ALCOAST 167/09 COMDTNOTE 1120 SUBJ: CY09 SELECTED RESERVE (SELRES) BONUS AMOUNTS/ELIGIBILITY A. THE DUNCAN HUNTER NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009 B. RESERVE POLICY MANUAL, COMDTINST M1001.28(SERIES) C. PERSONNEL MANUAL, COMDTINIST M1000.6(SERIES) 1. THIS ALCOAST ANNOUNCES ELIGIBILITY AND AMOUNTS PAID FOR SELRES ENLISTMENT/AFFILIATION BONUSES AS AUTHORIZED BY REF A. 2. THE FOLLOWING ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND BONUS AMOUNTS ARE EFFECTIVE 01 JANUARY 2009 AND WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 2009 OR UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS ALCOAST AND THE SELRES BONUS PROGRAM, CRITICAL UNITS ARE DEFINED AS PORT SECURITY UNITS (PSU) AND MARITIME EXPEDITIONARY SECURITY SQUADRONS (MSRON - FORMERLY NAVAL COASTAL WARFARE UNITS (NCW)). 3. PER REF A, THE DATE OF ELIGIBILITY IS UPON WRITTEN AGREEMENT (ORDERS OR CG-3307) FROM THE MEMBER TO SERVE IN THE SELRES. 4. SELRES MEMBERS WHO ACCEPT AN EAD CONTRACT TO FILL A VACANT ACTIVE DUTY BILLET AND SELRES MEMBERS WHO INTEGRATE TO ACTIVE DUTY DURING THE PERIOD TO WHICH THEY COMMITTED TO SERVE WITH THE SELRES WILL HAVE THEIR AFFILIATION BONUS RECOUPED. SELRES WHO ARE PERFORMING SHORT-TERM OR LONG-TERM ADSW, WHETHER IT IS IN SUPPORT OF A CONTINGENCY OR NOT, WILL RETAIN THEIR BONUS AND WILL NOT HAVE THEIR BONUSES RECOUPED. 5. SELRES ENLISTMENT BONUS: A. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT FOR INITIAL ENLISTMENT (NEW ACCESSION WITH NO PRIOR MILITARY SERVICE) UNDER THE RP, RK, RX, OR RA PROGRAMS: APPLICANT MUST ENLIST IN THE MK RATING FOR AT LEAST SIX-YEARS AND MUST COMPLETE INITIAL ACTIVE DUTY FOR TRAINING (IADT) WITHIN 18 MONTHS. IADT CONSISTS OF BASIC TRAINING OR RESERVE ENLISTED BASIC INDOCTRINATION (REBI) PLUS A-SCHOOL COMPLETION IF REQUIRED. APPLICANTS MUST BE ASSIGNED TO A VACANT POSITION. APPLICANTS ASSIGNED TO AN OVERBILLETED OR UNBUDGETED POSITION ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE THIS BONUS. B. BONUS AMOUNT: A TOTAL OF 6,000 DOLLARS IS AUTHORIZED TO BE PAID IN TWO EQUAL AMOUNTS. 3,000 DOLLARS MAY BE PAID AFTER COMPLETION OF IADT AND 3,000 DOLLARS MAY BE PAID ONE YEAR LATER IF PARTICIPATION STANDARDS CONTAINED IN REF B HAVE BEEN MET. 6. PRIOR SERVICE ENLISTMENT BONUS: A. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ACTIVE DUTY COAST GUARD AND NON COAST GUARD PRIOR ENLISTED MEMBERS WITH NO REMAINING MILITARY SERVICE OBLIGATION (MSO) AND WHO HAVE OVER SEVEN YEARS NINE MONTHS BUT LESS THAN 13 YEARS OF COMBINED MILITARY SERVICE: MEMBER MUST COMMIT TO EITHER A THREE-YEAR OR A SIX-YEAR SELRES AGREEMENT, BE AN E-4 OR ABOVE UNDER THE RQ PROGRAM, AND MUST BE IN THE MK OR FS RATINGS AT A CRITICAL UNIT OR AN MK AT A NON-CRITICAL UNIT. APPLICANTS ASSIGNED TO AN OVERBILLETED OR UNBUDGETED POSITION ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE THIS BONUS. B. BONUS AMOUNTS ARE AUTHORIZED FOR THE FOLLOWING AGREEMENTS TO BE PAID IN TWO EQUAL AMOUNTS. THE FIRST HALF MAY BE PAID UPON COMPLETION OF IADT AND THE SECOND HALF MAY BE PAID ONE YEAR LATER IF PARTICIPATION STANDARDS CONTAINED IN CHAPTER 3 OF REF C HAVE BEEN MET: (1) FOR A SIX-YEAR SELRES AGREEMENT IN A CRITICAL RATE AT A CRITICAL UNIT, A TOTAL OF 8,000 DOLLARS IS AUTHORIZED. (2) FOR A THREE-YEAR SELRES AGREEMENT IN A CRITICAL RATE AT A CRITICAL UNIT, A TOTAL OF 4,000 DOLLARS IS AUTHORIZED. (3) FOR A SIX-YEAR SELRES AGREEMENT IN A CRITICAL RATE BUT NOT AT A CRITICAL UNIT, A TOTAL OF 6,000 DOLLARS IS AUTHORIZED. (4) FOR A THREE-YEAR SELRES AGREEMENT IN A CRITICAL RATE BUT NOT AT A CRITICAL UNIT, A TOTAL OF 3,000 DOLLARS IS AUTHORIZED. 7. AFFILIATION BONUS: A. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT FOR RELAD PERSONNEL IN THE MK RATING, WHO ARE E-4 OR ABOVE AND OBLIGATED TO SERVE THE REMAINDER OF THEIR INITIAL EIGHT-YEAR MSO IN THE READY RESERVE: MEMBER AGREES TO AFFILIATE WITH THE SELRES FOR A MINIMUM OF THREE-YEARS. THE SELRES AFFILIATION AGREEMENT FOR BONUS PAYMENT SHOULD BE EXECUTED BEFORE THE MEMBER IS RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY. HOWEVER, IF NECESSARY, THE AGREEMENT MAY BE EXECUTED UP TO THREE MONTHS AFTER THE RELAD DATE. B. ASSIGNMENTS TO OVERBILLETED AND UNBUDGETED POSITIONS ARE HIGHLY DISCOURAGED, BUT WILL NOT PRECLUDE RELAD MEMBERS FROM RECEIVING AN AFFILIATION BONUS UNLESS THEY ARE PURSUING A LATERAL CHANGE IN RATE. C. MEMBERS WHO ALREADY HAVE A SELRES OBLIGATION (E.G. MEMBERS WHO ENLISTED IN THE 2X4X2 OR SIMILAR PROGRAMS) ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN AFFILIATION BONUS. D. BONUS AMOUNT: THE AMOUNT OF THE BONUS PAID WILL BE DETERMINED BY MULTIPLYING 200 DOLLARS TIMES THE NUMBER OF MONTHS, UP TO 48, OF RESERVE OBLIGATION THE MEMBER HAS REMAINING OR, IF MEMBER IS ON ACTIVE DUTY, WILL HAVE REMAINING AT THE TIME OF DISCHARGE. FOR EXAMPLE, IF A MEMBER HAS A REMAINING MILITARY SERVICE OBLIGATION OF ONE-YEAR AND NINE MONTHS AND AGREES TO AFFILIATE WITH THE SELRES FOR A MINIMUM OF THREE-YEARS, THE MEMBER IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ONLY ONE-YEAR AND NINE MONTHS OF BONUS ENTITLEMENTS. 8. BONUS ELIGIBILITY FOR LATERAL CHANGE IN RATING: A. AN E-4 OR ABOVE WHO IS A RELAD IN A NON-CRITICAL SELRES RATINGS MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR A PRIOR SERVICE ENLISTMENT BONUS OR AN AFFILIATION BONUS. THE MEMBER MUST AGREE TO AFFILIATE WITH THE SELRES AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT TO COMPLETE A LATERAL CHANGE IN RATING TO THE MK CRITICAL RATING. THE LATERAL CHANGE IN RATING AGREEMENT SHOULD BE EXECUTED BEFORE THE MEMBER IS RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY. IF NECESSARY, THE AGREEMENT MAY BE EXECUTED UP TO THREE MONTHS AFTER THE RELAD DATE. (1) THE MEMBER MUST BE APPROVED BY COMMANDER CGPC-RPM-2 TO PURSUE A LATERAL CHANGE IN RATING AND BE ASSIGNED A TRAINING RATING INDICATOR BY THE SERVICING ISC(PF) AS OUTLINED IN REF B. (2) PAYMENT FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE BONUS IS CONTINGENT UPON COMPLETION OF THE LATERAL CHANGE IN RATING. LATERAL CHANGES IN RATING MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE TIME FRAME OUTLINED IN REF B. (3) A-SCHOOL QUOTAS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE MK RATING AND CAN BE OBTAINED BY CONTACTING THE IN-SERVICE TRANSFER TEAM BY PHONE AT 703-235-1866/7. B. MEMBERS ASSIGNED THE APPROPRIATE TRAINING RATING INDICATOR IN DIRECT ACCESS WILL BE AUTHORIZED PAYMENT FOR THE BONUS PROGRAM WHICH THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE. C. A LATERAL CHANGE IN RATING MUST BE ASSIGNED TO A VACANT POSITION TO RECEIVE A BONUS. THEREFORE, MEMBERS ASSIGNED TO AN OVERBILLETED OR UNBUDGETED POSITION ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A BONUS, INCLUDING THE AFFILIATION BONUS. 9. REENLISTMENT/EXTENSION BONUS: DUE TO THE CURRENT HIGH RATE OF RETENTION, THE REENLISTMENT/EXTENSION BONUS IS NOT OFFERED AT THIS TIME. 10. HIGH PRIORITY UNIT PAY HAS BEEN INCREASED TO 25 DOLLARS PER IDT DRILL FOR ENLISTED RESERVISTS ASSIGNED TO A PSU OR A MSRON. 11. APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR ENLISTED BONUS PROGRAMS, ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS, PAYMENT SCHEDULES AND INFORMATION ON RECOUPMENT OF BONUSES, SHOULD A MEMBER NOT SATISFACTORILY COMPLETE A CONTRACT ARE CONTAINED IN REF D. BEFORE ADVISING MEMBERS OF BONUS ELIGIBILITY, COMMANDS OR RECRUITERS SHALL ENSURE THAT A MEMBER MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS IN THIS MESSAGE AND IN REF C. BONUS ELIGIBILITY SHALL BE DOCUMENTED ON AN ADMINISTRATIVE REMARKS (CG- 3307) ENTRY READING AS FOLLOWS: "I HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT I AM ELIGIBLE FOR A XXX DOLLAR SELRES ENLISTMENT OR AFFILIATION INCENTIVE BONUS. RECEIPT OF THIS BONUS COMMITS ME TO SELRES PARTICIPATION THROUGH MM/DD/YYYY. I HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE READ AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THE CONTENTS OF COMDTINST 7220.1(SERIES) AND ALCOAST XXX/09". COMMANDS SHALL INITIATE RECOUPMENT ACTION ON MEMBERS WHO RECEIVE A SELRES BONUS AND THEN DO NOT MEET SATISFACTORY PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN CH 4 OF REF B. 12. FOR APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND THE LATEST SELRES BONUS MATRIX, PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.USCG.MIL/RESERVE/DOCS/PAY(UNDERSCORE)BENEFITS/BONUS.ASP 13. THE COMDT CG-131 POC FOR BONUS POLICY IS LTJG YANIRA TIRADO AT EMAIL YANIRA.TIRADO(AT)USCG.MIL OR PHONE (202)475-5450. 14. RDML D. R. MAY, DIRECTOR OF RESERVE AND TRAINING, SENDS. 15. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED.