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U.S. Coast Guard Enlisted Assignments Branch EPM-2
COMMANDER (PSC-EPM-2) |
U.S. Navy Sea, Air and Land Forces (SEAL's)
ALCGPSC 016/09 announced the second round of solicitations for applicants for the Navy SEALS.
Assignment of U.S. Coast
Guard Personnel to Train and Serve with
U.S. Navy, Naval Special Warfare (SEAL)
The Coast Guard has a
proud and distinguished history as an Armed Service. The opportunity to
participate in the Navy SEAL program marks another chapter in the Coast
Guard's history of supporting our sister services in meeting the challenges
facing our nation and provides another opportunity to operationalize the
Nation's Maritime Strategy. Since 9/11, our safety and security missions
have grown considerably, and we must continue to learn and increase our
specialty knowledge by providing personnel with the requisite skills. This
new program provides our personnel an outstanding opportunity for our
service members to gain valuable skills and knowledge to support DOD and
increase the Coast Guard's capabilities in our ports, waterways and coastal
security mission, specifically counter-terrorism and anti-terrorism
operations.
From 1962 when the first SEAL teams were commissioned, to present day,
Navy SEALs have distinguished themselves as an individually reliable,
collectively disciplined and highly skilled maritime force. Because of the
dangers inherent in NSW, prospective SEALs go through what is considered by
many military experts to be the toughest training in the world.
The SEAL training program includes basic underwater demolitions/SEAL
qualification training that will last 18 months to two years. Upon training
completion, successful candidates will be designated as a SEAL and assigned
to a SEAL team. Personnel who successfully complete SEAL training can
expect to be assigned to Naval Special Warfare for a total of five to seven
years, which could include three to five operational deployments.
Message References
ALCOAST 367/08
ALCGPSC 016/09 091319Z JUN 09
Application Information:
1)
Application Instruction
2)
Physical Fitness Screening Criticalities
Points of Contact:
YN1 Derrick Rhone, Panel Coordinator: (202) 493-1247
LT
Kristen Nihill
, Enlisted Assignments: (202) 493-1260
LCDR Keith Utley, Officer Assignments: (202) 493-1647
Mr. Walt Edwards, Deployable Operation Group: (202) 493-1094 office
(703) 625-8662 mobile
General Information on the US Navy SEAL Program:
U.S. Navy Times Article - SEALs open doors to Coast Guardsmen
Pentagon Channel Coast Guard Video News: Pentagon-PCR-USCG Seals
www.sealchallenge.navy.mil - DO NOT CONTACT THE U.S. NAVY DIRECTLY