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CG-2045: Career Intentions Worksheet (Reenlist, Extend, or Separate)

The current Career Intentions Worksheet: eligibility questions, reenlist/extend terms and SRB, SELRES affiliation or separation choices, travel, the leave section, DD-214 copies, and the signature chain your SPO needs.

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Every block on the CG-2045

Laid out block for block like the official CAREER INTENTIONS WORKSHEET (06/26 edition), with the instruction for each block. Name, rank, and unit prefill from your service profile.

Form details

1
EMPLID
Your Direct Access Employee ID.
2
Name (Last, First, Middle Initial)
3
Permanent Unit (Department ID)

4. answer these questions (IF NO, CONTACT YOUR CAREER COUNSELOR OR UNIT ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF/SPO)

4
Has your unit conducted a 6-month predischarge interview and if you are separating, completed a Preseparation Counseling Checklist?
Have you been advised on the subject of SRB eligibility and, if separating, Reserve Enlistment/Affiliation Bonuses?
Are you a U.S. Citizen? (If no, you cannot reenlist or extend without authority from CGPSC; see 1.A.5.e., COMDTINST M1000.2 (series) for exceptions)

Reenlistment/extension eligibility

5
My command has advised me on my eligibility and recommendation for reenlistment or extension of enlistment.

Extension/reenlistment/reserve enlistment section

6
I plan to…
Complete this section only if you are staying. If separating, skip to the Separation section.
7
For Number of Years (if reenlisting, the minimum is 3 years; Reserve enlistments/reenlistments may be for two, three, four, five, six, or eight years)
8
Date of Reenlistment/Date to Sign Extension/Re-extension
9
Person administering the oath for extension agreement/reenlistment: Name, Rank, Title
10
Reason for Extension/Re-extension of Enlistment
11a
Selective Reenlistment Bonus: Zone (check one)
Zones are set by length of service; the multiple and any kicker come from the current SRB ALCOAST for your rating and competency. Confirm with your SPO before signing the contract.
Multiple / Kicker Multiple / Competency Code
11b
SELRES Bonus
Have you completed your requirement to take the Career Intentions Survey?

Separation section

Separation (choose the block that applies)
If affiliating with the Reserve, submit the matching CG-3307 for the component category and contact the In-Service Transfer Team for a SELRES assignment. Get Pre-Separation Counseling before completing this section.
15
If affiliating with the CG Reserve, provide personal: email / phone
Retirement: entered in DA on / orders dated / I will perform travel to / my home of selection is
You have up to three years to choose your home of selection.
18
Have you had a physical examination dated one year or less from your upcoming separation date?
If No, you must complete a physical during the year before separation.
19
Do you want health care coverage under the Continued Health Care Benefit Program (CHCBP)?
20
If Disch/Relad I will perform travel to my:
21
Mode of travel will be (check one):
22
I request advance travel; SF Form 1038 is attached
23
Do you occupy government quarters? (If yes, date you will terminate quarters)

24. leave section (COMPLETE FOR SEPARATIONS, REENLISTMENTS AND FIRST EXTENSIONS OF ENLISTMENT)

24
I plan to (select any that apply):
Regular members may sell a career total of 60 days. Separating regulars must use or sell all leave. Reservists released from active duty and returning to SELRES may carry leave forward. Reenlisting or extending carries leave forward automatically.
Days to sell / terminal leave days and start date
Enter Inclusive Leave Dates

Addresses

25
If separating, enter your final mailing address (address, county, city, state, ZIP, country)
26
If separating, enter name and address of a relative to be contacted if you cannot be reached at the final mailing address
27
For Retirement Only
Use in order: permissive TDY, processing point permissive orders, then terminal leave. Do not enter these dates on the Direct Access retirement or leave transaction.
28
DD-214 requests

Signatures

29
Member Signature
29.a
Date
30
Supervisor Signature
30.a
Date
31
Division/Branch Chief Signature
31.a
Date
32
Department Head Signature
32.a
Date
33
Command Approval
33.a
Date
34
For SPO Use Only: action completed on / by (initials) / remarks

Career planning notes (worksheet aid — not printed on the CG-2045)

Current end of enlistment (EOE) date
From your Direct Access record. Count back six months for the pre-discharge interview.
Career goals and questions for your career counselor

Draft / worksheet aid. Prepare it here, then transcribe into Your Servicing Personnel Office (SPO), which processes the reenlistment, extension, or separation in Direct Access. Complete the separate Career Intentions Survey online as the form directs.. This is not an official submission. Check it against the current official CG-2045 before use.

How to fill out the CG-2045

The CG-2045 tells your SPO what you intend to do at the end of your enlistment: extend, reenlist, enlist in the Reserve, retire, or separate, and what happens with your leave, travel, and DD-214. The contract itself is a DD Form 4; the CG-2045 is what gets it (or your separation) processed correctly. When: Start about six months before your end of enlistment, after your command's pre-discharge interview. If you plan to separate, get Pre-Separation Counseling from your HSWL Transition/Relocation Manager before you fill in the Separation and Leave sections.

Step by step

Answer block 4. Any "No" means you talk to your career counselor or SPO first.
Staying: complete blocks 5–11 (plan, years, date, who administers the oath, extension reason, SRB or SELRES bonus) and the Leave section.
Leaving: complete the Separation section (12–17), travel (18–23), leave (24), addresses (25–26), retirement items (27) if they apply, and DD-214 copies (28).
Sign in block 29, then route for supervisor, division/branch chief, department head, and command approval (30–33).
Give it to your SPO, and tell them immediately if your leave plans change.

What a strong one looks like

Reenlistments for regulars are at least 3 years. Reserve enlistments may be 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 8 years.
Confirm SRB eligibility (zone, multiple, competency code) before you sign. Once the contract runs, you can't go back for a bonus you missed.
Regular active duty members may sell only 60 days of leave in a career. Separating regulars must use or sell all leave; reenlisting members carry it forward.
Don't enter terminal leave as a Self-Service Absence Request. The SPO records it on the separation transaction.

Common mistakes

Starting too late to get the physical exam required within one year of separation.
Changing leave plans without telling the SPO. Any resulting overpayment is yours to repay.
Leaving the SRB block blank when you were eligible.

References: Enlistments, Evaluations, and Advancements, COMDTINST M1000.2 (series) (reenlistment and extension eligibility); Military Separations, COMDTINST 1000.4C; Military Bonus and Incentive Programs, COMDTINST 7220.2 (series) (SRB and SELRES bonuses); Coast Guard Pay Manual, COMDTINST M7220.29 (series) (leave sale and settlement); DD Form 4 series (the enlistment/reenlistment contract itself) Checked against the official source: Sep 2026 Official blank form

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