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CHAPTER 6
PROGRAMS AND POLICIES
The Navy’s most important resource is people.
One of your primary responsibilities as an officer is to
use this resource to its maximum potential. Many
problems can arise that will degrade a person’s
performance. The Navy provides a wide variety of
programs and policies developed specifically to help
Navy members to improve themselves and to assist
them to overcome personal, professional, or family
problems. Knowledge of these programs will enable
you to better care for your people.
This chapter
provides an overview of major Navy programs and
policies.
CORE VALUES
The Navy implemented core values to promote
personal excellence by developing commitment to a
core set of Navy traditions and values that are in
consonance with our national values. To determine
just what these values should be, the Navy conducted
an extensive review in 1987. More than 100 sailors
representing all communities, fleets, and many
positions within the chain of command were
individually interviewed. In these interviews sailors
were asked to do the following:
Describe “tough situations” that posed values,
conflicts, or ethics dilemmas
Characterize those persons they admired most
and least in the Navy
Discuss in very real terms the values that the
Navy represents
As you can imagine, these interviews produced
many enlightening accounts and personal insights.
The values most often portrayed in everyday
decision-making and felt to be most important to the
Navy are as follows:
TRADITION
—Concern for people
—Patriotism
—Courage
—Spiritual heritage
INTEGRITY
—Honesty
—Honor
—Responsibility
PROFESSIONALISM
—Competence
—Teamwork
—Loyalty
The expected outcome of these core values is to
refocus and reemphasize traditional Navy values by
all personnel and to improve the ethical practices of
the Navy.
NAVY LEADER DEVELOPMENT
The mission of the Navy Leader Development
(NAVLEAD) Program is to provide continuing leader
development to (1) maintain a proper balance
between an individual’s leader and technical
development, (2) to revitalize leadership at every
level of the chain of command, and (3) to increase the
number of personnel who receive formal leadership
training.
The NAVLEAD courses are mandatory for E-6
and E-7 personnel to be eligible for advancement to
the next higher paygrade.
NAVY ENLISTED ADVANCEMENT
SYSTEM
The objective of the enlisted advancement system
is to provide qualified petty officers to operate the
Navy’s ships, squadrons, and stations. Advancements
also provide the opportunity for the orderly
progression of qualified enlisted personnel to higher
levels of responsibility throughout their naval careers.
The concept of the enlisted advancement system is as
follows:
General apprenticeship paygrades E-2 and E-3.
Commanding officers have the authority to advance
qualified personnel to paygrades E-2 and E-3 without
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