Mission:
Provide the Coast Guard a Ready Reserve Force that embodies the competencies necessary to perform Maritime Homeland Security; Domestic and Expeditionary Support to National Defense; and Response to Domestic Disasters, both natural and man-made. Provide an Active Duty Force to support all missions of the Service.
Functions: 
Under the general direction and supervision of
the Assistant Commandant for Human Resources, the Director of Reserve and
Military Personnel shall:
    - Serve as Commander of the Coast Guard
    Reserve Component and Program Director of the Reserve
    Training Program (RT). Develop policies and guide the
    delivery of services to ensure a mission-ready Reserve
    Component. Serve as Director and Functional Manager of the
    RT Appropriation.
- Develop a reserve program vision and
    strategic guidance for the Coast Guard Reserve Component in
    alignment with the Coast Guard’s Reserve Policy Statement
    and DOD Reserve Components.
- Develop the policies and practices to
    acquire, allocate, assign, train, administer and support the
    Reserve Component.
- Assist program managers to determine
    surge, mobilization, augmentation and other part-time
    workforce requirements that make the best use of full and
    part-time resources.
- Designate membership for Reserve
    Component policy boards and approve promotion opportunities
    for Inactive Duty Promotion List officers.
- Advise and consult with other Directors,
    FORCECOM, AREA Commands, and DCMS on Reserve Component
    issues, actions, and initiatives. Advocate for the Reserve
    Component within the Coast Guard and with DOD and DHS.
- Serve as a member of the DOD Reserve
    Forces Policy Board (RFPB), Coast Guard Academy Board, and
    other appropriate Coast Guard and DOD boards.
- Oversee the Coast Guard housing program
    including government owned, leased, and unaccompanied
    personnel housing.
- Serve as Program Manager for the Coast
    Guard Personnel Records Review Board (PRRB).
- Develop workforce management plans and
    polices; ensure overall policy consistency between the
    active and reserve components.
- Develop and issue personnel, pay,
    compensation, travel, transportation and uniform policies
    and procedures. Administer programs for retirees and
    decedents of military and lighthouse personnel, including
    survivor benefit plans.
- Serve as the Uniformed Service Principal to the Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Committee (PDTATAC) chartered under the Department of Defense (DoD). PDTATAC publishes the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) that pertains to per diem, travel and transportation allowances, relocation allowances, and certain other allowances of Uniformed Service Active Duty and Reserve Component members.