ALCOAST 040/25 - JAN 2025 SOLICITATION FOR DCMS LOGCOM COLLATERAL DUTY LOGISTICS SUPPORT ELEMENT (LSE) TEAM MEMBERS
U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 01/31/2025 01:41 PM ESTR 311800Z JAN 25 MID120001714701U
FM COGARD OPERATIONAL LOGISTICS COMMAND NORFOLK VA
TO ALCOAST
BT
UNCLAS
ALCOAST 040/25
SSIC 4081
SUBJ: SOLICITATION FOR DCMS LOGCOM COLLATERAL DUTY LOGISTICS
SUPPORT ELEMENT (LSE) TEAM MEMBERS
A. U.S. Coast Guard Incident Management Handbook,
COMDTPUB P3120.17 (series)
B. Emergency Management Manual, Volume IV: Incident Management and
Crisis Response, COMDTINST 3010.24A
C. DCMS Contingency Support Plan 9930 (series)
1. Operational Logistics Command (LOGCOM) is soliciting
for active-duty volunteers to be a part of the Logistics Support
Element (LSE) Team as a collateral duty for the period April
2025 to March 2026.
2. Background: The LSE Team is a DCMS Deployable Support Element
(DSE) comprising select highly trained and proficient general
contingency logisticians. The LSE Team provides DCMS subject
matter expert advisors to the operational commander's existing
logistics support structure during contingency response operations.
Established in 2012, the LSE Team has been deployed globally
to support operational commanders during significant incidents
and events. These include natural disasters, the COVID-19
pandemic, major foreign and domestic exercises, oil spill
responses, incidents of national significance, defense operations,
or whenever the operational tempo necessitates sustained
mission support resources with incident management expertise.
3. Capabilities: The LSE Team can provide one or more general
contingency logisticians who are trained to look ahead and help
plan for the future logistics needs of the Operational Commander
during any contingency to which the Coast Guard responds. LSE
Team members possess an in-depth understanding of the current
force structure within DCMS. They are proficient in effectively
reaching back to Logistics Centers and Service Centers (LCSC),
leveraging all mission support joint, interagency, and
multi-national logistics training and resources. The entire LSE
Team does not typically deploy at the same time, but rather one
or more members will arrive on scene, embed with the Incident
Management Team (IMT) and assess the need for additional resources.
4. Role: LSE Team members assess the situation, evaluate existing
field resources and advise the logistics section leads on the
effective use of DCMS capabilities available through the LCSCs
DSEs. They also can act as the USCG logistics liaison officer to DOD
and interagency responses during no-notice or planned events.
Typically, members do not serve as a Logistics Section Chief
(LSC) in an IMT. Instead, LSE members act as the DCMS technical
specialist to advise and assist the LSC or Finance/Admin Section
Chief on the effective use of DCMS capabilities.
5. LSE Application Guidelines: Selection to the Team is recognition
of a member's expertise, knowledge of the DCMS enterprise and
ability to work in dynamic situations. Commands are strongly
encouraged to identify potential candidates and advise them of this
unique opportunity. LSE members should be available for up to 60
days of training, exercises, or contingency response deployments
spread throughout the year usually in 7-14 day increments. This may
include deployments to international field locations where members
may have limited connectivity to their home units.
a. Solicitation is open to all active-duty personnel E-7 to O-5
currently assigned within the DCMS enterprise or who have mission
support experience. Applications from E-6 members who have a record
of exemplary performance may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
b. Members currently assigned to the Incident Management Assist
Team and Joint Field Office staffs are not eligible. Members
Currently assigned to Area or District IMT positions may apply but
their IMT position will be considered as a selection criterion.
c. Applicants must meet all readiness requirements for world-wide
deployment.
d. Applicants must currently hold a secret level clearance or
higher.
e. There are no specific training prerequisites. Applicants must
be available for 18 hours of LSE virtual training. LSE training in
2025 will comprise a series of nine, weekly two-hour virtual
sessions between 9 Apr 2025 and 4 Jun 2025. Additional training
details will be shared with applicants selected for the LSE program.
f. Selection requires a minimum 24-month commitment.
g. It cannot be overstated that command endorsement and continued
support of CONUS and OCONUS deployments are essential for success in
this collateral duty opportunity. In return for the time commitment,
home units will gain a highly trained contingency logistics expert
who can assist in strengthening the unit's logistics capability
while growing the service-wide mission support knowledge base.
6. Application Requirements:
a. Submit a one-page resume to the POC below NLT 28 February
2025. Selections will be made by LOG-4 staff and announced via email
OOA 7 March 2025. The resume should include member's name,
rank/rate, current and former units, and tour complete date.
b. Summarize all relevant ICS, USCG, and DoD training; current
IMT position, if applicable; qualifications and certifications;
and exercise or contingency response deployment experience and
position(s) filled related to Mission Support and/or logistics.
c. Commands shall submit an endorsement memo with the resume.
The memo must address the command's support of training and
deployment requirements, and the ability of the member to work
independently, quickly adapt to changing situations, and excel in
unfamiliar situations while working with personnel from diverse
units and backgrounds.
7. Management of the LSE Program resides in LOG-4. For additional
information or for any application questions please contact
Dr. Matt Colmer at Matthew.R.Colmer@uscg.mil or (206) 815-4899.
8. RADM C.J. List, Operational Logistics Command (LOGCOM), sends.
9. Internet release is authorized.