ALCOAST 159/08
COMDTNOTE 1710
SUBJ: 2008 ARMED FORCES CYCLING TEAM SELECTIONS
A. PERSONNEL MANUAL, COMDTINST M1000.6A
B. COAST GUARD MORALE, WELL-BEING, AND RECREATION MANUAL, COMDTINST
M1710.13(SERIES)
C. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 211242Z SEP 07/ALCOAST 450/07
1. I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT AETC SEAN COLEMAN, AIRSTA
CLEARWATER, AND LCDR GEORGE GANOUNG, COMDT CG-0931, HAVE BEEN
SELECTED TO REPRESENT THE ARMED FORCES AS PART OF THE 2008 ARMED
FORCES CYCLING TEAM.  ADDITIONALLY, LCDR GANOUNG HAS ALSO BEEN
SELECTED TO SERVE AS THE TEAMS CAPTAIN FOR 2008.
2. THE ARMED FORCES CYCLING TEAM REPRESENTS THE UNITED STATES ARMED
FORCES IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION.  TEAM MEMBERS ARE
SELECTED ANNUALLY VIA A COMPETITIVE PROCESS FROM A POOL OF
CANDIDATES FROM ALL ARMED SERVICES.  THE TEAM REPRESENTS THE ARMED
FORCES IN INTERNATIONAL CYCLING EVENTS THROUGH THE CONSEIL
INTERNATIONAL DU SPORT MILITAIRE (CISM) MILITARY-MILITARY ATHLETIC
COMPETITION.
3. THE 2008 ARMED FORCES CYCLING TEAM WILL COMPETE IN REGIONAL,
NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL ELITE AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL LEVEL
CYCLING RACES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.  PRIMARY EVENTS WILL BE THE US
ELITE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ORANGE COUNTY, CA IN AUGUST 2008
AND THE CISM WORLD MILITARY CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE HELD IN NOVO MESTO,
SLOVENIA IN EARLY OCTOBER 2008.
4. IN ORDER TO FACILITATE TRAVEL, PREPARATION, AND PARTICIPATION IN
TEAM EVENTS, COS ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO AUTHORIZE ADMINISTRATIVE
ABSENCE AND PERMISSIVE TRAVEL ORDERS FOR THESE MEMBERS IAW REF A.
5.  FOR 2008, CYCLING IS ON THE ARMED FORCES SPORTS CALENDAR
CONTAINED IN REF B.  ALL ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
APPLY FOR ALL ARMED FORCES SPORTS PER THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOUND
IN REFS B AND C.
6. RADM CLIFFORD I. PERSON, ASSISTANT COMMANDANT FOR HUMAN
RESOURCES SENDS.
7. INTERNET RELEASED AUTHORIZED.