ALCGPSC 105/24 - PY25 RESERVE COMPONENT MANAGER (RCM) DESIGNATION APPLICATION PROCESS

06 AUG 2024

ALCGPSC 105/24
SUBJ: PY25 RESERVE COMPONENT MANAGER (RCM) DESIGNATION APPLICATION PROCESS
A. PY25 Schedule of Officer Personnel Boards and Panels, CG PSCNOTE 1401
B. Officer Accessions, Evaluations, and Promotions, COMDTINST M1000.3 (series)
1. In accordance with REF A, the RCM Designation Board will convene on
21 October 2024 to consider officers for designation as provisional RCMs.
RCMs can expect a career organizing, administering, recruiting,
instructing, and training the Reserve Component to meet present and future
Coast Guard mission requirements.
2. Outline of the RCM program:
   a. The RCM Corps consists of Reserve officers serving in full-time support
      positions at Port Security Units, Sectors, Districts, Operational Logistics
      Command (LOGCOM), Areas, and HQ units. RCMs may also perform tours in other
      related specialties that broaden their professional expertise.
   b. RCMs are considered separately for promotion during the same promotion
      year and promoted the same day as their Active Duty Promotion List (ADPL)
      running mates. Officers do not lose their precedence transitioning from the ADPL
      or Inactive Duty Promotion List (IDPL) to the RCM promotion list.
   c. RCMs are eligible to apply for full-time post-graduate school in Business,
      Management, Finance, Public Policy, or other curriculums relating to reserve
      management.
3. Those officers designated as provisional RCMs are offered a three-year
Extended Active Duty (EAD) contract and can expect assignment to a
training/developmental billet. After two years of active duty, provisional
RCMs are considered for permanent RCM status via a board convened by
CG PSC-RPM. An RCM who acquires permanent status receives indefinite
active-duty orders and serves on active duty until separation or retirement.
4. Service requirements: Applicants must meet the following eligibility
requirements at the beginning of the promotion year (1 July) in which
they are competing for designation:
   a. Any Reserve or Regular commissioned Ensign.
   b. Any Reserve or Regular commissioned Lieutenant (junior grade).
   c. Any Reserve or Regular commissioned Lieutenant with no more than
      four years in grade.
   d. Any Regular or Reserve Warrant Officer. Warrant Officers must have less
      than 26 years time in service.
5. Officers who desire an eligibility requirement waiver may apply to Commander
(CG PSC-RPM) through their chain of command. Requests will not be approved
unless the applicant meets critical Service needs. Waivers shall be submitted
via email to HQS-SMB-CGPSC-RPM-BoardsPanels@uscg.mil with the subject line
"RCM: WAIVER REQUEST". Requests for a waiver must arrive no later than
27 September 2024.
6. Application process: Those applying for an RCM designation must
complete the application requirements listed below in paragraphs 6.a-c
no later than 11 October 2024:
   a. RCM Application: Applicants shall apply using the "PY25 RCM
      Application Template" located at the CG PSC-RPM-1 website:
      https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/RPM-1/Boards_And_Panels/.
   b. Command Endorsement: Command Endorsements, via standard new page
      endorsement format, are required and shall address the applicant's ability
      to lead the Coast Guard Reserve Component, their readiness, and support
      the unit's Reserve and Active Duty Components. Only endorsements from the
      immediate command are authorized. Additional letters of recommendation or
      endorsements will not be considered and, if submitted, will be returned
      without action.
   c. RCM Application with endorsement shall be sent via email to:
      HQS-SMB-CGPSC-RPM-BoardsPanels@uscg.mil with the subject line "RCM APPLICATION".
7. All officers being considered are encouraged to review their official
Coast Guard Military Human Resource Record (CGMHRR). For information on
viewing your CGMHRR via iPERMS, please visit the CG PSC-BOPS-mr website:
https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Human-
Resources-CG-1/Personnel-Service-Center-PSC/BOPS/PSC-BOPS-C/CGMHRR/
iPERMS-Access/.
8. All candidates must ensure their DA contact information including personal
phone and e-mail address are accurate prior to the board convening. Guides
on how to update this information in Direct Access may be found at the
following website: https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/ppc/pd/da/#ICG_ETH_3447.
9. Schedule:
   a. 27 September 2024: Submission deadline for eligibility waiver.
   b. 11 October 2024: Submission deadline for applications with command
      endorsement.
   c. 21 October 2024: RCM Designation Board convenes.
   d. Selected provisional RCMs will execute EAD contracts on 1 May and
      can expect to PCS to their first RCM assignment 1 May through 1 September
      2025, based upon Service needs.
10. All Commanding Officers and Senior Reserve Officers shall ensure widest
dissemination of this message to all officers within their AOR.
11. Point of contact for application or panel inquiries: LCDR Josh Denney
at (202) 795-6507 or by email at Joshua.A.Denney@uscg.mil.
12. RDML Z. Merchant, Commander, Personnel Service Center (CG-PSC), sends.
13. Internet release authorized.