Leadership Development Branch (FC-LDR)

Leadership Development Branch (FC-LDR)

Commandant (FC-LDR)
U.S. Coast Guard
2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE
Stop 7907
Washington, D.C. 20593-7907

Leadership and Management School (LAMS) (340720)

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July 18, 2025 —

About the Course

The course develops leadership skills, knowledge, and performance for Coast Guard Active Duty, Reserve, Civilian, and Auxiliary personnel who are considered first-line supervisors and mid-level managers.

Location: Resident training is conducted regularly at USCG TRACEN’s Petaluma and Yorktown as well as at the CG Academy in New London CT.

Exportable courses are sent on a rotating basis to various CG units throughout the US and abroad.

Length: 5 days

Training Objectives

LAMS is a unique one-week course designed to enhance supervisory skills for first line supervisors through an experience-based curriculum. The course places emphasis on discussion of the Coast Guard Leadership Competencies and develops skills in the following areas:

Communicating effectively
Influencing others positively
Creating an environment that motivates performance
Getting the job done while taking care of subordinates
Encouraging personal ethics
Promoting teamwork

Students should use their knowledge to lead their workgroups to understand and commit to organizational missions and goals. Each terminal performance objective develops individual skill in the subject leadership competencies. Group discussion, experiential activities, and facilitated discussion by subject matter experts support the enabling objectives. Successful students demonstrate competence through scenario-based exercise, case studies, role plays, and written homework.

Eligibility

ETR Priority:

E-6 without LAMS
E-5
E-4/O1-O2
Civilians

Convenings

Go here to see the LAMS schedule >> (scroll down to the Quick Links section)

How to Enroll

Talk to your Training Officer to start the ETR process.

See the LAMS Enrollment Job Aid here >>

Waivers

If members graduation date from LAMS is after the SWE correction deadline, the member may route a memo waiver request through FC-LDR Enlisted Professional Development Program Manager to PPC. Waiver requests endorsed by FC-LDR will then be sent to PPC for final adjudication.

Members should have had a significant situation that made attending LAMS impossible. Member advancing to E-5 in the past 12 months is also helpful for their case (examples: attending advanced education or 6+ month “C” School, deployed out of country for entire timeframe, HUMS orders)

See example memo here >>