U.S. COAST GUARD
Pay & Personnel Center

July 13, 2022

Yeoman - Update Your Job Title in the Global Address Book to Receive All-YN Emails!

** YN Distribution Lists – SPREAD THE WORD **  Are you a YN or PERS and you aren’t receiving these emails until a friend forwards it to you?  More than likely, that means you need to update your Job Title in Milconnect.  The distribution list is not managed by a person, but you are automatically added based on that title.  If your current Job Title

Dec. 5, 2021

Resolved: Reserve Leave Not Calculating Correctly

This issue was resolved on 3 December 2021.

Oct. 4, 2021

ETS First Logon and ADVTRAV Profile Data Transfer

Per ALCOAST 361/21, the entire Coast Guard workforce (military, civilian and reserve) will receive invitations via an email from etravelservices@cwtsatotravel.com on 04 October 2021 to activate your account. These invitations will expire within 72 hours; failure to activate in the required timeline will create additional administrative workload on support staff. Commands should ensure all service members are provided adequate time to complete the activation process. Accounts will remain active for 90 days and members who have not logged on will receive a reminder to log in or risk the accounts being disabled.

Sept. 17, 2021

Known Issue: Direct Access Excel Spreadsheet Viewing- work around

​If your computer has migrated to Office 365/ The Cloud, you may experience issues viewing certain excel spreadsheets from direct access (web pages or excel 2003 version).

July 15, 2021

Proper Usage of the Pay Corrections Action Request

The Pay Corrections Action Request is used to shutdown entitlements when necessary. These transactions require an End Date to be entered to STOP the transaction (do NOT use CANCEL to stop a previously authorized transaction – this will result in an erroneous debt to the member). Cancelling an instance of a pay element will reverse all amounts paid or deducted in prior finalized calendars.

April 26, 2021

Known Issue: PCS Leave Overlapping With Denied Absence Request

If PCS leave was erroneously requested through Absence Requests and then denied, it may cause an error when attempting to enter the leave in the Delay En route section of the PCS Orders. A Trouble Ticket with screenshots must be submitted to have the ‘Denied’ Absence Request deleted from DA before the PCS Orders may be completed.

Feb. 19, 2021

Known Issue: Coast Guard Standard Meal Rate (CGSMR) Auto-Start

​If a member’s PCS Transfer Job Data row is not built (should populate upon the approval of the PCS Reporting endorsement), the CGSMR will not automatically start. If this occurs, a help ticket must be submitted to PPC to have the PCS Transfer Job Data row manually added. The SPO MUST manually start CGSMR. The SPO does not have to wait for the Job Data row to be added.

Jan. 5, 2021

Travel Authorizing /Approving Official (AO) Course Offline

The AO Course contains Adobe FLASH Media and has been temporarily removed as Adobe FLASH Media is no longer supported and deemed a cyber-vulnerability by CG-6. Please submit your CG-7421a without any attachments and permissions will be granted. As soon as the course comes back online, we will update our website and require proof of completion of the AO course for new AO's or proof the tests have been completed for renewing AO permissions.

Oct. 30, 2020

October PPC Travel eNewsletter/Frequently Asked Questions

​The October 2020 edition of the Pay and Personnel Center Travel eNewsletter/Frequently Asked Questions – Update is now available at https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/portals/10/cg-1/ppc/travel/ppctravelenewsletteroctober2020.pdf.

Oct. 2, 2019

Known Issue: DA Cost of Living Allowance for the Continental United States (CONUS COLA)

An issue has been detected with Direct Access (DA) CONUS COLA transactions.

Sept. 17, 2019

Known Issue: DA Hostile Fire Pay / Imminent Danger Pay and Hardship Duty Pay for Location in a Designated Area Monthly Payout Limit

​Direct Access does not allow a payment for Hostile Fire Pay / Imminent Danger Pay​ (HFP/IDP) and Hardship Duty Pay for Location in a Designated Area (HDP-L (DA)) to exceed $325 in a month. Direct Access will deduct any dollar amount over $325.

June 30, 2019

Reminder: BAH for Single Recruit, OCS, or Academy Graduates In-Transit

A Transit housing allowance (BAH-Transit) is a temporary housing allowance paid while a member is in a travel or leave status between permanent duty stations, provided the member is not assigned Government quarters, including dependents who may be assigned to Government owned or leased family-type quarters. The Transit rate continues during proceed time and authorized delays en route, including TDY en route.

June 18, 2019

Resolve Common Direct Access Menu and Page Errors by the Clearing Browser Cache

Clearing the Internet Explore cache may resolve these common Direct Access issues.

May 6, 2019

Direct Access Known Issue: Coast Guard Standard Meal Rate (CGSMR) Auto-Start failure

Known Issue: Coast Guard Standard Meal Rate (CGSMR) Auto-Start failure. If a member reports in TEMDU first and then to the cutter CGSMR doesn’t auto start and needs to be manually started via meal rate request

Sept. 4, 2018

PPC Trouble - Ticket Email Receipts Discontinued

You will no longer receive an e-mail receipt when submitting a trouble ticket form to the Coast Guard Pay & Personnel Center.

March 15, 2017

Combat Tax Exclusion - Known Issue with PCS Departure Stop and Retroactive Transactions

There is a Direct Access Known Issue with Combat Tax Exclusion