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JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (July 10, 2018) U.S. Coast Guardsmen assigned to Regional Dive Locker Pacific conduct diving operations during a decontaminated water diving symposium at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 10, 2018. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security of the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Arthurgwain L. Marquez/Released)
The following was lifted from MyCG. The document is linked in the announcement but I am adding my own link here if you want to go directly.
I always get a bit nervous when the word “transformation” is used, but I am sure everyone would agree that the personnel management system could be improved. One thing that always bothered me, was that the evaluation system for officers always seemed to require that every officer be “well rounded.” Sure that is nice, but you really only have to be really good at one thing to be useful, and a lot of talented people were lost because they were not well rounded. The word “evaluation” is used only once in the document and fitness reports not at all. But even so, the document suggests we should see much greater flexibility–Check out page eleven.
Coast Guard announces RW30 – our workforce transformation plan
By Kara Noto, MyCG Staff
The Coast Guard has released a strategy for revolutionizing how we build, develop and manage our tremendously talented force in the coming decades. Ready Workforce 2030 (RW30) challenges the service to be inspiring, agile, adaptive and efficient as we strive to maintain our competitive edge in an increasingly dynamic labor market.
“Change must be revolutionary, pervasive and transformative,” Adm. Karl L. Schultz writes in the new strategy.
The strategy calls for more career flexibility, training and learning options. The primary lines of effort are:
- Transform how we recruit, hire, and retain our workforce
- Modernize training systems and delivery
- Provide world-class member support
“Conditions of service that I accepted 41 years ago when I entered the Coast Guard Academy are no longer acceptable to our workforce,” said Vice Commandant Linda Fagan. “We must take decisive action to think differently and redefine our assumptions to transform our talent management system so there is more flexibility built in to make it easier for those who want to serve.”
Adm. Fagan, Vice Adm. Paul Thomas and Command Master Chief Jahmal Pereira joined Adm. Schultz this week to share the plan with leaders from the enlisted, officer, and civilian workforce programs.
They made clear that the Coast Guard can change as quickly as service culture will permit. “This is going to take cultural change,” Fagan said. “It’s going to create some discomfort. But RW30 will help us create the workforce we need.”
Fagan emphasized that our core values will remain our greatest strength. “The sense of belonging, the team, the camaraderie – that’s what we offer as an employer.”
Potential RW30 initiatives include:
- Assignment or billet-banding management processes to increase career growth and flexibility.
- Programs to promote and reward talent development
- A “no-penalty opt-out” for consideration by a promotion board for members in the process of changing specialties or addressing acute work-life issues
- Non-monetary, incentives-based reenlistment alternatives similar to those available in the private sector.
“We’re building and revising policies for OUR Coast Guard,” Fagan said. “We’re all invested.”
As RW30 planning gets underway, MyCG will share regular updates along with opportunities for you to help shape the transformation.
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Glad I got out when I did, lot to read between the lines on this article and where the coast guard is going and for what and whose purpose.