ALCGOFF 068/20 - OFFICER ASSIGNMENT YEAR 2020 (AY20) FINAL REPORT

R 19 MAY 20

ALCGOFF 068/20
SUBJ: OFFICER ASSIGNMENT YEAR 2020 (AY20) FINAL REPORT
A. ALCGOFF 067/19, ASSIGNMENT YEAR 2020 OFFICER ASSIGNMENTS KICK OFF-TIMELINES, COMMUNICATIONS, AND OUTREACH
1. AY20 activities are complete and AY21 preparations are underway. Assignment actions and processes were employed
to address service requirements, meet unit needs, and consider member desires to the maximum extent possible. AY20
Fleet-ups, extensions, and geo-stable no-cost assignments were executed when prudent.
2. General summary of AY20 as of 04 May 2020 (AY19 numbers in parenthesis):
   A. OFFICER ASSIGNMENTS ORDERS ISSUED: 3129 (3377)
     (1) O6/O6(SEL): 190 (173)
     (2) O5/O5(SEL): 369 (349)
     (3) O4/O4(SEL): 616 (514)
     (4) O3/O3(SEL): 714 (765)
     (5) O2/O2(SEL): 390 (418)
     (6) O1/CWO2:    850 (1159)
     (7) TOTAL NO-COST: 869 (808) of all orders issued or 28 (24) percent. This includes extensions, fleet-ups, and orders to the same geographical area in support of workforce stability.
     (8) ORDERS ISSUED TO MEMBERS NOT TOUR COMPLETE: 242 (93), includes reassignments for command opportunities, PG school, to meet critical skill set/experience requirements, COLOs, and rank/billet mismatches.
   B. PAY GRADE MISMATCHES RESULTING FROM AY20 ORDERS ISSUED:
     (1)  O6 BILLETS FILLED BY O5: 2 (6)
     (2)  O5 BILLETS FILLED BY O4: 35 (26)
     (3)  O4 BILLETS FILLED BY O5/O5(SEL): 17 (27)
     (4)  O4 BILLETS FILLED BY O3 AND BELOW: 91 (75)
     (5)  O3 BILLETS FILLED BY O5(SEL)/O4/O4(SEL): 18 (22)*
     (6)  O3 BILLETS FILLED BY O2/O1: 178 (97)
     (7)  O2 BILLETS FILLED BY O4/O3/O3(SEL): 11 (16)*
     * NOTE AVIATION BILLETS WERE NOT INCLUDED
   C. ACCESSION AND TRAINING ORDERS ISSUED:
     (1)  CGA CLASS OF 2020: 254 (237)
     (2)  OCS: 158 (159)
     (3)  DCO (C4IT, AVIATORS, DCIO, DCL, MARGRAD): 106 (119)
     (4)  CWO-LT: 31 (37)
     (5)  NEW CWO APPOINTEES: 178 (213)
     (6)  ADVANCED EDUCATION/INDUSTRY TRAINING: 72 (176)
     (7)  TO/FROM FLIGHT SCHOOL: 87/50  (81/51)
   D. VACANT AND GAPPED BILLETS BY RANK. INCLUDES DIRECTED VACANCIES AND REDUXES:
     (1)  O6: 0 (0)
     (2)  O5: 3 (3)
     (3)  O4: 35 (18)
     (4)  O3: 43 (90)
     (5)  O2: 20 (8)
     (6)  CWO: 4 (3)
   E. VACANT AND GAPPED BILLETS BY ASSIGNMENT ACCOUNT. INCLUDES DIRECTED VACANCIES AND REDUXES:
     (1)  AFLOAT STAFF: 0 (3) - 0.00 percent of AY20 afloat assignments.
         (a) Directed vacant for OMR/SARR: 0
         (b) Gapped for mid-year fill: 0
         (c) Undirected vacant: 0
     (2)  RESPONSE: 2 (11) - 0.47 percent of AY20 response assignments.
         (a) Directed vacant for OMR/SARR: 0
         (b) Gapped for mid-year fill: 1
         (c) Undirected vacant: 1
     (3)  PREVENTION: 10 (14) - 2.55 percent of AY20 prevention assignments.
         (a) Directed vacant for OMR/SARR: 0
         (b) Gapped for mid-year fill: 0
         (c) Undirected vacant: 10
     (4)  STAFF/SPECIAL: 9 (13) – 2.42 percent of AY20 special assignments.
         (a) Directed vacant for OMR/SARR: 6
         (b) Gapped for mid-year fill: 1
         (c) Undirected vacant: 2
     (5)  AVIATION: 54 (54) – 10.88 percent of AY20 aviation assignments.
         (a) Directed vacant for OMR/SARR: 2
         (b) Gapped for mid-year fill: 0
         (c) Undirected vacant: 52
     (6)  ENG/C4IT/INTEL/LOGISTICS/CYBER: 32 (27) – 7.14 percent of AY20 assignments.
         (a) Directed vacant for OMR/SARR: 10
         (b) Gapped for mid-year fill: 2
         (c) Undirected vacant: 20
     (7)  CWO: 2 (3) – 0.33 percent of AY20 CWO assignments.
         (a) Directed vacant for OMR/SARR: 1
         (b) Gapped for mid-year fill: 0
         (c) Undirected vacant: 1
3. OVERBILLETS: To meet the guidance set forth in the Junior Officer First Tour Assignment (JOFTA) policy, junior officers were over-billeted to cutters, Marine Inspectors, Cyber, Legal, Air Stations, Sector Response and Intel. This accounted for 163 (116) junior officers, or 31 (22) percent, of junior officer first tour assignments. 
4. OPERATIONAL CAREER PATH TRANSITIONS: OPM goes to great lengths to ensure officers serve in specialties they are most passionate about, OPM-2 must balance those member desires with unit level proficiency and qualification requirements. The following shows the number of junior officers who transitioned into a new operational community
in AY20. (AY19 in parenthesis)
         Response   Prevention  Afloat     Aviation
O4         1  (7)        0 (0)          0 (1)        0 (0)
O3        16 (6)        0 (2)          1 (3)        2 (1)
Note: Of 197 (221) officers completing their first tour afloat, 77 (68) were assigned to a follow on afloat assignment, 26 (34) transferred to another operational billet, and 80 (70) were ordered into a mission support or staff assignment (includes Civil Eng, Naval Eng, C4IT).
5. The AY21 assignment timeline will remain consistent with recent years.  May through August is the best time for individuals to engage directly with their assignment officer for general career counseling and initial guidance on AY21 intentions. For members anticipating re-assignment in AY21, now is the time to begin preparations for the assignment season including updating your officer record, validating competencies, completing a Record of Professional Development (Form CG-4082), verifying contact information in Direct Access, registering for special needs if necessary, and reviewing/updating your employee summary sheet.
6. All O5-and-below off-season assignment opportunities are announced via ALCGOFF messages. The OPM Portal site (https://cglink.uscg.mil/347c825e) is also the online source for information on officer personnel management issues and news. The OPM Portal site contains AO notes and information on boards/panels, officer evaluations, and career management.
7. Throughout the summer months and into the fall, we will continue to communicate through traditional channels (Portal notes, off-season solicitations, and shopping list updates); however, the most up-to-date information can be found on the OPM Portal
site and AO notes.
8. OPM-2 solicits Command Concerns through our AY Preliminary Shopping List Validation and Command Concerns. In AY20, OPM-2 solicited feedback for 1,793 positions and received comments for 72 percent of these positions.
9. Every assignment year has its unique set of challenges and circumstances.  Looking back, we examined many of the challenges that AY20 presented and have initiated improvements.  For example, OPM is building a library of podcasts to push more information to the workforce via the Portal and redesigning the shopping list for AY21 with a completely new look to put more information at your fingertips.  In response to travel restrictions we are going to continue holding road shows virtually and would like to make sure all officers have an opportunity to interface with the OPM staff on a wide variety of subjects.  OSMS 2.0 was released in October of 2019 and with time, will provide additional fidelity to the officer system better informing assignments.  Finally we are working closely with CG-1 on all military workforce policies that influence talent management. We greatly appreciate the professionalism and patience demonstrated by the officer corps throughout this busy assignment year. 
10. CAPT Matthew Brown, Chief PSC-OPM, sends.
11. Internet release authorized.