R 162345Z JUL 09

ALCOAST 409/09
COMDTNOTE 1427
SUBJ: MARITIME LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY SPECIALTY (MLES)
APPOINTMENTS FOR 2010 AND BEYOND
A. COMDT ALLHANDS E-MAIL 23 JUN 2008
B. PERSONNEL MANUAL, COMDTINST M1000.6 (SERIES)
1. THIS MESSAGE ESTABLISHES POLICY AND GUIDANCE FOR MARITIME LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY SPECIALTY (MLES) CWO APPOINTMENTS. REF A
ANNOUNCED THE DECISION TO ESTABLISH THE ME RATING.
2. MLES APPOINTMENTS:
  A. MLES ACTIVE DUTY APPOINTMENTS:
   (1) 1JUN10-31MAY11 APPOINTMENTS: MEMBERS WHOSE NAMES APPEAR ON
THE 2009 CWO ELIGIBILITY LIST SELECTED TO LATERAL TO MLES WILL BE
REMOVED FROM THEIR LEGACY CWO SPECIALTY LISTS AND MERGED ONTO A NEW
MLES ELIGIBILITY LIST ON 1JAN10. THEY WILL BE RANK ORDERED ON THE
MLES LIST IN THE SAME PRECEDENCE AS WAS USED FOR THEIR LEGACY CWO
SPECIALTY LIST.
   (2) 1JUN11-31MAY12 APPOINTMENTS: MEMBERS SELECTED TO LATERAL TO
ME WHO WISH TO COMPETE FOR APPOINTMENT TO MLES IN 2011 MUST
PARTICIPATE IN THE 2010 CWO APPLICATION CYCLE PER REF B CHAP 1.D,
WITH AMPLIFYING GUIDANCE TO BE PROVIDED BY CGPSC-OPM LATER THIS
YEAR.
  B. MLES RESERVE APPOINTMENTS:
   (1) 1JUN10-31MAY11 RESERVE APPOINTMENTS: RESERVE MEMBERS
SELECTED TO LATERAL TO ME WHO WISH TO COMPETE FOR RESERVE
APPOINTMENT TO MLES IN 2010 MUST PARTICIPATE IN THE 2010 RESERVE
CWO APPLICATION CYCLE PER CHAP 1.D OF REF B. AMPLIFYING GUIDANCE
WILL BE PROVIDED BY CGPSC-RPM LATER THIS YEAR.
   (2) 1JUN11-31MAY12 RESERVE APPOINTMENTS: MEMBERS WITHIN THE ME
RATING WHO WISH TO COMPETE FOR RESERVE APPOINTMENT TO MLES IN 2011
MUST PARTICIPATE IN THE 2011 RESERVE CWO APPLICATION CYCLE PER CHAP
1.D OF REF B. AMPLIFYING GUIDANCE WILL BE PROVIDED BY CGPSC-RPM IN
THE FALL OF 2010.
3. POINTS OF CONTACT
  A. QUESTIONS REGARDING ACTIVE DUTY AND RESERVE CWO APPOINTMENTS
SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO CWO J. DIGNAN, CG PSC-OPM-1, 202-493-1613 OR
CWO D. MEEK, CG PSC-RPM-1, 202-493-1708, RESPECTIVELY.
  B. QUESTIONS REGARDING THE MLES SPECIALTY SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO
LCDR C. BEAL, ME RATING IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT MGR,
202-372-3042 OR CLAYTON.R.BEAL(AT)USCG.MIL, OR MECM G.
MUISE, ME RFMC, 202-372-3044 OR GORDON.J.MUISE(AT)USCG.MIL.
4. RADM R. T. HEWITT, ASSISTANT COMMANDANT FOR HUMAN RESOURCES,
SENDS.
5. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.