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Service beefs up quality assurance, plans to pilot electronic SWEs next year.

June 28, 2024

Coast Guard corrects errors that caused cancellation of May exams

Service beefs up quality assurance, plans to pilot electronic SWEs next year.

Coast Guard adjusts enlisted assignment year timeline for delayed Servicewide Exams (SWEs)

May 29, 2024

Coast Guard adjusts enlisted assignment year timeline for delayed Servicewide Exams (SWEs)

Changes to give members more time to make decisions, enable Personnel Services Center (PSC)/Enlisted Personnel Management (EPM) to meet deadlines

Servicewide Exams (SWE) rescheduled for August 26 -29, 2024

May 17, 2024

Servicewide Exams (SWE) rescheduled for Aug. 26 -29, 2024

Additional flexibility will be offered in make-up exams.

Current Coast Guard Servicewide Exams (SWE) canceled due to errors in test packets

May 9, 2024

Current Coast Guard Servicewide Exams (SWE) canceled due to errors in test packets

New SWEs to be rescheduled for late August, early September.

Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Crouse, stationed aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle participates in the May 2010 Service Wide Examination (SWE) during the Eagle's transit to Puerto Rico Tuesday, May 4, 2010. The SWE is a competition, which certain enlisted rates must take in order to advance based on their raw score, sea time, time in service, time in rank, and award points. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta H. Disco.

Oct. 6, 2022

Coast Guard updates policies and procedures for SWE points 

Incentives for pre-commissioning cutter crews and Cutters undergoing maintenance periods.

The Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton is conducting a port visit in Valletta, Malta, May 17-20, 2021, following at sea engagements with the armed forces of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. (Courtesy photo)

March 22, 2022

SWE point increase promised to cutter crews adjusted for 2022 exam 

All eligible cuttermen provided an incentive point for 2022 SWE.

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Feb. 7, 2022

​ALCGENL 010/22: Nov. 2021 Servicewide Exam revised cutoffs

pPersonnel who compete for advancement must be prepared to be reassigned to fill authorized positions at the next higher paygrade.

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Jan. 14, 2022

Enlisted members: Service-wide exam FAQ

Here are the key things you need to know about preparing for the SWE, plus answers to frequent questions.

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Jan. 14, 2022

ALCGENL 003/22: May 2022 Service-Wide Examination (SWE) Competition

SWEs will be administered May 3 through May 6 for all ratings, except MU.

The Seattle-based Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) sits at anchor in Taylor Bay, Alaska, Feb. 10, 2020, ahead of their scheduled logistics stop in Juneau, Alaska, near the end of their months-long Arctic deployment. In addition to Polar Star's strategic national security objectives, the nation's sole heavy icebreaker sailed north with scientists and researchers aboard to better understand how to operate year-round in Arctic waters. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Cindy Oldham.

Nov. 18, 2021

SWE point increase instituted for cutter crews 

Enlisted personnel will receive exam credits for sea duty