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PURPOSE. This Manual provides policy and guidance for Coast Guard Military Equal Opportunity (EO) and Civilian Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Programs. It outlines responsibilities and procedures aimed at equipping Coast Guard employees with confidential access to timely and expert advice on EEO/EO matters, and provides tools that will assist unit leaders in building a model EEO workplace. The model EEO program prescribed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ensures that all employees and applicants for employment enjoy equality of opportunity in the Coast Guard workplace regardless of race, sex, national origin, color, religion, disability or reprisal for engaging in prior protected activity. It is the policy of the Coast Guard to extend to members of the military workforce as much as is practical, the same protections afforded the civilian workforce.