Enclosure (1) to COMDTINST 5710.2A
Figure 3.
Coordination and advisory role of G-CI and a broadly represtative IAG
Area Commanders are the key operational component. They direct the majority of resources
employed in support of this Plan. Operational Assistant Commandants shape their programs to the
requirements of the international arena, and often guide the reformulation of international standards
on behalf of the United States. The Director, International Affairs, is the Commandant's key
coordinator of international activities, ensuring alignment of field operations and plans with the
Coast Guard's international strategy and the President's national security and foreign policy. The
Director is the Coast Guard's primary link to the Department of State coordinating cross
programmatic issues. The Director's leadership of the broad-based International Advisory Group
(IAG) fosters a consistent, coordinated, and focused international strategy.
International Advisory Group (IAG). The IAG is a body intended to provide its Chairman, the
Director, International Affairs, with cross programmatic recommendations on international
engagements and deployments of Coast Guard assets. It ensures that other U.S. agencies and
international counterparts experience a unified Coast Guard position on international matters. The
IAG also maximizes opportunities to increase the impact of our efforts at the international level. It
is the proper clearinghouse for ideas to be voiced, refined, and brought before the proper senior
leadership entity by the Director, International Affairs. Enclosure 1 is the charter of the IAG.
Area/District/Operating Program/International Affairs. Senior organizational elements are
cognizant of the international community within their sphere of operations, control resources used
for engagement, and are in a position to analyze results and reassess customer needs. Therefore the
Areas, operational Assistant Commandants, and G-CI maintain plans of their objectives and
activities supporting the Commandant's International Strategic Goals. Preparation of these Plans is
coordinated by G-CI through the IAG. The process is described below and in the IAG's Charter.
Engagement Decision Mechanism
Our resources need to be directed toward on-the-mark initiatives that provide significant benefit to
the United States and to the Coast Guard. International engagement must be a cyclical system of
assessment, planning, and execution at three levels:
1.
Policy Level. The general guidelines and the long-term vision and strategic goals of this
International Strategic Plan should remain stable. However, the International Engagement
Plan containing objectives
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