ALCOAST 161/08
COMDTNOTE 1500
SUBJ: POLICY REGARDING DUTY UNDER INSTRUCTION (DUINS): OBLIGATED
SERVICE AND DELAYED ENROLLMENT
A. COAST GUARD ADVANCED EDUCATION PROGRAM, COMDTINST 1524.1
(SERIES)
B. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 052252Z MAR 08/ALCOAST 119/08
C. TRAINING AND EDUCATION MANUAL COMDTINST M1500.10 (SERIES)
1.  THIS MESSAGE IS INTENDED TO CLARIFY OBLIGATED SERVICE AND
DELAYED ENROLLMENT FOR COAST GUARD ADVANCED EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND
FLIGHT TRAINING UNTIL PROMULGATION OF THE REVISED TRAINING AND
EDUCATION MANUAL.
2.  FLIGHT TRAINING.
 A. FLIGHT TRAINING CONSTITUTES DUTY UNDER INSTRUCTION.  EACH
OFFICER WHO COMMENCES FLIGHT TRAINING MUST OBLIGATE ADDITIONAL
SERVICE ON ACTIVE DUTY.  OFFICERS COMPLETING FLIGHT TRAINING INCUR
A TOTAL OF EIGHT ADDITIONAL YEARS OF SERVICE FROM THE DATE OF
COMPLETION OF FLIGHT TRAINING OR FROM DATE OF COMPLETION OF ALL
OTHER OBLIGATED SERVICE, WHICHEVER IS LATER.  SEE PARAGRAPHS B AND
C FOR CLARIFICATION.
 B.  ACADEMY GRADUATES COMPLETING FLIGHT TRAINING HAVE EIGHT YEARS
OF ADDITIONAL SERVICE OVER AND ABOVE THE INITIAL ACADEMY
OBLIGATION. THE EIGHT-YEAR FLIGHT TRAINING OBLIGATION DOES NOT
BEGIN UNTIL THE FIRST SERVICE OBLIGATION IS COMPLETED.
 C.  RESERVE AND TEMPORARY OFFICERS INCUR AN EIGHT-YEAR ACTIVE DUTY
OBLIGATION UPON COMPLETION OF FLIGHT TRAINING, WHICH MUST BE SERVED
IN ADDITION TO ANY APPLICABLE INITIAL CONTRACTUAL ACTIVE DUTY
PERIOD.  THE EIGHT-YEAR FLIGHT TRAINING OBLIGATION WILL NOT BEGIN
UNTIL THE END OF THE INITIAL PERIOD OF OBLIGATION.
 D.  OFFICERS WHO COMMENCE, BUT DO NOT COMPLETE, FLIGHT TRAINING
INCUR ONE ADDITIONAL MONTH OF OBLIGATED SERVICE FOR EACH MONTH IN
WHICH THEY PARTICIPATE IN FLIGHT TRAINING.  ACCEPTING FLIGHT
TRAINING ORDERS TRIGGERS THE OBLIGATED SERVICE REQUIREMENTS.  THE
SELECTED OFFICER MUST SIGN THE APPROPRIATE OBLIGATED SERVICE
STATEMENT PRIOR TO EXECUTING PCS ORDERS TO FLIGHT SCHOOL.
3.  ADVANCED EDUCATION.
 A.  STUDENTS ATTENDING ANY FEDERALLY-FUNDED EDUCATION PROGRAM
INCUR A DEBT OF SERVICE.  THIS OBLIGATION BECOMES EFFECTIVE ON THE
DATE OF TRANSFER OUT OF DUINS STATUS OR UPON THE TERMINATION OF
PREVIOUS OBLIGATED SERVICE, WHICHEVER IS LATER.  PERSONNEL WHO
COMMENCE ANY FUNDED EDUCATION PROGRAM MUST AGREE NOT TO REQUEST
RESIGNATION DURING THE COURSE OF INSTRUCTION AND MUST ACCEPT THE
PERIOD OF OBLIGATED SERVICE.
 B.  MILITARY MEMBERS ARE OBLIGATED TO SERVE IN THE COAST GUARD
THREE MONTHS FOR EACH MONTH OF INSTRUCTION FOR THE FIRST 12 MONTHS,
AND ONE MONTH FOR EACH MONTH THEREAFTER.  THIS PERIOD OF OBLIGATED
SERVICE IS IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER OBLIGATED SERVICE THAT MAY HAVE
BEEN INCURRED.  OBLIGATED SERVICE BEGINS TO ACCRUE ONT THE CLASS
CONVENING DATE AND BECOMES EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE OF GRADUATION,
PROGRAM COMPLETION, DISENROLLMENT, OR THE TERMINATION OF PREVIOUS
OBLIGATED SERVICE, WHICHEVER IS LATER.  ENLISTED PERSONNEL MUST
EXECUTE AND EXTEND/REENLIST PRIOR TO BEING ISSUED ORDERS FOR DUTY
UNDER INSTRUCTION (DUINS) TO MEET THE OBLIGATED SERVICE
REQUIREMENTS.
4.  ADVANCED EDUCATION DELAYED ENROLLMENT OR DEFERMENT.  IN ORDER
TO AFFORD OFFICERS THE ABILITY TO PURSUE OTHER UNIQUE CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES (SUCH AS A COMMAND CADRE POSITION AFLOAT) AND PROVIDE
THE SERVICE GREATER DEPTH OF SKILLED PERSONNEL IN ESSENTIAL MISSION
AREAS, REQUESTS TO DEFER ASSIGNMENT TO PG SCHOOL MAY BE CONSIDERED.
ONLY OFFICERS SELECTED AS "PRIMARY" ATTENDEES WILL BE CONSIDERED
FOR POSSIBLE DEFERMENT.  OFFICERS REQUESTING DEFERMENT SHALL SUBMIT
THEIR REQUEST VIA MEMO TO CG PC-OPM-1G.  OFFICERS WHOSE PROGRAM HAS
BEEN DEFERRED WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE ASSIGNED TO "DUTY UNDER
INSTRUCTION" STATUS UPON COMPLETION OF THEIR ASSIGNMENT AS LONG AS
THEIR PERFORMANCE CONTINUES TO WARRANT THIS OPPORTUNITY.  OFFICERS
GRANTED THE DEFERMENT SHALL COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENT FOR WHICH THEIR
PROGRAM WAS DEFERRED.  OFFICERS SELECTED FOR A PG PROGRAM ARE
NOTIFIED SOMETIME DURING THE MONTHS OF JUNE THROUGH SEPTEMBER AND
HAVE 30 DAYS TO FILE A LETTER OF INTENT TO PURSUE THEIR ADVANCED
EDUCATION DEGREE.  THIS REQUIREMENT ENSURES PRIMARY ATTENDEES ARE
GUARANTEED A TRAINING ALLOWANCE BILLET.  AS THE ASSIGNMENT SEASON
PROGRESSES THROUGH THE MONTHS OF NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, PRIMARY
ATTENDEES CAN OBTAIN CAREER COUNSELING FORM ASSIGNMENT OFFICERS OR
CG PC-OPM-4 TO ASCERTAIN IF OTHER UNIQUE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES ARE
AVAILABLE.  ULTIMATELY, DELAYED ENROLLMENT OR DEFERMENT MUST BE
APPROVED BY CG PC-OPM-1, IN CONCERT WITH THE PROGRAM MANAGER AND
COMMANDANT (CG-132).  DELAYED ENROLLMENTS ARE DISCOURAGED, BUT
REQUESTS IN WELL-JUSTIFIED CASES WHERE SERVICE NEED, PROGRAM NEED,
AND MEMBER CAREER DEVELOPMENT NEEDS ARE MET SHOULD BE SENT TO OPM-
1, WHO WILL CONSULT WITH THE APPROPRIATE PROGRAM MANAGER AND CG-132
REGARDING APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL.  DUINS GRADUATES ARE EXPECTED TO
GO IMMEDIATELY TO PAYBACK STAFF ASSIGNMENTS.  THESE PAYBACK
ASSIGNMENTS ARE RARELY DEFERRED WITH REQUESTS BEING CONSIDERED ON A
CASE-BY-CASE BASIS AND DECISIONS BASED SOLELY ON THE NEEDS OF THE
SERVICE.
5.  AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE OFFICER TRAINING.
 A.  OFFICERS COMPLETING THIS COURSE OF INSTRUCTION WILL INCUR A
BLANKET THREE YEARS OF OBLIGATED SERVICE, IN ADDITION TO ANY
PREVIOUS OBLIGATED SERVICE, REGARDLESS OF THE TIME SPENT IN
TRAINING.
 B.  OFFICERS DISENROLLING PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF THIS TRAINING
WILL INCUR ONE MONTH OF OBLIGATED SERVICE FOR EVERY MONTH OF
TRAINING COMPLETED.  OBLIGATED SERVICE BEGINS TO ACCRUE ON THE
CLASS CONVENING DATE AND BECOMES EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE OF PROGRAM
COMPLETION, DISENROLLMENT, OR THE TERMINATION OF PREVIOUS OBLIGATED
SERVICE, WHICHEVER IS LATER.
6.  THE ABOVE POLICY DOES NOT ADDRESS OR AFFECT OTHER TYPES OF
OBLIGATED SERVICE (E.G. FOR EXECUTING PCS ORDERS, RETRACTING A
SEPARATIONS REQUEST OR ACCEPTING TUITION ASSISTANCE) WHICH MAY RUN
CONCURRENTLY WITH DUINS OBLIGATED SERVICE.
7.  CG PC-OPM-1 POC IS CDR JIM ANDREWS AT (202) 493-1611 OR
JAMES.E.ANDRES(AT)USCG.MIL.  COMDT (CG-132) POC IS MR. JIM LIS AT
(202) 475-5478 OR JAMES.F.LIS(AT)USCG.MIL.
8.  CAPT D. J. MCCLELLAN, ACTING DIRECTOR OF RESERVE AND TRAINING
SENDS.
9.  INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.