ALCGOFF 158/19 - RESULTS OF THE AY20 EXTERNAL AFFAIRS CONSOLIDATED POSTGRADUATE/ADVANCED EDUCATION SELECTION PANEL

R 07 NOV 19

ALCGOFF 158/19 
SUBJ: RESULTS OF THE AY20 EXTERNAL AFFAIRS CONSOLIDATED
POSTGRADUATE/ADVANCED EDUCATION SELECTION PANEL
A. ALCGPSC 039/19
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 15 October 2019.
The selectees are listed below:
  a. Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Fellowship
Primary Selection:
NO  RANK   NAME                      UNIT
1   LCDR   SMOAK, LAUREN E.          ICC TARGETING DIV
Alternate Selection:
NO  RANK   NAME                      UNIT
1   LCDR   WILKINS, KEITH R.         DDE PAC-2 US FORCES JAPAN
The number of applicants for this program was 8. 
  b. International Affairs
Primary Selection:
NO  RANK   NAME                      UNIT
1   LT     VALDEZ, KRISTOPHER M.     CGC PENOBSCOT BAY
Alternate List (Order of Selection):
NO  RANK   NAME                      UNIT
1   LCDR   PERODEAU, ANDREW P.       CGC NEAH BAY
2   LT     ROTH, STEVEN D.           CGC ORCAS
3   LCDR   WAUGH, GREGORY C.         HITRON
4   LCDR   TESONIERO, NICOLE M.      CGC ESCANABA
The number of applicants for this program was 21.
  c. Olmsted Scholarship Program
Finalists (Alphabetical Order):
NO  RANK   NAME                      UNIT
1   LT     CARANI, LUKE W.           ICC TARGETING DIV
2   LT     JOHNSON, CRAIG J.         SEC SAN FRAN ENFORCEMENT DIV
3   LT     MORGAN, MARY E.           MSU PORTLAND ADMIN/PERS DIV
4   LT     VALDEZ, KRISTOPHER M.     CGC PENOBSCOT BAY
5   LT     YODER, RORY A.            AIRSTA CLEARWATER
The number of applicants for this program was 17.
  d. Public Affairs
Primary List (Precedence Order):
NO  RANK   NAME                      UNIT
1   LT     BEAL, JOHN W.             CGC TERRELL HORNE
2   LTJG   VANDERWEIT, PHILLIP H.    SEC CHARLESTON INCIDENT MGT DIV
Alternate List (Order of Selection):
NO  RANK   NAME                      UNIT
1   LT     NICHOLS, SCOTT B.         CGC OCRACOKE
2   LT     ROWAN, EMILY K.           SEC SAN FRAN WTRWAYS MGT DIV
3   LT     DRISCOLL, PETER M.        CGC OLIVER BERRY
4   LT     HEPP, CHRISTOPHER L.      CGC THUNDER BAY
The number of applicants for this program was 14.
  e. Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
Primary Selection:
NO  RANK   NAME                      UNIT
1   LT     ALLEN, NYREL S. C.        SEC ST PETE ENFORCEMENT DIV
Alternate Selection:
NO  RANK   NAME                      UNIT
1   LT     BORDERS, NATHAN M.        MSRT WEST DIRECT ACTION DIV
The number of applicants for this program was 1. 
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://cg.portal.uscg.mil/units/psc/psc-
opm/OPM%20Reference%20Library/Forms/AllItems.aspx
5. For Selection Panel questions, contact LT Justin Nease, Assistant
Chief, Boards Section, 202-795-6441.
6.  The Panel's membership and units are:
NAME                             UNIT
CAPT Roberto H. Torres           COMMANDANT (CG-DCO-I-1)
CDR Timothy G. Balunis           COMMANDANT (CG-0922)
LCDR Jared L. Silverman          PSC OPM-2
LCDR Kelly A. Deutermann         COMMANDANT (CG-831)
LCDR Mark J. Brass               COMMANDANT (CG-DCO-I-1)
7. CAPT M. T. Brown, Chief, PSC-OPM, sends.
8. Internet release is authorized.
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