ACN 107/19 - SEP 2019 FY20 COAST GUARD RESERVE–TRAINING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CGR-TMS) KICK-OFF

ALCOAST COMMANDANT NOTICE                          CANCEL DATE  19 SEP 2020

R 201441 SEP 19                                    
FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC//CG-R//
TO ALCOAST
UNCLAS//N01500//
ACN 107/19
SUBJ:  FY20 COAST GUARD RESERVE–TRAINING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CGR-TMS) KICK-OFF
A. Coast Guard Standard Operational Planning Process/Global Force Management,
COMDTINST 3120.4 (series)
1. This ACN announces CGR-TMS for FY 2020, which includes revisions to the
enrollment process utilized in the management and execution of C-School training
quotas for reservists.
2. The goals of the CGR-TMS are to increase Coast Guard Reserve Force capabilities
and align training expectations in support of the Deputy Commandant for Operations
annual Strategic Planning Directive with career progression for reservists,
resulting in a more ready, responsive and relevant Reserve. CGR-TMS aligns training
expectations with service requirements, allowing the Assistant Commandant for
Reserve (CG-R) to accurately predict FY C-School demands in support of REF (A),
targets priority attendees by assigned competencies, and communicates progress
towards competency completion to individual reservists.
3. COMDT (CG-R), along with other key stakeholders, will execute the CGR-TMS with
a top-down Service approach to accomplish four tasks:
    a. Calculate annual resident and exportable training demands for COMDT (CG-R) to
best support allocation of limited training resources by reserve funds managers;
    b. Provide priority candidate slates for resident and exportable training
opportunities to ensure the right reservists are slated for the right training;
    c. Optimize Active Duty for Training-Annual Training (ADT-AT) spending; and
    d. Allocate COMDT (CG-R) funded C-School quotas as early as possible so targeted
reservists have increased ability to plan their ADT-AT dates.
4. Restrictions.
    a. Reservists must utilize the process for requesting available or additional
C-School quotas as outlined on the CGR-TMS portal.
    b. Reservists must work through their chain of command and must not contact the
Education and Training Quota Management Command (ETQC), Force Readiness Command
Training Division (FORCECOM-T), or Coast Guard Headquarters (CGHQ) Program Managers
directly. In order to increase enrollment efficiency, members may be contacted
directly by ETQC, FORCECOM-T, and CGHQ Program Managers per COMDT (CG-R) direction.
5. Report Schedule. Individual Training Plans (ITP) are now posted on the CGR-TMS
portal page. COMDT (CG-R) will continue to build and post ITPs to assist reservists,
supervisors, RFRS staffs/TOs in identifying competency requirements and gaps
throughout the FY. Additional reports can be provided on a case-by-case basis by
emailing the CGR-TMS managers at: CGR-TMS@uscg.mil.
6. CGR-TMS guidance, reports, and additional resources can be found at:
https://cg.portal.uscg.mil/communities/CGR-TMS.
7. This policy regarding CGR-TMS will be promulgated in a new COMDTINST, which
will be released within the next year.
8. POCs: COMDT (CG-R) LT Raqel Brown (202) 475-5432, Raqel.K.Brown@uscg.mil;
LANT-1 CDR David Uhl (757) 398-3911, David.J.Uhl@uscg.mil; PAC-1 LCDR Christopher
Crowther (510) 437-5621, Christopher.J.Crowther@uscg.mil, and LT Barron Lacy
(510) 437-3430, Barron.K.Lacy@uscg.mil; and DOL-1 LCDR Jocelyn Soriano (757) 628-4867,
Jocelyn.L.Soriano@uscg.mil.
9. Released by RDML T. C. Wiemers, Assistant Commandant for Reserve.
10. Internet release is authorized.