Leadership Development Branch (FC-LDR)

The mission of the Leadership Development Branch is to communicate and facilitate the Commandant’s Leadership Philosophy and Coast Guard Leadership Competencies by providing Officer, Enlisted, and Civilian personnel with information and resources for professional development opportunities, recognizing exceptional leadership, and establishing policies to sustain leaders of character at all levels. We are part of the Organization Leadership & Training Program Division (FC-L) under the USCG Force Readiness Command (FORCECOM).

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DHS Leadership Effectiveness Opportunities


Center for Homeland Defense and Security – Executive Leaders Program

Audience 
Active Duty O5-06 & E8-9 
GS 14 & 15 
SES 

Application Deadline
Civilian: DHS application: 11 APR 25; CHDS application: 01 MAY 25 
Military: CHDS application: 01 MAY 25

Center for Homeland Defense and Security – Master’s Degree in Homeland Security Studies

Audience 
Any Officer & E5 and above 
GS 11-15 
SES

Application Deadline 
Civilian: DHS application: 11 APR 25; CHDS application: 01 MAY 25 
Military: CHDS application: 01 MAY 25  

Center for Homeland Defense and Security – Emergence Program 

Audience 
Any Junior Officer & E5  
GS 9-13

Application Deadline
Civilian: DHS application: 1 APR 25; CHDS application: 01 MAY 25  
Military: CHDS application: 01 MAY 25 

DoD Civilian Emerging Leaders Program 

Audience 
Civilians only; GS-7 through 12 

Application Deadline 
TBD

OPM Detail Opportunities 

Audience
CIV

Application Deadline
Ongoing

 

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

Program and Course News

 

Bravo Zulu to the 2025 Inspirational Leadership Award and Navy League Leadership Award winners and honorable mention recipients! See the full list here>>

Applications Now Being Accepted for CHDS Emergence Program, Master's in Security Studies and Executive Leaders Program. Civilian deadlines: DHS application deadline due April 11, 2025; CHDS application due May 1. Military deadline: CHDS application is due May 1. Get more info here >>

Military to Mariner (M2M) now connects you to credentialed members as mentors in Coast Guard Mentoring Program. Read more here>>

Experience transformational change via the DHS Academic Programs and the Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security. Includes Emergence Program, Executive Leaders Program and their Master's Degree Program. Deadlines for civilian applications is in November; military applications are due in December. Get more info here >>. Read about how 3 CHDS grads transformed as leaders in and out of the classroom here>>

Give your peers an A+ for their leadership. Send them a DHS Leader Gram here>> (DHS Connect guest account required) 

LAMS FY25 session dates and info are now available here>>. E5's who took the August service wide exam are prioritized for the Oct. - Dec. 2024 sessions. The Coast Guard temporarily waived the requirement to have completed this leadership training to be eligible to sit for the 2024 SWE >> Read the MyCG story here >>

Coast Guard to direct slate for FY25 Chief Petty Officer Academy (CPOACAD). Learn more about the priority slating in this MyCG story here. >>  Read the ALCOAST solicitation here. >> 

Check out the updated Enlisted Leadership Continuum Frequently Asked Questions here. »

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