LA/LB CMD CENTER
4   LT     SARNECKY, JANE E.         SEC ST PETE INCIDENT MGT DIV
5   LT     TRUMP, JOSEPH R.          CGC SEA DRAGON
The number of applicants for this program was 21.
   d. Public Affairs
Primary list – in order of precedence:
NO  RANK   NAME                      UNIT
1   LT     BLUE, KATHERINE M.        CGC VALIANT
2   LT     CRUMP, HELEN J.           MSST SEATTLE COMMAND STAFF
Alternate list - in order of selection:
NO  RANK   NAME                      UNIT
1   LCDR   VERHAGE, SCOTT T.         AIRSTA KODIAK CORDOVA DEPL
2   LT     COOK, LINDSAY N.          MSU TEXAS CITY
3   LTJG   DRISCOLL, PETER M.        CGC OLIVER BERRY
4   LT     YAHLE, BENJAMIN T.        CGC CHARLES DAVID JR
5   LT     SARNECKY, JANE E.         SEC ST PETE INCIDENT MGT DIV 
The number of applicants for this program was 23.
2. The actual date of assignment to PG/Adv Ed will be coordinated 
between the member, the program manager, and the appropriate 
assignment officer within the Coast Guard Personnel Service Center 
during the upcoming assignment season. Selectees are encouraged to 
contact the program manager regarding program requirements. Primary 
candidates selected for their first choice PG/Adv Ed program will 
receive a program acceptance memo within two weeks from the date of 
this message. 
3. IAW Ref A thru Ref C, attending a fully-funded advanced education 
program will incur a minimum active duty obligation of three months 
for each month of education for the first 12 months and one month for 
each month thereafter. Service obligation periods commence on the date 
of graduation, program completion, disenrollment, or the termination 
of previously incurred obligated service, whichever is later (e.g., 
CGA obligated service, flight training). Questions regarding obligated 
service should be directed to the Separations Section of PSC-OPM-1 at 
202-795-6432 or ARL-PF-CGPSC-OPM-1-separations(at)uscg.mil.
4. The precept which convened the panel and charged panel members with 
their duties is located in the PSC-OPM-1 PG/Adv Ed folder in OPM’s 
Reference Library on the CG Portal at 
https://cglink.uscg.mil/952612b1.
5. Selection Panel questions contact LT Lauren Binger, Assistant 
Chief, Boards Section, 202-795-6441.
6.  The Panel's membership and units are:
NAME                             UNIT
CAPT Howard H. Wright            COMMANDANT (CG-0922)
LCDR James R. Bendle             CG PSC-OPM-2
LCDR Kristen A. Hahn             COMMANDANT (CG-DCO-I-1)
LCDR Mark J. Brass               COMMANDANT (CG-DCO-I-1)
7. For career counseling, send an e-mail request for an appointment to 
ARL-PF-CGPSC-OPM-4(at)uscg.mil.
8. CDR M. A. Thompson, Chief, PSC-OPM, Acting, sends.
9. Internet release is authorized.