Good morning CS’s!
Happy April and the kick-off of Assignment Year (AY25)!!
AY24 officially came to an end yesterday and we are already beginning preparations for AY25. Thank you all for being patient with me as I navigated the assignment year and everything that brought with it (FAI, Vested Crew Members, A2P, etc.). All orders have been issued, so hopefully, I didn’t miss anyone, but in case I did, give me a call immediately! I am working on getting the AY24 statistics completed and sent out for everyone’s awareness on how things shook out. Thank you to everyone for submitting realistic e-resumes! It makes my job a whole lot easier!
With that, AY25 Career Counseling season is officially here! If you would like to discuss future assignment opportunities, professional development, retirement, HYT, advancements or just want to complain a little, I am here, please follow the below guidance.
Once the Official AY25 Timeline is published by EPM-2, I will disseminate to all. Career counseling typically runs from April 1st to August 1st to allow AO’s the time in August to get the shopping list together, however, I am available all year round to discuss. If you are looking to do career counseling to see what is potentially going to be available, I recommend scheduling career counseling after 1 June 2024, as I am just beginning to do a PAL Validation and deal with any fall outs from AY24 so I do not have an accurate list yet.
To stay organized, I am asking you to send a calendar invite via Microsoft Outlook to schedule time for career counseling (see attached PDF). Sessions typically last 30 minutes, so please come prepared. This year I am going to be switching up availability a little bit. Daily career counseling availability will be Monday-Thursday 0800-1500 EST. If you are in another time zone, i.e. Hawaii, Guam or Bahrain please send an email and we will set up a time for career counseling. Attached are directions on how to send an outlook meeting request if needed.
In the calendar invite, please include:
1) Current contact information to include a phone number to call you at
2) Career goals
3) Assignment Desires
As always, thank you all for everything you do and continue to do out in the fleet! Let’s have a great week!
Second UPDATE*****
Good afternoon CS’s,
Two critical fills were released today. A critical fill re-solicitation for CGC NAUSHON and a critical fill solicitation for STA Provincetown!
For CGC NAUSHON, since this is a re-solicitation, all CS2’s not currently in a FSO assignment are candidates so if I do not have a member apply, I may be forced to select and direct. CGC Naushon is a great opportunity to knock out some sea time and get an AP2! The tour length is only 1 year as the unit is tentatively going to decom in AY25 and a chance to explore the great frontier of Alaska. For my priority 6 members or those looking at highly desirable locations such as Florida ashore, this is your chance to earn that!
eResumes for both assignments are due April 19th.
If you are interested in either assignment or have any questions, please give me a call.
Very Respectfully,
CWO2 Nicholas Wernicke
Culinary Specialist Assignment Officer
Phone: (202) 795-6570
Work Cell: (202) 841-1106
E-Mail: Nicholas.J.Wernicke@uscg.mil
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