ALCGPSC 016/19 - OFFICER PROMOTION AUTHORIZATION LISTING (OPAL) 03-19

R 25 FEB 19

ALCGPSC 016/19
SUBJECT: OFFICER PROMOTION AUTHORIZATION LISTING (OPAL) 03-19
A. Officer Accessions, Evaluations, and Promotions, COMDTINST 
M1000.3(series)
B. Reserve Policy Manual, COMDTINST M1001.28 (series)
C. Coast Guard Weight and Body Fat Standards Program Manual, COMDTINST 
M1020.8 (series)
D. Military Separations, COMDTINST M1000.4 		
1. Commanding Officers/Officers exercising administrative control may 
promote the personnel listed below, effective on the dates indicated. 
2. Members are categorized by the promotion list on which they were 
selected. Prior to promotion, Commanding Officers must ensure 
compliance with Para 3.A.12 of Ref A for ADPL promotions to O-2 through 
O-6, Para 3.B.6 of Ref A for ADPL promotions to Chief Warrant Officer, 
and section 7.A.10 of Ref B for IDPL promotions. Commanding Officers 
must also ensure compliance with the provisions of Ref C, unless an 
exemption has been granted. If promotion is delayed, Commanding 
Officers must notify PSC (OPM-1) or (RPM), PPC, and SPO prior to the 
authorized promotion date.
3. If a promotion is delayed under these provisions, further 
proceedings under Chapter 1 of Ref D or Section 8.A. of Ref B will 
depend upon the circumstances leading to the delay. When an officer 
whose promotion has been delayed subsequently meets the standards for 
promotion, Commanding Officers should contact PSC (OPM-1) or (RPM) and 
request authority to promote the officer. PSC (OPM-1) or (RPM) will 
authorize promotion with a date of rank at the time the officer would 
have been promoted had the promotion not been delayed. For IDPL 
officers, pay and allowances of the grade to which promoted are 
authorized from the effective date of the appointment, not the date of 
rank.
4. As per Article 1.C.9 of Ref D, acceptance of promotion obligates 
officers to serve two years time in grade (TIG) prior to voluntary 
retirement. The TIG requirement does not apply to an officer resigning 
his or her commission.
5. The following promotions are authorized:
NAME                               LIST   DOR           UNIT   SPO
To Chief Warrant Officer (W3):
Lachowksy, Paul J.                 ADPL   01 Mar 2019   036629 042030
Thomas, Elijah B.                  ADPL   01 Mar 2019   042827 042822
Upton, Jeffrey L.                  ADPL   01 Mar 2019   008329 042898
Boland, Jeffry B.                  ADPL   01 Mar 2019   000543 007752
ArtsSmith, Pamela E.               ADPL   01 Mar 2019   036536 042030
Groesser, Ryan J.                  IDPL   01 Mar 2019   038615 045431
Hammonds, Tracie G.                IDPL   01 Mar 2019   038078 038079 
6. Pay and allowances of the grade to which promoted are authorized 
from date of rank specified. Pay increases will normally be included in 
payments for the first payday after the date of the promotion. 
7. For ceremonial purposes, a promotion certificate template can be 
printed from the CG Portal utilizing the following link: 
https://cglink.uscg.mil/5c99ce3f. As a reminder, please ensure your 
mailing address is accurate in Direct Access.  If you are transferring 
in the near future, please contact CWO Claricia Gautier at 
Claricia.Gautier@uscg.mil and provide your new mailing address. 
8. It is no longer necessary to submit a ticket to update rank or job 
title on CGOne. Please utilize the self-service option @ 
https://edms.uscg.mil/SelfService or see the “How to Change your RANK” 
self-help tech-tip @ 
https://cg.portal.uscg.mil/units/c4itsc/reference/Library/Job%20Aids_Te
ch%20Tips/C4ITSC_FSD_TechTip_RankChange.pdf  
9. Officers promoted to the grade of Commander or below during a 
reporting period must apply the submission criteria for the grade to 
which promoted to determine when their next OER is due. See Para 5.A.3. 
of Ref A for details. Promotion OERs are required for promotion to 
Captain only if more than 182 days have elapsed since their previous 
OER submission.
10. The following is a six-month estimate of pending promotions. It is 
based on currently available information from the applicable selection 
board ALCGPSC and is subject to change. The estimates are given using 
the selection numbers from the applicable selection board ALCGPSC. 
       APR        MAY        JUN        JUL   	   AUG        SEP
CAPT
ADPL   1-2        3-4        5-7        8-51 	   52-56      57-69
IDPL   
CDR
ADPL   170-171    1-4        5-10       11-94        95-109     110-131
IDPL   31-32      
LCDR
ADPL   247-253    254-262    263-12     13-128       129-152    153-185
IDPL   CLEAR      CLEAR      
NOTE: The month of June will clear the PY18 LCDR promotion list and 
begin promoting from the PY19 LCDR promotion list.
11. LT promotions normally occur 30 months from the LTJG date of rank. 
LTJG promotions normally occur 18 months from the ENS date of rank. IAW 
14 USC 736, all IDPL officers will be promoted on the same date as 
their running mate. Law limits the number of LCDR and above promotions, 
and the number is authorized each year by Commandant. Each controlled 
grade can only comprise a certain percentage of the total officer 
corps. Even if the Coast Guard has vacant billets in a controlled 
grade, we can only promote officers until we reach our authorization 
cap.  The authorized number of officers in each controlled grade is 
determined every year in May after the Academy class graduates and the 
Coast Guard officer corps is at its largest. Promotion numbers for 
controlled grades are significantly larger during the summer months due 
to the higher number of officer separations during these months.
12. POC for Reserve Officers is CDR John D. Hughes PSC (RPM-1) (202) 
795-6517. POC for Regular Officers is LT Luke Strittmatter PSC (OPM-1E) 
(202) 795-6443.
13. Released by: CAPT G. T. Prestidge, Commander, CG Personnel Service 
Center. The Service Center for Our Most Important Resource – Our 
People.
14. Internet release is authorized.