COMDTINST 5310.2
2.
ACTION. Area and district commanders, commanders maintenance and logistics commands,
commanding officers of headquarters units, Commander, Coast Guard Activities Europe, and
Chiefs of Offices and special staff divisions at Headquarters shall ensure compliance with the
provisions of this instruction.
3.
BACKGROUND.
a.
In line with the National Performance Review and its theme of Reinventing Government,
the Coast Guard is fundamentally changing its military personnel management, support
structure, and business processes to create a single military force called "Team Coast
Guard", first announced in reference (a).
b.
Team Coast Guard progressively merges the Service's active and reserve components into
a single force of full-time and part-time military personnel. Elements of this force will be
deployable by our lowest level field or staff commanders to provide a highly effective and
efficient personnel application to any Service mission requirement. Team Coast Guard
represents one set of missions, one command structure, and one administrative structure.
The long-term goal is to fully integrate active and reserve commands, providing active
component commanders with a rich mix of well-trained, full-time and part-time resources
to respond to any contingency, while more effectively and efficiently executing day-to-day
missions.
c.
In taking this major step, the Coast Guard is responding to a new national imperative.