ALCOAST 176/08 COMDTNOTE 1510 SUBJ: LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT SCHOOL (LAMS) UPDATE ON INITIATIVES IN SUPPORT OF REQUIREMENT FOR ADVANCEMENT TO E-6 A. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 211952Z MAY 07/ALCOAST 256/07 B. COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC 292102Z MAY 07/ALCOAST 268/07 1. IAW REF A, COMDT MANDATED THE COMPLETION OF THE LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT SCHOOL (LAMS) AS A PERFORMANCE-BASED REQUIREMENT FOR ADVANCEMENT TO FIRST CLASS PETTY OFFICER (E-6). COMPLETION OF LAMS WILL BE MANDATORY FOR ALL ACTIVE AND RESERVE SECOND CLASS PETTY OFFICERS (E-5) SEEKING ELIGIBILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT STARTING IN 2009 AS FOLLOWS: A. COMPLETION OF LAMS IS REQUIRED BY 01 FEB 2009 TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE MAY 2009 SWE. B. COMPLETION OF LAMS IS REQUIRED BY 01 JUL 2009 TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE OCTOBER 2009 RESERVE SWE. C. ALL MEMBERS REQUESTING PLACEMENT ON A SUPPLEMENTAL ADVANCEMENT LIST TO E-6 AFTER 31 DEC 2008 MUST BE LAMS COMPLETE AT THE TIME OF THEIR REQUEST. 2. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: A. ALL SECOND CLASS PETTY OFFICERS (E-5) ARE ASSIGNED TOP PRIORITY FOR ALL LAMS COURSE QUOTA ALLOCATIONS. B. THE TRAINING OFFICERS (TO) AND/OR EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OFFICERS (ESO) SHOULD QUERY A LIST OF ALL E-5 PERSONNEL IN THEIR COMMAND TO FIND MEMBERS WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED LAMS AND ENSURE THAT THOSE MEMBERS ARE GIVEN THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE CONVENING DATE. CLASS CONVENING DATES CAN BE FOUND ON THE TRAINING QUOTA MANAGEMENT CENTER (TQC) WEB PAGE AT HTTP://WWW.USCG.MIL/HQ/TQC/INDEX.SHTM UNDER CLASS SCHEDULES, C SCHOOL SCHEDULES, LEADERSHIP/MANAGEMENT, LAMS ROADSHOW (COURSE 340720). 3. LAMS IS PROVIDED THROUGH TWO METHODS OF TRAINING: RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT (EXPORTABLE): A. RESIDENT LAMS COURSES ARE TAUGHT ON-SITE AT THE LDC AND AT TRAINING CENTERS YORKTOWN AND PETALUMA. THE RESIDENT COURSE IS INTENDED TO SERVE MEMBERS FROM REMOTE UNITS, MEMBERS UNABLE TO ATTEND NON-RESIDENT (EXPORTABLE) LAMS COURSE DUE TO OPERATIONAL COMMITMENT, AND MEMBERS OF UNITS THAT CANNOT MEET THE MINIMUM CLASS SIZE FOR REQUESTING A NON-RESIDENT (EXPORTABLE) LAMS TRAINING. 10 PERCENT OF ANNUAL LAMS QUOTAS ARE DESIGNATED TO RESIDENT COURSES. RESIDENT COURSE QUOTAS ARE MANAGED BY TQC. MEMBERS REQUIRING RESIDENT LAMS TRAINING SHOULD CONTACT THEIR TO/ESO FOR CLASS AVAILABILITY AND FOR SUBMISSION OF AN ELECTRONIC TRAINING REQUEST (ETR). TQC WILL ONLY ACCEPT ETRS FOR RESIDENT LAMS OR WILL ACCEPT A MESSAGE FROM CUTTERS UNDERWAY THAT HAVE NO CONNECTIVITY. (1) PROCEDURES FOR SUBMITTING AN ETR IN DIRECT ACCESS (DA) ARE CONTAINED IN THE HOW TO GUIDE (TO/ESOS ONLY) LOCATED ON THE SAME TQC WEB PAGE ABOVE UNDER TRAINING OFFICER HELP, HOW TO GUIDE. B. NON-RESIDENT (EXPORTABLE) LAMS TRAINING COURSES ARE HELD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AT VARIOUS REGIONAL LOCATIONS (E.G. AIRSTAS, CUTTERS, ISCS, SECTORS) TO REDUCE TRAVEL EXPENSES WHILE MAXIMIZING ACCESS TO LOCAL COMMANDS. NON-RESIDENT (EXPORTABLE) LAMS TRAINING ACCOUNTS FOR 90 PERCENT OF LAMS QUOTAS AND IS AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS AT UNITS WITHIN A NORMAL COMMUTING DISTANCE (50 HWY MILES) OF THE HOST UNIT. QUOTAS ARE SOLICITED AND MANAGED BY THE HOST UNIT. REF B, PROVIDES DETAILED INFORMATION FOR COMMANDS DESIRING TO HOST A NON-RESIDENT (EXPORTABLE) LAMS. (1) TOS/ESOS SHOULD ENGAGE WITH THE HOST UNIT POC AND SUBMIT A ROSTER OF ALL PERSONNEL INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THE SOLICITED NON-RESIDENT (EXPORTABLE) LAMS. C. RESERVIST REQUESTING AN AVAILABLE SEAT TO A NON-RESIDENT (EXPORTABLE) LAMS TRAINING COURSE HELD WITH-IN THEIR LOCAL AREA SHOULD FIRST VIEW CONVENING DATES AND LOCATIONS ON THE TQC WEB PAGE ABOVE: THESE WEB PAGES CAN BE ACCESSED VIA STANDARD HOUSEHOLD INTERNET CONNECTIONS: (1) DETERMINE WHICH LOCAL NON-RESIDENT (EXPORTABLE) LAMS TRAINING COURSE YOU WISH TO ATTEND. (2) SUBMIT A SHORT TERM TRAINING REQUEST (STTR) CG-5223 VIA YOUR CHAIN OF COMMAND (COC). STTR CAN BE FOUND AT HTTP://WWW.USCG.MIL/FORMS/CG/CG_5223.PDF. (3) COC WILL THEN FORWARD AN APPROVED STTR TO THE MEMBERS UNIT TO/ESO FOR FORWARDING TO THE HOST POC OF THE LOCAL NON-RESIDENT (EXPORTABLE) LAMS TRAINING COURSE IN WHICH THE MEMBER WISHES TO ATTEND. (4) HOST POC WILL NOTIFY TO/ESO/MEMBER IF A SEAT IS AVAILABLE FOR MEMBER TO ATTEND. (5) IF MEMBERS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS GETTING AN AVAILABLE SEAT TO A LOCAL NON-RESIDENT (EXPORTABLE) LAMS TRAINING COURSE, THE MEMBER THEN CAN REQUEST AN AVAILABLE SEAT AT ANY OF THE RESIDENT TRAINING CLASSES AVAILABLE ON-SITE AT TRAINING CENTERS PETALUMA AND YORKTOWN OR CG ACADEMY. (6) MEMBERS CAN ATTEND UTILIZING IDT, ADT-AT OR ADT-ODT IS AUTHORIZED IF ADDITIONAL DAYS ARE REQUIRED. CONTACT YOUR ISC (FOT) FOR ORDERS APPROVAL ONCE YOU HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO ATTEND. YOU SHOULD BE PROACTIVE IN REQUEST- ING A SEAT, ALLOWING SUFFICIENT TIME TO NOTIFY YOUR EMPLOYER AND ALLOWING ORDERS TO BE PROCESSED. (7) YOUR COC SHOULD BE YOUR PRIMARY SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND HELP IN REQUESTING AN AVAILABLE SEAT. 4. CG-133 AND THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CENTER (LDC) ARE PREPARED FOR THIS MANDATE. CURRENTLY 5638 OUT OF 9505 (59 PERCENT) AD/SELRES E-5 HAVE COMPLETED TRAINING. IN FY07 A TOTAL OF 3,563 LAMS STUDENTS RECEIVED TRAINING: 1,372 (38 PERCENT) E-5S AND 817 (23 PERCENT) E-4S. IN 1ST QTR FY08 A TOTAL OF 813 LAMS STUDENTS WERE TRAINED IN 31 CLASSES: 478 (59 PERCENT) E-5S AND 199 (24 PERCENT) E-4S. THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO ENSURE REQUESTS ARE MET: A. 10 ADDITIONAL LAMS COURSES WERE APPROVED FOR FY08, RAISING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF EXPORTABLE TRAINING COURSES TO 140 (3920 TOTAL QUOTAS). B. ALL OFFICER ACCESSION POINTS RECEIVE LAMS. 2/C ACADEMY CADETS, DIRECT COMMISSION OFFICER (DCO) AND RESERVE OFFICER CANDIDATE INDOCTRINATION (ROCI) STUDENTS RECEIVE THE 1-WEEK COURSE. ADDITIONALLY, OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL (OCS) INCORPORATES LAMS CURRICULUM IN THEIR PROGRAM. THIS INITIATIVE ENSURES PROSPECTIVE SUPERVISORS RECEIVE LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND SPEAK THE SAME LEADERSHIP LANGUAGE WHILE NOT COMPETING FOR TARGET AUDIENCE SEATS. C. THE LDC OPENED THE FY09 NON-RESIDENT (EXPORTABLE) LAMS TRAINING SLATE 6 MONTHS EARLIER THAN NORMAL. D. THE FOLLOWING COURSES ARE ACCEPTED BY CG-133 AND LDC AS A SUBSTITUTION TO THE LAMS REQUIREMENT FOR ADVANCEMENT: (1) USN LEADING PETTY OFFICER LEADERSHIP COURSE, A-500-0101, USCG COURSE CODE 502102. (2) USN WORK CENTER SUPERVISOR LEADERSHIP COURSE, A-500-0102, USCG COURSE CODE 502103. (3) USAF AIRMAN LEADERSHIP SCHOOL, USCG COURSE CODE 502104. (4) MEMBERS THAT HAVE COMPLETED THE ABOVE SUBSTITUTION SHOULD PROVIDE A COPY OF THE COMPLETION CERTIFICATE TO THEIR ADMIN/SERVICING PERSONNEL OFFICE (SPO) FOR INSERTION INTO DA AS COMPLETED IN YOUR TRAINING HISTORY. (5) ADDITIONAL COURSES WILL ONLY BE CONSIDERED AFTER THE RELEASE OF A LAMS COMMANDANT INSTRUCTION. 5. TO AID OUR ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION, WE MUST ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH OF DEVELOPING LEADERS THAT FULLY ACKNOWLEDGES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IN ATTAINING MISSION SUCCESS. IN ADDITION TO BEING A COAST GUARD PRIORITY, THIS INITIATIVE MUST BECOME A COMMAND PRIORITY. COMMANDING OFFICERS / SENIOR ENLISTED LEADERSHIP HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE AS LEADERS OF CHANGE TO ENSURE THAT EVERY OPPORTUNITY, SUBORDINATE ONLY TO THE MOST PRESSING OPERATIONAL NEED, IS AFFORDED FOR ALL E-5 PETTY OFFICERS PREPARING FOR ADVANCEMENT TO ATTEND THIS TRAINING. 6. NON-RESIDENT (EXPORTABLE) LAMS SCHEDULING QUESTIONS MAY BE ADDRESSED TO MS. JULI PETRUZZELLI, LDC, PHONE (860)701-6686 OR E-MAIL: JULI.R.PETRUZZELLI(AT)USCG.MIL. 7. PROGRAM OR POLICY QUESTIONS MAY BE DIRECTED TO CWO2 JOHNNY L. GARCIA, COMDT (CG-133), PHONE (202)475-5518 OR E-MAIL: JOHNNY.L.GARCIA(AT)USCG.MIL. 8. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ALL LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE AT HTTP://WWW.USCG.MIL/LEADERSHIP. 9. RDML D. R. MAY, DIRECTOR OF RESERVE AND TRAINING, SENDS. 10. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.