ACN 147/21 - DEC 2021 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT PROGRAM

R 221919Z DEC 21
FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC
TO ALCOAST COMDT NOTICE
BT
UNCLAS
ACN 147/21
SSIC 11260
SUBJ: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT PROGRAM
A. USCG Support Equipment - Weight and Material Handling
Program Policy, COMDTINST 11260.1
B. Commandant's Safety Board memo 5102 of 20 Nov 19, RNO 1525219002
C. PACAREA Major Incident Investigation Board dtd 19 Apr 2019
D. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 091007 DEC 19/ALCOAST 380/19
E. Coast Guard Definition of Readiness, COMDTINST 3501.80
1. This ACN announces the promulgation of REF (A), which implements
a Support Equipment (SE) Weight and Material Handling Program.
This includes the establishment of a Support Equipment Product
Line (PL), using Coast Guard personnel and best practices, to first
and foremost prevent the next Weight Handling and Material Handling
Equipment (WHE/MHE) MISHAP.
2. As an outcome of REFs (B) and (C), COMDT (CG-4) chartered the
Support Equipment Working Group and tasked the Logistics
Transformation Program Integration Office (LTPIO), established
in REF (D), to lead members from the Coast Guard's aviation,
surface, and shore operations and mission support communities to
evaluate the Class A MISHAP at an ATON unit that led to the death
of an active duty service member and multiple WHE/MHE MISHAPS.
They were also tasked to implement a program and Product Line
charged with correcting the leading causes of MISHAPs, which
include: lack of supervision, training and proficiency, and
maintenance of Support Equipment.
3. The Office of Logistics, in COMDT (CG-44), is designated as
the Program Manager for the sustainment of Support Equipment.
4. The LTPIO will lead the transformation of WHE/MHE to the Coast
Guard Mission Support Business Model for operational and mission
support readiness, in accordance with REF (E).
5. The Support Equipment Product Line (SEPL) organization will
work to consolidate guidance contained in several disparate
Commandant Instructions and Logistics and Service Center process
guides over the next two years into an authoritative Support
Equipment Operations Manual (SEOM) with proficiency and lift
procedure standards.
6. The SEPL organization will complete the development of
Deputy Commandant for Operations (DCO)/Deputy Commandant for
Mission Support (DCMS) approved requirements and asset laydown
lists, which will enable the standardization of the fleet of
WHE/MHE. This will significantly improve the readiness and
safety of operations through the employment of qualified and
proficient performers, risk assessed and professionally
supervised operations, and properly maintained and supported
equipment managed within the Asset Logistics Management
Information Systems (ALMIS) Electronic Asset Logbook (EAL).
7. For Technical Assistance or requests for authorization of
additional or new WHE/MHE, units should submit a Technical or
Equipment Authorization Request to the SEPL through CGPortal:
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https://cg.portal.uscg.mil/units/alc/SEPL/Lists/TEAR

8. Over the next year, units shall support onsite visits by LTPIO
deployed equipment condition assessors, who will enroll all WHE/MHE
and coordinate the training of units on WHE/MHE information
management processes in ALMIS EAL. This will be the first of
several efforts to standardize WHE/MHE asset types as well as human
performance, command supervision, risk assessment, and maintenance.
9. There will be no hardcopy distribution of this Instruction,
REF (A). All supporting policy documents are posted on the
COMDT (CG-612) web sites at:
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http://www.dcms.uscg.mil/directives

and CGPortal:
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https://cg.portal.uscg.mil/library/SitePages/Home.aspx

and on the Office of Logistics Portal page at:
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https://cg.portal.uscg.mil/units/cg44/SitePages/Home.aspx

10. This message will be cancelled on 21 DEC 2022.
11. For comments or questions please contact the Office of
Logistics Policy: Ms. Jen Ozley at (202) 475-5691 or at
Jennifer.D.Ozley@uscg.mil.
12. Released by RADM C. J. List, Assistant Commandant for
Engineering and Logistics (CG-4).
13. Internet release is authorized.