DONT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN - PERSONNEL AUTHORIZED TO TAKE MOTORCYCLE SAFETY TRAINING AT COAST GUARD INSTALLATIONS

R 231358Z NOV 10

ALCOAST 561/10
COMDTNOTE 5100
SUBJ: DONT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN - PERSONNEL AUTHORIZED TO TAKE
MOTORCYCLE SAFETY TRAINING AT COAST GUARD INSTALLATIONS
A. SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MANUAL, COMDTINST M5100.47
(SERIES)
1. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ALCOAST IS TO ESTABLISH POLICY ON WHO IS
AUTHORIZED TO TAKE MOTORCYCLE SAFETY TRAINING AT COAST GUARD
INSTALLATIONS AND WHEN TRAINING SHOULD BE OFFERED.
2. OVER THE PAST YEAR, HEADQUARTERS HAS WORKED WITH SEVERAL USCG
INSTALLATIONS TO PROVIDE AN INHOUSE MOTORCYCLE TRAINING PROGRAM.
THIS EFFORT INCLUDES THE TRAINING OF NEW MOTORCYCLE SAFETY FOUNDATION
(MSF) CERTIFIED RIDERCOACHES AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THREE NEW
TRAINING RANGES.  THE PURPOSE OF THIS INITIATIVE IS TO PROVIDE OUR
SHIPMATES WITH MORE ACCESS TO FREE AND TIMELY MOTORCYCLE TRAINING AND
TO REDUCE COSTS. THERE ARE PLANS TO OPEN SEVERAL NEW MOTORCYCLE
TRAINING RANGES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IN FY11.
3. WITH THE INCREASED INTERNAL TRAINING CAPABILITY, THERE HAS BEEN
SOME QUESTION AS TO WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE MOTORCYCLE SAFETY
TRAINING AT NO COST AND WHEN TRAINING SHOULD BE OFFERED.
    A. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE AUTHORIZED TO TAKE TRAINING AT
USCG INSTALLATIONS: ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY, RESERVISTS AND THEIR
DEPENDANTS WHO ARE AUTHORIZED ACCESS TO THE INSTALLATIONS,
AUXILIARISTS, APPROPRIATED FUND GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, RETIREES AND
THEIR DEPENDANTS WHO ARE AUTHORIZED ACCESS TO INSTALLATIONS, AND
DISABLED VETERANS WHO HOLD A RETIRED ID CARD AND ARE AUTHORIZED
ACCESS TO INSTALLATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, USCG MOTORCYCLE TRAINING
FACILITIES SHALL PROVIDE THIS SERVICE TO MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEPENSE (DOD) WHO MEET THE ABOVE ELIGIBILITY.
    B. THEREFORE, THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO
TAKE TRAINING AT USCG INSTALLATIONS: NON-APPROPRIATED FUND GOVERNEMENT
EMPLOYEES, DEPENDANTS OF APPROPRIATED FUND GOVERNEMENT EMPLOYEES AND
CONTRACTORS.
    C. MOTORCYCLE SAFETY BASIC AND EXPERIENCED/ADVANCED RIDER
TRAINING ARE CLASSIFIED AS OFFICIAL USCG COURSES. IN AN EFFORT TO GET ALL USCG
MOTORCYCLE RIDERS TRAINING IN A TIMELY MANNER, INSTALLATION
COMMANDING OFFICERS/OFFICERS IN CHARGE WHO HAVE MOTORCYCLE TRAINING
RANGES ON THEIR INSTALLATIONS ARE AUTHORIZED AND ENCOURAGED TO OFFER
MOTORCYCLE SAFETY TRAINING DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS. COMMANDING
OFFICERS, AS MISSION PERMITS, ARE AUTHORIZED AND ENCOURAGED TO ALLOW
MEMBERS TO TAKE TRAINING DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS. CIVILIAN
APPROPRIATED FUND EMPLOYEES, AT THE SUPERVISORS DISCRETION, ARE
AUTHORIZED TO TAKE TRAINING AT COAST GUARD INSTALLATIONS DURING
NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS AND NOT BE CHARGED LEAVE.
    D. CIVILIAN PERSONNEL WILL NOT BE GIVEN COMPENSATORY TIME OFF OR
OVERTIME IF THEY TAKE TRAINING AFTER NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS.
4. GO TO HTTP://WWW.USCG.MIL/HQ/CG1/CG113/CG1132/MOTORCYCLE.ASP FOR A
LIST OF USCG RANGES AND POINTS OF CONTACT.
5. THESE CHANGES WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE NEXT REVISION OF REF
(A).
6. COMDT (CG-1132) POC IS MR. DALE A. WISNIESKI, EMAIL:
DALE.A.WISNIESKI(AT)USCG.MIL, COMM: 202-475-5206.
7. RADM MARK J. TEDESCO, DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, SAFETY AND WORK-LIFE
SENDS.
8. INTERNET RELEASE IS AUTHORIZED.