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46 RESERVIST � Issue 2 • 2015 ECIP Connect Prototype Launched The USCG Innovation Council is excited to share the launch ECIP Connect – a new crowd-sourcing tool designed to invite any Coast Guard member (active duty, civilian, reservist, auxiliarist) to help solve the Service's targeted "challenges" from anywhere, at any time, on any device. ECIP Connect, short for Enterprise Common Ideation Platform, provides a fun and empowering experience where participants can voluntarily review challenges, submit possible solutions, and collaborate with other Coasties by voting, supporting, and infuencing the best ideas as they bubble up, advance towards possible prototypes, and eventually become implementable solutions. ECIP Connect is a prototype itself and is ofered with a prototype period running from 19MAR15 – 19SEP15. Check out http://ecipconnect.ideascale.com for access to the site and to learn more. The Reserve Officers Association is hosting CIOR 2015 The Interallied Confederation of Reserve Ofcers, commonly referred to by its French acronym CIOR, represents the interests of over 1.3 million reservists across 36 participating nations within and beyond NATO, making it the world's largest military reserve ofcer organization. Founded in 1948 by the reserve ofcer associations of Belgium, France and the Netherlands, CIOR is now a NATO-afliated, non-political and non-proft umbrella organization of member nations' national reserve ofcer associations. The CIOR meets twice a year – in the summer and winter – and they work through committees that examine issues and provide analysis relating to reserve forces. The 2015 Summer Meeting will be held in Washington DC, hosted by the Reserve Ofcers Association. Registration for delegates to the 2015 CIOR Summer Congress in Washington, DC will be available through the ROA website: www.roa.org CGRU Joint Staf Reservist Re-enlists CGRU Joint Staf Commanding Ofcer Capt. Karl Leonard (left) and Executive Ofcer Cmdr. John Caraballo reenlist MEC Zac Horne (right) in the Coast Guard Reserve for a term of 8 years during a December ceremony at the unit in Sufolk, Va. MEC Horne has already distinguished himself by completing 14 years of active duty in the USMC and 7 years in the CG Reserve.