This issue of “The Flyer”

marks the half way point

through my assignment as your

CO and we are deeply im-

mersed the implementation of

the changes recommended in

the RPT report. Notable ac-

complishments so far include

achieving steady state sustain-

ment of the Budget and Strat-

egy Leadership Teams. I am

confident that we have institu-

tionalized those processes.

Change is hard, and our biggest

cultural change revolves

around our implementation of

Critical Chain Project Manage-

ment using Theory of Con-

straints. We have recently

“gone live” with the MRR and

SRR Product Lines as well as

the Industrial Operations Divi-

sion. It will be a number of

months yet until we realize the

results of this effort, but I am

confident you will all find that

it will have been worth the

effort. We still have much

work to do regarding the

Training Team and they are

beginning to make good pro-

gress with a goal of full imple-

mentation by the beginning of

FY16. Our efforts to achieve

certification of our Quality

Management System to the

Aerospace Industry standard

(AS9110) and an Occupational

Health & Safety Management

Systems certification (OSHAS

18001) are well underway with

the goal of achieving these

standards by April of 2016.

This paragraph has clearly de-

scribed lots of change. We are

at an inflection point in our

implementation and must re-

main aggressive with our ef-

forts to ensure we can get the

point where we are coasting

down the sustainment side of

this “mountain of change”

with all of these new processes

a part of our culture. Thank

you for your efforts – you are

doing great things!

Captain’s Corner

On Wednesday, January 21,

2015, Senior Chief Brown,

representing the ALC, along

w i t h

t h r e e

C h i e f s

from Air

S t a t i o n

Elizabeth

City, de-

parted in

the wee

hours of

the morning to participate in a

Speed Mentoring session at the

small boat station in Chinco-

teague, VA. The one day event

provided a unique opportunity

for junior enlisted members to

pick the brains of senior

enlisted members, CWOs, and

officers from more than eleven

ratings and specialties within

the Coast Guard. Topics in-

cluded personal financial plan-

ning, professional and personal

development, career goals and

organizational policy. Members

interested in the aviation rat-

ings were able to ask questions

from experienced maintainers

regarding job tasking, job satis-

faction, culture, what to expect

from ‘A’ school and life at their

first aviation unit. Overall,

more than 50 personnel par-

ticipated with positive feed-

back to and from the organiz-

ing commands.

Speed Mentoring

Coast Guard Aviation Logistics Center

Volume 8, Issue 1

CMC’s Corner Flag Etiquette

2 2

Avionics All In HC-144A Prop Stand

3 3

3-D Printing Soul Maintenance

4 4

6032 Tech Assist CG-4 Coins

5 5

IT Portfolio Review H-60 MRH Damper

6 6

SEHO 6

TOC & CCPM ALD Article

7 7

Inside this issue:

March 2015

The Flyer

Awards 8

CMC’s Corner

things there is no way to cap-

ture them all here. They have

sent 420 pounds of treats to

“Treats for Troops”, they vol-

unteered over the weekend at

Habitat for Humanity, in con-

junction with the CPOA vol-

unteered for the Good

Neighbors Community Clean

Up as well as providing Service

Wide Exam Mentorship. The

list keeps going of great things

this group has done for others.

SCPO Woodell coordinates

ALC’s role in bi-weekly inspec-

tions of the Camden County

Junior Leadership Program

(JLP). This is the nation’s only

congressionally funded Coast

Guard version of ROTC which

develops young leaders and

introduces them to the Coast

Guard and maritime studies.

Again, I just wanted to point

out some positive differences

ALC is making in the local

community. Thanks for the

leadership each of you takes in

your roles and the great exam-

ple you set.

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Flag Etiquette on Base

flagpole to energize their lights

and block traffic during colors.

Traffic will be blocked ap-

proximately 30 seconds prior

to Colors. It is expected, and

required, that every vehicle and

pedestrian in line of sight of

the flag pole or within hearing

of the Colors music, stop mov-

ing during Colors. Once the

music stops playing, and the

occurs at sunset, so the time

will change every day. First

Call refers to the 5 minute no-

tice prior to Colors. Once

First Call is sounded, you can

observe the Color’s Detail

manning their post at the Flag

Pole.

A Coast Guard Police Depart-

ment or Whitestone patrol

vehicle will standby near the

patrol vehicle has de-energized

their lights and moved from

the center of the road, pedes-

trian and vehicle traffic may

resume their previous activity.

Disregarding this policy can

result in a 2 point AFTT cita-

tion.

Please refer to BASEECITY-

INST 5560.1 Section 7.A.14

First of all I want to say con-

gratulations to Chief Lewin

and Chief Phung on their com-

pletion of the Chief Petty Offi-

cers Academy on February 6th.

Nice job Chiefs.

This quarter I want to highlight

some of the great things being

done around ALC. There are

lots of people going above and

beyond and making a differ-

ence. Here are a few.

ALC sponsors J. C. Sawyers 3rd

grade class through Partnership

in Education. This quarter

Chief Goodbody and his team

did an outstanding job setting

up a field trip for three classes

to come to the Coast Guard

base. The kids got some hands

on experiences with planes and

boats and got to eat some

pizza. There was definitely a

couple of future officers and

enlisted in the group.

Also, the Coast Guard Enlisted

Association is thriving and

making a difference with SK2

Blaylock helping lead the way.

In the last quarter this group of

folks has done so many great

On board Base Elizabeth City,

as well as every Coast Guard

facility, we observe morning

and evening colors every day.

“Colors” refers to the formal

ceremony where we, as a mili-

tary facility, observe the raising,

and subsequent lowering of the

National Ensign. Morning

colors happen every morning

at 08:00 am. Evening colors

Chief Lewin and Chief Phung with MCPO

Harris at CPO Academy Dinner

mand in this effort. Currently,

the Avionics Shop is “All-in”.

If interested in becoming an

ISO Auditor, contact Mike

Schnoebelen, X6065.

normal jobs to be allowed to

be away for a short period of

time. It takes commitment on

management’s behalf to allow

their employees to be away

from the job to assist the Com-

Avionics Shop “All In” for ISO

Mike Schnoebelen, BOD

The IOD Avionics and Electri-

cal Shop have a distinction

unparalleled by any other shop

in ALC history. They currently

have 6 Internal Auditors as-

signed to their shop out of 18

employees. Internal Auditors

are vital to the success of the

ISO Program at ALC. This

collateral duty function usually

involves roughly 8 hours of the

employees’ time away from

their job per audit cycle and

there is enough of an Internal

Auditor Force that they are

generally assigned 2 audits per

year.

The “Avionics/Electrical 6”

includes Supervisor Hank

Krebs, Work Leader Anthony

Trotman, Aircraft Electrician

Lonny Rasmussen, and Avion-

ics Technicians Kent Edwards,

Anthony Miller and Mike

Platek. Krebs and Rasmussen

are Lead Auditors, having been

involved with the ISO Pro-

gram the longest. Trotman

attended Lead Auditor Train-

ing that was offered in Febru-

ary. Edwards is an Audit Team

Member and Miller and Platek

are currently Shadow Auditors

(newly involved in the Pro-

gram).

It takes commitment on sev-

eral fronts for this to be suc-

cessful. Internal Auditors must

be committed to the program

as well as performing their

duction contractor, DRS Tech-

nologies, developed plans for a

custom dual hub propeller

stand with capacity to carry

two propellers in order to in-

crease production efficiency. In

house production took three

weeks to complete at a cost of

$1,800. A recent quote was

received from a major ground

support equipment manufac-

turer for over $30K and a four

month delivery timeline for a

similar type design.

This is not the first time spe-

cialized HC-144 support equip-

ment was designed and fabri-

cated in-house in response to

an emergent need. Other criti-

cal gear such as flight control

balancing, nose landing gear

door, and

flight con-

trol painting

f i x t u r e s

were de-

signed and

built with

the help of

one very

talented and

experienced

DRS em-

ployee, Mr.

R o b e r t

Whitley. Mr. “Bob” Whitley

has over 52 years experience as

a licensed Airframe and Power-

plant technician working in the

aviation field. Bob’s experience

and capabilities have been re-

lied upon to solve numerous

complex problems encoun-

Harlon Parchment, MRS

For the past three years the

Medium Range Surveillance

(MRS) Production Team util-

ized a single hub propeller

stand when performing HC-

144 propeller maintenance

activities. Competing produc-

tion demands coupled with the

stand’s capacity to carry just a

single propeller often strained

the workflow schedule. Em-

bracing ALC’s “Theory of

Constraints” initiative, MRS

Engineering sought to upgrade

this important piece of produc-

tion equipment.

Gathering design input from

depot technicians, MRS Engi-

neering in concert with pro-

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HC-144A Propeller Stand

tered within the MRS Product

Line. Bob recently retired on

27 February 2015. His services

will be greatly missed by the

entire MRS Production Team.

know that we purchased our

first 3D printer over a decade

ago. The Industrial Operations

Division’s CAD/CAM shop

incorporated the use of this

technology to reduce the cycle

time and cost of prototyping

iterations in support of compo-

nent production. This design

verification process drastically

increased the likelihood of

meeting form, fit and function

criteria and eliminated a signifi-

cant amount of resource waste

by reducing the number of

shop floor production cycles

required.

As 3D printing technology

advanced it shifted from a

“rapid prototyping” tool to a

production resource. The In-

dustrial Operations Division

sought to be on the cusp of

this technology, understanding

that the cost savings in the

production phase would far

exceed the savings realized in

the design phase. The Fortis

400mc was acquired by the

Industrial Operations Division

in 2014 and is a production

series 3D printer that has the

capability of housing seven

different types of build materi-

als, four of which IOD cur-

rently has online. These mate-

rials meet many OEM specifi-

cations which allow for a

greater range of build options.

IOD currently produces eight

RFI components on the Fortis

with many more being added.

One example is a component

utilized in the overhaul of the

HC-144 seat. At a cost of over

$400 and a lead time that

would not meet the schedule

demand of the ALC this com-

ponent is now produced in

IOD by the Fortis at cost of

less than $20 and a 48 hour

lead time.

Although the Industrial Opera-

tions Division maintains the

ability to prove design concept

virtually overnight, we believe

the future in 3D printing lies

within the production capabili-

ties and intend to capitalize on

this facet as the technology

continues to evolve.

instead on the temporal con-

cerns of the world—and not

without consequence.”

For Christians, this is the sea-

son of Lent, a time to do some

soul keeping as we prepare for

Passion Week and Easter.

Whatever your faith back-

ground, I would encourage you

to consider what you are doing

to deal with soul corrosion and

enhance the health of your soul

and the souls of others.

Upcoming Chapel Opportu-

nities

Christian Worship Services:

Sunday Mornings at 1000

as a whole, maintenance and

corrosion can show up in other

areas too. John Ortberg wrote

in Soul Keeping: “The health of

your soul isn’t just a matter of

saved or unsaved. It’s the hinge

on which the rest of your life

hangs. It’s the difference be-

tween deep, satisfied spiritual-

ity and a restless, dispassionate

faith. In an age of materialism

and consumerism that tries to

buy its way to happiness, many

souls are starved and un-

healthy, unsatisfied by false

promises of status and wealth.

We’ve neglected this eternal

part of ourselves, focusing

(Chapel)

Military Wives Fellowship:

Tuesdays at 1000 (Chapel)

Lunch Time Bible Study:

Tuesdays at 1145 (ALC Bldg

75, SRR Conference Room)

Men’s Bible Discussion &

Prayer: Thursdays at 0615

(Chapel)

Monthly Adoptive Family

Support Group: 19 March,

1730-1830 (Chapel)

Exploring Adoption Work-

shop: 28 March, 0900-1200

(Chapel)

3D Printing

Soul Maintenance

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Brian Derr, IOD

3D printers are the latest tech-

nological rage, appearing in

headlines worldwide from the

printing of plastic guns to turn-

key functioning automobiles.

It might surprise a large por-

tion of the ALC family to

LT John Mabus, Chaplain

Every day I see a Coast Guard

aircraft fly over my house or

the chapel, I am thankful for

the work of ALC! Your com-

mitment to excellence in sus-

taining and maintaining Coast

Guard aircraft is a true safe-

guard to our nation’s wellbe-

ing. Because we have seen the

great value in maintenance and

the danger of corrosion and

wear and tear on aircraft, ALC

operates daily with great devo-

tion to duty.

When we think about our lives

dreds of rivets and a new main

transmission beam later, CG-

6032 is back in service as an

instrument in the enforcement

of laws and treaties, standing a

vigilant watch against terror-

ism, and rescuing those at peril

in the Gulf of Alaska and the

inland waters of Southeast

Alaska.

CGNR6032 Tech Assist

CG-4 Coins

In early December the ALC

MRR Product Line received

notification that Air Station

Sitka, Alaska, had discovered a

1.5” crack in the main trans-

mission beam of CG-6032.

After considering multiple

scenarios, it was determined

that the best course of action

would be to send technicians

out to facilitate the repairs

while the unit prepared the

aircraft for the maintenance to

be performed. The MRR Prod-

uct Line received support from

the LRS Product Line as CG-

2004 delivered the necessary

parts and tools required to

affect the repair ahead of the

team arriving in Sitka. Expect-

ing to spend more than six

weeks on site, artisans Ron

Quigley, Marcus Williams,

Mark Jackson, and Tony

Daniels completed the replace-

ment of the forward, aft, and

left main transmission beams

21 days ahead of schedule. Due

to the complex nature of the

component reinstallation, the

MRR Product Line also sent

four mechanics, Rick Bunting,

Mark Clark, AMT1 Scott Har-

rington and AMT2 Trevor

Tufts, to lead the component

inspection and the reinstalla-

tion of major components to

include both engines and the

main transmission gearbox

during the two weeks following

completion of the repair. With

communication to the Product

Line hindered by a four hour

time zone difference, numer-

ous after-hours consultations

occurred between maintenance

personnel in Sitka and person-

nel here in Elizabeth City.

Overall, ALC technicians per-

formed more than 380 hours

of maintenance over the course

of four and a half weeks. Hun-

Sarah Gillis, (ALD) Internal

Controls; Preston Golden,

(MRR); AST1 Goodbody,

(ESD-ALSE) PIE; Harlon

Parchment, (MRS) Engineer-

ing; Mike Schnoebelen, (BOD)

Lean; Mark Wice, (LRS); Renee

Wood, (LRS) Contracting;

Gary Woolard, (ISD) Contract-

ing and the Theory of Con-

straints Team (Johnnie Barnett,

LCDR Briggs, John Carignan,

LCDR Lineberry, Gary Mal-

During RDML Haycock’s re-

cent visit to ALC, he presented

his coin to SK2 Matthew

Blaylock of ALD, ALC’s

Enlisted Person of the Quarter

for January through March

2015.

He also presented coins to the

following ALC employees for

outstanding and dedicated ser-

vice: AMT1 Aponte (LRS); AJ

Bohn, (SRR) Composite Shop;

lory, Wally O’Neal-

team leader, CDR

Polaski, Don Roberts

and LCDR Schmitz).

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for Command, Control, Com-

munications, Computers and

Information Technology

(C4&IT)). CG-4 was tasked

with conducting a 100% IT

portfolio review on all Logistic

Centers. This extensive and

vital endeavor is fundamental

to the Coast Guard’s future IT

roadmap. During the review,

every IT system and/or appli-

cation will be analyzed for re-

quirements, cost, funding, us-

ers, staffing/Full Time Em-

ployees (FTE), risk, impor-

tance, and future. The assess-

ment will be conducted in 3

phases:

Phase 1 - Initial discovery

Phase 2 - Standardized report-

ing elements

Phase 3 – Path forward (status

quo, consolidation, phase-out)

This lengthy cross community

audit will certainly discover

numerous Coast Guard bene-

fits.

ronmental media throughout

ALC bulletin boards, TV

broadcast, and the Portal site.

The ALC SEHO is in the

process of adopting OSHAS

18001 Safety Standards and

shifting to the Safety Manage-

ment Systems (SMS) program

model recently adopted by

Coast Guard Aviation fleet

wide. These two complimen-

tary programs will help us to

quickly identify hazards, miti-

gate the risk, and assure meas-

ures implemented are truly

working. Have a question, ask

your Safety Committee Repre-

sentative!

The ALC Safety & Environ-

mental Office (SEHO) has a

new emblem! Recognizing the

SEHO emblem is important in

locating important Safety and

Environmental information!

Look for this emblem to start

appearing on all Safety & Envi-

Speaking of representatives,

the SEHO is currently looking

for highly motivated members

to join the team! If you’re in-

terested in helping protect your

peers, notify the SEHO today!

Remember, the SEHO always

has up to date Safety & Envi-

ronmental related info on our

Portal site.

Have a hazard to report? Go to the SEHO Portal Page and let us know!

https://cgportal2.uscg.mil/units/alc/seho/SitePages/Home.aspx

Information Technology Portfolio Review

SEHO

riod from 01 Jan 2010 to 31

Dec 2013, totaling 9,105 in-

spections (54,423 damper bear-

ings). They determined that the

data supported an increase of

inspection interval from 30

hours to 50 flight hours. They

also determined that the 15

hour extension could increase

to 25 flight hours. This should

yield a maintenance labor hour

cost avoidance of $419,260.00

annually. MRR continues to

work closely with RCM to re-

view maintenance intervals and

streamline maintenance proc-

esses where feasible and when

safe to do so.

H-60 MRH Damper Inspections

initial acquisition of the H60 in

the early 90’s. Bearings that fail

the initial .010 inch wear check

are re-inspected every 15 flight

hours until they fail the secon-

dary .015 inch wear check or

are replaced at the convenience

of maintenance personnel.

Using ACMS and EAL, RCM

reviewed data for a 4 year pe-

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CDR Adam Bentley, ISD

Over the next few months, the

Information Systems Division

will be conducting a complete

Information Technology (IT)

portfolio review for CG-4

(Assistant Commandant for

Engineering and Logistics) and

CG-6 (Assistant Commandant

CWO Steven Wynkoop, MRR

In March of 2014 the MRR

Product Line requested the

Reliably Centered Maintenance

(RCM) Department to conduct

an interval study of our Main

Rotor Head (MRH) Damper

Inspections. The maintenance

interval for inspection has been

30 flight hours since the CG’s

Great job on

planning and implementing a

very successful Industry Day!

TOC & CCPM—A Path Forward

LCDR TJ Schmitz, BOD

By now most of ALC’s work-force has been exposed to the principles behind Theory of Constraints (TOC) and Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) or engaged in the process of implementing and sustaining the effort through the use of Full Kiting, changes to our business practices and Concerto. ALC began this endeavor as part of the contin-ued effort to ensure ALC re-mains DHS’s aviation depot level repair facility of choice. We’ve learned the principles behind the methodologies are formed around ensuring that we focus our workforce around the right priorities as defined in the critical chain. Simply, it’s about “Having the right part at the right time and

prioritizing efforts of our arti-sans”.

To support the artisans at ALC

the MH-65 and MH-60 supply

cells have been diligently work-

ing to identify our Fully Kitting

requirements for each stage of

production. Through changes

in our business practices, each

full kit delivery timeline now

begins when the aircraft is in-

ducted, is tied to milestones

and contains all the essential

parts required to complete that

particular stage of work. As

part of the full kitting effort,

repair parts processed through

the Industrial Operations Divi-

sion are now scheduled to

meet the kitting delivery time-

lines.

In late January ALC artisans

began using “Concerto” to

support all the moving pieces

of TOC/CCPM. Concerto is a

tool that tracks each aircraft

along its network diagram

through the PDM process.

The tool helps ensure that we

are focusing the efforts of our

artisans on the right daily pri-

orities.

Each morning our work lead-

ers view Concerto to determine

what’s the top priority of the

day and begin working on that

task utilizing the maximum

available resources. At the end

of the shift they check off what

tasks they accomplished and

more importantly what’s the

expected duration of work

remaining. Every evening Con-

certo runs a buffer manage-

ment process across each

was passed by the Congress on

March 3rd. As soon as the

Office of Management and

Budget apportionment is com-

pleted, funds will flow to the

Coast Guard, ALC, then to

each of the ALC divisions.

Approved projects should have

a procurement request package

completed and ready to submit

to the contracting officer by

now.

Successful financial reporting

requires AMMIS entries that

are accurate, complete, and

timely, and is therefore an all

hands effort. The ALC needs

your continued effort to be

able to report our solid stew-

ardship of resources.

The FY15 audit season will

begin April 1st. Procurement,

supply, and accounting staffs in

all divisions will once again be

asked to provide documenta-

tion with short notice. Thank

you for all your assistance last

year and thank you in advance

for the help you will provide

during the FY15 Audit!

Open obligation (OOVA) vali-

dations must be completed by

March 18th for the 2nd quarter

of FY15. In addition, open

obligations from FY10 need to

be closed out; any obligation

remaining after September 23rd

may lead to a new obligation

with FY16 funds.

Full year funding for the ALC

via the DHS appropriations bill

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product line to determine what

the priorities are for the next

morning. This process con-

tinuously repeats itself to meet

ALC’s delivery milestones.

As ALC moves from imple-

mentation to the sustainment

stage it is imperative that we

remain focused on the core

principle’s of TOC/CCMP and

follow the business practices

developed by our TOC core

team. TOC/CCMP is a proven

methodology that has helped

other military aviation depot

facilities meet their customers

needs. The use of Concerto,

full kitting, and changes to our

business practices will help

ALC remain as the aviation

depot level of choice for DHS.

ALD Comptroller Message

Inspections (NDI) and Liquid

Oxygen programs.

In addition to conducting in-

ternal audits the Airworthiness

Team is also established a stra-

tegic goal of earning a National

Airworthiness Counsel (NAC)

recognition and becoming ISO

9110 certified. The NAC,

which consists of the airwor-

thiness authorities of the

Army, Navy and Air Force,

developed a process in 2013 in

which they review and recog-

nize different aviation pro-

grams around the world.

While the NAC will review the

Coast Guard’s Airworthiness

program holistically (focusing

on authorities, policies, and

engineering standards), ALC is

also pursuing ISO 9110 certifi-

Training, Material, Leadership,

Personnel, and Facilities

(DOTMLPF). The inspection

teams consist of three mem-

bers: a Team Lead (typically a

CWO or O4), a Subject Matter

Expert (Coast Guard member

or an expert from the DoD),

and a Policy and Quality As-

surance representative. To

date six technical audits have

been completed including the

welding program, Automatic

Circuit Analysis Test Systems

(ACATS) program, bearing

program, SRR Gearbox over-

haul process, material handling,

manufacturing/machine shop

and warehouse Quality Assur-

ance Inspection of receipted

parts. Near future audits in-

clude the Non-Destructive

cation which is an advance-

ment from our current ISO

9001 level. ISO 9110 is a qual-

ity standard for aviation main-

tenance and repair stations.

Between these two certifica-

tions the ALC will be inviting

two different external agencies

with different focuses auditing

the Coast Guard’s aviation

program; one specifically for

airworthiness policies and an-

other for overhaul mainte-

nance activities.

Airworthiness Sustainment Team

Aviation Logistics Center Recognitions (December 2014 through February 2015)

Military Awards Civilian Awards

Coast Guard Achievement Medal

AETC Timothy McGee AET1 Richard Smith

Jason Rovolis AET2 Hans Solum

AET2 Kellan Sheehan AET1 Scott White

Coast Guard Meritorious Team Commendation

AET1 Walter Acevedo AMTC Reagan Payne

LCDR Steven Cerveny AMT2 Matthew Rae

AMT1 Jason DeLeon LCDR Michael Rasch

LCDR David Feeney LCDR Timothy Schmitz

AMT1 James Geramita AMT1 Richard Smith

LCDR Ian Hurst AMT2 Jeremy Symonds

CWO3 Tyler Jennings AMT2 Trevor Tufts

LCDR Steven Jensen CWO2 Peter VanSicklen

AMTC Paul Lewin AET1 Scott White

AMTC Joe Miller

Coast Guard Good Conduct Medal

AMT2 Ryan Burns (5) SK3 Karen Spence (2)

AET2 Sarah Clifford (3) AETC Beau Stough (4)

SKC Garth Gobbell (5) ASTCS Brian Wells (8)

Coast Guard Meritorious Team Commendation

Dan Attardo Ed Justin

Al Bleich Horace Kennerly

Mark Clark Phil Matousek

Kenneth Coons Mike Mercer

Larry Foust Wally O'Neal

Joe Gibson Donald Roberts

Arthur Griffiths Cecil Smithson

Mark Harris Marty Wilson

Brian Holland Harold Yates

Length of Service

Isaac Brothers, 10 yrs William Nickerson, 5 yrs

Jerry Dacheux, 5 yrs Ronald Pearson, 5 yrs

Shawn Everett, 15 yrs Thomas Simpson, 15 yrs

Tamara Fontaine, 5 yrs Rodney Smith, 15 yrs

Annette James, 30 yrs Edward Tiemann, 10 yrs

Roberto Marrero, 5 yrs Marcus Williams, 5 yrs

Letter of Appreciation

Jonathon Dalstra Jason Williamson

John Ritter

A key initiative of the Require-

ments Planning Team (RPT)

was the development of an

Airworthiness Team consisting

of members from CG-41 and

ALC’s Engineering Services

Division (ESD). The intent of

the team is to ensure adequate

processes and policies are in

place to support the Coast

Guard’s self-certification of

aircraft. For the past year the

team has focused their efforts

on two areas: aircraft overhaul

processes of ALC and the Air-

worthiness Certification proc-

ess itself.

To improve ALC’s overhaul

process a technical audit pro-

gram has been established to

inspect internal programs with

respect Doctrine, Organization,