Crew Endurance Management

Commandant

2100 Second Street, SW

United States Coast Guard

Washington, DC 20593-0001

Staff Symbol: CG-1133

Phone: (202) 267-2244

Fax: (202) 267-4355

COMDTINST 3500.2

30 MAR 2006

COMMANDANT INSTRUCTION 3500.2

Subj:

CREW ENDURANCE MANAGEMENT

Ref:

(a) Team Coordination Training, COMDTINST 1541.1 (series)

(b) Operational Risk Management, COMDTINST 3500.3 (series)

1. PURPOSE. This Instruction establishes the requirements and the delivery system to support a

program, Crew Endurance Management (CEM), to identify and control endurance risk for personnel

conducting cutter, boat, aviation, marine inspection and pollution response, security, and command-

and-control operations and activities. This program serves all active duty, reserve, Auxiliary, and

civilian Coast Guard personnel.

2. ACTION. Area and district commanders; commanders of maintenance and logistics commands;

commanding officers of headquarters units; and assistant commandants for directorates, Judge

Advocate General, and special staff offices at Headquarters, shall ensure that this Instruction is

distributed to the widest extent possible, and that all personnel comply with its provisions. Internet

release authorized.

3. DIRECTIVES AFFECTED. The information and requirements established in this Instruction have

already been incorporated into, or approved for inclusion in upcoming, changes to references (a) (b)

and operational doctrine in Commandants (G-R) and (G-P).

4. BACKGROUND. A ship's endurance can be described by how long it can support operations at sea

without replenishing supplies or requiring in-port maintenance. Similarly, crew endurance can be

described as a function of physiological and psychological factors that support the ability of

crewmembers to perform their jobs safely and effectively. Recent studies of Coast Guard (CG)

operations: aboard cutters, at small boat stations, air stations, marine safety units, command centers,

and law enforcement units revealed that in excess of 70% of the members studied exhibited signs of

compromised endurance. Comparable results have been associated with increased rates of human

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