Commandant
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United States Coast Guard
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COMDTINST 1900.1
FEB 26 1996
COMMANDANT INSTRUCTION 1900.1
Subj: PRESEPARATION COUNSELING
Ref: (a) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1995, Public Law 103-337
(b)Transition Assistance Program, COMDTINST 1900.2
(c) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993, Public Law 102-484, as
amended
(d) Once a Veteran, COMDTINST 1900.7
(e) Reemployment Rights of Coast Guard Personnel Separated from Active Duty,
COMDTINST 1760.8
(f) Command' s Desk Reference Guide, COMDTPUB 1900. 3
1.
PURPOSE. To establish policy and prescribe procedures to conduct Transition Assistance
Program preseparation counseling.
2.
ACTION. Area and district commanders, commanders of maintenance and logistics
commands, and commanding officers of headquarters units shall ensure compliance with the
provisions of this instruction.
3.
BACKGROUND. Reference (a) requires that all Coast Guard members being separated
receive counseling on specified separation benefits. and services. This instruction focuses
primarily on members involuntarily separated
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