Commandant
2100 Second Street, S.W.
United States Coast Guard
Washington, DC 20593-0001
Staff Symbol: G-WKW-2
Phone: (202) 267-6729
Fax: (202) 267-4798
Email: JRechsteiner@comdt.uscg.mil
COMDTINST 1900.2A
APR 17 2003
COMMANDANT INSTRUCTION 1900.2A
Subj:
TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Ref:
(a) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1995, Public Law 103-337, as Amended
(b) Title 10, United States Code, Chapter 58, "Benefits and
Services for Members Being Separated or Recently
Separated"
(c) Title 10, United States Code, Chapter 59, "Separation"
(d) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1993, Public Law 102-484 as Amended
(e) Title 10, United States Code, Section 1293, note
PURPOSE. To implement the provisions of reference (a)
1.
through (e) and issue policy and guidance for the
establishment and execution of the Coast Guard Transition
Assistance Program. This Instruction is a complete revision
and should be reviewed in its entirety.
ACTION. Area and district commanders, commanders of
2.
maintenance and logistics commands, commanding officers of
headquarters units, shall ensure compliance with the
provisions of this Instruction. Internet release authorized.
DIRECTIVES AFFECTED. Transition Assistance Program,
3.
COMDTINST 1900.2 is cancelled.
4.
BACKGROUND.
a.
Transition assistance was established for Coast Guard
personnel in October 1994 to comply with reference (a),
which mandated that all separating and retiring service
members have access to transition assistance services and
that members involuntarily separated (IVS) during the
seven-year period commencing 1 October 1994 receive
specific benefits. Subsequent legislation extended some
of these benefits and discontinued others. A qualifying
DISTRIBUTION SDL No. 140
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