ALCGRSV 053/24 - RESERVE LIEUTENANT COMMANDER TO ENSIGN ASSIGNMENT YEAR 2025 (AY25) KICKOFF ANNOUNCEMENT

30 AUG 2024

ALCGRSV 053/24
SUBJ: RESERVE LIEUTENANT COMMANDER TO ENSIGN 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
Lieutenant Commanders through Ensigns competing for assignment,
their command cadre or supervisors, and the Reserve officer corps at
large. Supplemental information on the assignment process, is
available in the AY24 Reserve Personnel Assignment guide, located 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-2 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 15 Nov 24.
3. AY25 Assignment Candidate Pool:
   a. The primary candidate pool consists of members reported in DA
as tour complete in 2025, members filling positions in which a
paygrade mismatch (plus or minus 2 pay grades) exists between member
and billet, members in reprogrammed positions, and members projected
to be released from active duty. This includes Lieutenant Commanders
through Ensigns serving on long-term Active Duty for Operational
Support (ADOS) and Extended Active Duty (EAD) who desire a SELRES
assignment following their release from active duty. PSC-RPM-2 will
track additions and deletions to candidate pools caused by promotions,
screening panels, separations, position reprogramming and other
actions.
   b. Members serving on long-term voluntary ADOS orders that
terminate any time during AY25 must submit an e-resume in DA. Members
serving on long-term voluntary ADOS orders that terminate after 01
March 2025 must apply for re-assignment using a CG-2002 to the
appropriate Assignment Officer. Members who do not apply for
assignment will be transferred to the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR)
and may participate in the AY25 Off-season cycle or the AY26
assignment cycle.
   c. 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.
   d. Members who will be affiliating with the SELRES via the
Regular to Reserve (R2R) or Temporary Separation process must meet
the timeline in paragraph 10. Those who miss the deadlines may participate
in the AY25 Off-Season assignment or expect to remain in the IRR until the
AY26 cycle.
4. E-resume/FlexPAL:
   a. For e-resume submission, command endorsement, and command
endorsement verification steps, refer to the PPCs guides located at the link
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.
   b. Junior Officer FlexPAL guidance: Junior Officers (O1-O3) can
now be assigned under the FLEXPAL system. The list of available
assignments where training capacity exists is located on the PSC-RPM
website denoted in paragraph 1, under the AY25 FlexPAL section. Under
the FlexPAL system, there are billets marked F for flexible and
NF for non-flexible. The NF designation means that this billet is
important to unit success and should not be moved under the FlexPAL
system. RPM is expected to fill these positions before flexible
positions. As such, candidates must apply to NF positions foremost,
but if they are looking for a general position that is flexible in a
specific geo-location, then they must apply to the following
position number: 00042876. Members must provide their Central
Assignment Coordinators (CAC) with their geographic location and desired
drill location in the "Member Comments" section of the e-resume. For
FlexPal e-resume guidance refer to the PSC-RPM-2 website at:
https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Portals/10/FlexPAL_Eresume_Guide.pdf.
5. 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.
6. Members who will voluntarily accept orders beyond RCD shall
include the following statement in their e-resume member comments:
I, (rank and name) on (date), understand the Reasonable Commuting
Distance (RCD) policy stipulated in COMDTINST M1001.28 (series), and
will voluntarily accept orders beyond RCD.
7. IAW REF A, Article 5.E.1., members may be assigned to a Deployable
Specialized Forces (DSF) unit without their consent if they live
within RCD of these units and not enough qualified volunteers are
identified. DSF units include the Port Security Units (PSUs) and
Maritime Expeditionary Security Groups. Members who have not been
assigned to a DSF unit are strongly encouraged to apply. Members who
have been assigned to a DSF unit for more than 5 years may apply for
reassignment through the normal assignment process.
8. 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
10, will be transferred to the IRR and may compete for assignments
in AY26.
9. For assignment guidance, refer to the PSC-RPM website denoted in
paragraph 1.
10. AY25 Lieutenant Commander through Ensign timeline:
   a. 01 Sep 24 - 12 Jan 25: CACs available for 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 corrections due
      to PSC-RPM-2.
   d. 15 Nov 24: Shopping lists released and available in DA.
   e. 12 Jan 25: Deadline for members to submit e-resumes.
   f. 18 Apr 25: Assignment slates approved and finalized.
   g. 10-31 May 25: PCS orders released in DA, available to units
      in DA airport terminal.
   h. 27 Jun 25: Requests to retire or separate in lieu of orders
      due to PSC-RPM.
   i. 01 Oct 25: Effective date for AY25 assignments.
11. Central Assignment Coordinators:
   a. LT Justin Goodrum: CGD ONE and FIVE Junior Officer assignments,
      (571) 608-4289, Justin.A.Goodrum@uscg.mil
   b. LT Jessica Colombo: CGD SEVEN, EIGHT and NINE Junior
      Officer assignments, (571) 608-7570, Jessica.C.Colombo@uscg.mil.
   c. LT Joel Laufenberg: CGD ELEVEN, THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, and
      SEVENTEEN Junior Officer assignments, (571) 607-7567,
      Joel.P.Laufenberg@uscg.mil.
12. CAPT T. E. Fryar, Chief, CG PSC-RPM, sends.
13. Internet release authorized.