SUBJ: SOLICITATION FOR THE 2009 IRONMAN TRIATHLON WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP COAST GUARD TEAM
A. PERSONNEL MANUAL, COMDTINST M1000.6(SERIES)
1. THIS ALCGPSC SOLICITS APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2009 IRONMAN
TRIATHLON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BEING HELD 10 OCT 2009 IN KAILUA-KONA,
HAWAII.  EACH MILITARY SERVICE TEAM WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO
MEMBERS, (1 MAN AND 1 WOMAN - PROFESSIONAL TRIATHLETES ARE NOT
ELIGIBLE).
2. ACTIVE DUTY AND RESERVE CG ATHLETES ON ACTIVE DUTY DURING THE
PERIOD OF THE RACE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THE COAST GUARD TEAM
MUST SUBMIT AN ARMED FORCES APPLICATION CLEARLY MARKED, IRONMAN
TEAM, TO CWO3 CARLOS TOOMER AT COMMANDING OFFICER, U.S. COAST
GUARD, COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMAND, 870 GREENBRIER CIRCLE, TOWER II,
SUITE 502, CHESAPEAKE, VA 23320.  APPLICATIONS MAY BE OBTAINED ON
THE CG MWR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.USCG.MIL/MWR, ON THE LEFT SIDE
CLICK SPORTS, THEN CLICK ON ARMED FORCES SPORTS, THEN CLICK ON HOW
TO APPLY, PAGES 4 AND 5 ARE THE ARMED FORCES SPORTS APPLICATION OR
BY CONTACTING CWO3 TOOMER AT (757)420-2480, EXT 3032, OR BY E-MAIL:
CARLOS.E.TOOMER AT USCG.MIL. APPLICATIONS MUST LIST ATHLETES
OVERALL TRIATHLON TIMES, NAME AND DATE OF EVENTS, AND TYPE
(IRONMAN, HALF IRONMAN, OLYMPIC DISTANCE, ETC).  THESE TIMES MUST
BE VERIFIABLE.  ATHLETES DO NOT HAVE TO INDEPENDENTLY QUALIFY TO
COMPETE ON THIS TEAM FOR THIS EVENT.
3. NON-SELECTION FOR THIS TEAM DOES NOT PRECLUDE OTHER QUALIFIED
ATHLETES FROM COMPETING IN THIS EVENT.  TEAM SELECTION WILL BE MADE
BASED UPON PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR THE 2009 FORD IRONMAN WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP, BEST OVERALL TIMES, RACE DISTANCES, AND DATES OF
PREVIOUS TRIATHLONS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
4. DEADLINE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS IS 19 JUN 2009.
APPLICANTS WHO WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN EVENTS BETWEEN 15-18 JUN
2009 SHOULD SUBMIT APPLICATIONS INDICATING THIS IN ADVANCE
IDENTIFYING SUCH PARTICIPATION.  A WEB SITE SHALL BE PROVIDED IN
THE REMARKS SECTION OF THE APPLICATION FOR ANY EVENT SO THAT
RACE(S) TIMES MAY BE VALIDATED.
5. TEAM SELECTION WILL BE MADE DURING THE WEEK OF 22 JUN 09.  ALL
APPLICANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED OF SELECTION OR NON-SELECTION AND THE
FINAL TEAM WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY ALCGPSC AND POSTED ON THE CSC MWR
WEB PAGE.
6. PERMISSIVE ORDERS ARE AUTH IAW REF A.  COMMUNITY SERVICES
COMMAND WILL FUND TEAM REGISTRATION FEES, AIRLINE TRAVEL TICKETS,
AND UNIFORMS FOR THOSE SELECTED FOR THE TEAM.
7. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.