ALCGRSV 052/24 - RESERVE CAPTAIN AND COMMANDER ASSIGNMENT YEAR 2025 (AY25) KICKOFF ANNOUNCEMENT

30 AUG 2024

ALCGRSV 052/24
SUBJ: RESERVE CAPTAIN AND COMMANDER ASSIGNMENT YEAR 2025
(AY25) KICKOFF ANNOUNCEMENT
A. Reserve Policy Manual, COMDTINST M1001.28 (series)
1. This message announces the AY25 Reserve assignment season kickoff
and provides important guidelines and information for Reserve
Captains and Commanders competing for assignment, their command
cadre or supervisors and the Reserve officer corps at large.
Supplemental information on the assignment process, including the
Reserve Captain Assignment Guide and the Reserve Commander Assignment
Guide, are available on the PSC-RPM website:
https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-
Human-Resources-CG-1/Personnel-Service-Center-PSC/Reserve-Personnel-
Management-PSC-RPM/RPM-2/Assignments/AY25/.
2. Shopping lists: PSC-RPM is developing and validating AY25
shopping lists, which will identify anticipated billet vacancies.
Updates will be published on the PSC-RPM website.
   a. Validation: Unit commanders must verify the accuracy and
status of each Reserve position on their PAL as reflected in Direct
Access (DA), along with anticipated vacancies. The Command Concerns
Process Guide is located on the PSC-RPM website denoted in paragraph
1. Select the "Command Concerns" link under the "AY25 Assignment
Guides/Templates" section. Submit discrepancies or comments to the
appropriate PSC-RPM Central Assignment Coordinator (CAC) via Command
Concerns by 31 Oct 24.
   b. Availability: Shopping lists will be released by 04 Nov 24.
3. AY25 Captain and Commander Assignment Candidate Pool:
   a. The primary candidate pool consists of Captains and Commanders
reported in DA as tour complete in 2025, Commanders selected for
Captain, Lieutenant Commanders selected for Commander, members who
will change Reserve Component Category (RCC) to Selected Reserve
(SELRES), members filling positions in which a paygrade mismatch
exists between member and billet, members in reprogrammed positions,
and members projected to be released from active duty. This includes
senior officers (O5-O6) serving on long-term Active Duty for
Operational Support (ADOS) who desire a SELRES assignment following
their release from active duty. PSC-RPM will track additions and
deletions to candidate pools created by promotions, screening panels,
separations, position reprogramming and other actions. Members who do not
apply for assignment will be transferred to the Individual Ready
Reserve (IRR) and may participate in the AY26 assignment cycle.
   b. PSC-RPM will adhere to tour completion dates when considering
assignments. Members generally will not rotate prior to completion
of their tours. However, early rotations are sometimes necessary to
meet Service needs. Selection for promotion or existing position
rank mismatches automatically trigger new assignment consideration
regardless of tour completion date.
4. Reasonable Commuting Distance (RCD): REF A, Article 5.C describes
policy regarding RCD. As a member becomes more senior, assignment
opportunities within RCD become increasingly scarce. If a member
wants to continue to serve in a SELRES status, the member must
consider assignments beyond RCD.
5. Members who decline orders will be transferred to the IRR,
Standby Reserve, or may request retirement or separation, IAW REF A,
Article 5.A.10. Members who do not successfully compete for an AY25
assignment, or members who do not submit an e-resume IAW paragraph 8,
will be transferred to the IRR and may compete for assignment in AY26.
6. For e-resume and assignment guidance, refer to the PSC-RPM website
denoted in paragraph 1. To ensure that an e-resume endorsement is
completed on time, members must notify their command when an e-resume
requiring command endorsement has been submitted.
7. For Captain assignments only: All applicants must submit a
one-page biography. Requirements and template are available in the
Reserve Captain Assignment Guide.
8. AY25 SELRES Captain and Commander timeline:
   a. 01 Sep 24 - 09 Dec 24: Assignment counseling.
   b. 01 Oct 24: Potential shopping lists available for review and
      command validation on RPM website denoted in paragraph 1.
   c. 31 Oct 24: Command Concerns and shopping list validations due
      to PSC-RPM.
   d. 04 Nov 24: Shopping lists released and available in DA.
   e. 18-22 Nov 24: Reserve Senior Command Screening Panel.
   f. 09 Dec 24: Deadline for Captain and Commander e-resumes;
      deadline for Captains to submit biography to RPM as per the
      Reserve Captain Assignment Guide.
   g. 24-28 Feb 25: Captain and Commander Assignment Panels.
   h. 14 Mar 25: Deadline for requests to retire or separate in
      lieu of orders due to PSC-RPM.
   i. 01 Oct 25: Effective date for AY25 assignments.
9. Central Assignment Coordinators:
   a. For CAPTs, contact CAPT Troy Fryar, (202) 795-6499, or
      Troy.E.Fryar@uscg.mil.
   b. For CDRs, contact CDR Jesse Webster, (202) 795-6501, or
      Jesse.D.Webster@uscg.mil.
10. CAPT T.E. Fryar, Chief, CG PSC-RPM, sends.
11. Internet release authorized.