COMDTINST 1780.2D governs policy for paid and payment-in-kind internships in Coast Guard Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities (NAFI).
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It addresses affiliation agreements, internship criteria, eligibility, paid internship schedules, and payment-in-kind participation. It requires participating commands to follow specified selection procedures and establishes conditions for intern participation.
Applies to: All Coast Guard unit commanders, commanding officers, officers-in-charge, deputy/assistant commandants, and chief of headquarter directorates must comply with the policies contained.
Applicants for internships in a Coast Guard NAFI shall be students in good standing, pursuing an undergraduate/graduate degree in resale, recreation, merchandising or other related fields to the operation of a Coast Guard NAFI, and identified as such by an institution of higher learning having an affiliation agreement with the Coast Guard.
No intern shall be selected for Coast Guard NAFI without a signed affiliation agreement being in effect.
Students may work up to 8 hours per day, but no more than 20 hours per week when school is in session, and up to 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week, when school is not in session.
Commands shall comply with the competitive procedures outlined in Chapter 3 of Reference (c) when selecting paid internship participants in Coast Guard NAFI.
Individuals who participate in this internship do so with the agreement and understanding that they are entitled to neither pay nor benefits and their services are offered freely and without pressure or coercion, direct or implied, from the Coast Guard in accordance with Reference (e).