The AY21 officer afloat bonus is now available to all LT/03 officers who have completed a single tour afloat and hold a current Deck Watch Officer (DWO) competency code.  

The original bonus was only available to officers with an OAF-10 specialty code.

Our afloat workforce is essential to ensuring the Service is able to operate and maintain the largest and sustained capital investment to date, our cutter fleet. 

Officers who hold successful department head and executive officer positions are most competitive for future command, promotion, and other career enhancing opportunities. 

Afloat opportunities are not limited to those who have identified the operational afloat career path as their primary specialty. Some of our most successful officers have held another primary specialty, but have continued to rotate back to afloat positions. 

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The new deadline for CO signature is Dec. 24.

The $40K bonus is payable upon execution of orders when the active duty service obligation begins. The officer will incur four years of active duty service obligation.

Resources

• ACN 105/20: Workforce Planning Team Results – Officer Afloat Interventions
• Afloat program questions should be addressed to LCDR K. A. Blevins or LCDR P. A. Ledbetter at HQS-SMB-CG-751-CMD@uscg.mil. 
• Assignment process questions should be directed to OPM-2 Afloat Assignment Officers: LCDR N. R. Hartmann at: Nicholas.R.Hartmann@uscg.mil or LT A. R. Derby at Adam.R.Derby@uscg.mil.  
• Military personnel bonus policy or other human resource concerns may be directed to the Office of Military Personnel and Policy, COMDT (CG-1331) at HQSPolicyandStandards@uscg.mil.