A destroyer commanding officer mentors a junior officer during a training exercise. The most important thing a new division officer can do is listen—and learn.
A Coast Guard auxiliarist completes a boarding at sea in the Indo-Pacific. Coast Guard auxiliarists are having a significant effect on manpower, filling critical billets and providing much-needed work-life balance to members.
A hull maintenance technician trains a seaman on how to use a heptafluoropropane compartment casualty checklist during a damage control training exercise. Righting the checklist mentality would make sailors the best at their trade under the worst conditions.
Marines at the School of Infantry handling M4 recoilless rifles during their training. Junior Marines take on some of the service’s most dangerous jobs—jobs that require extensive critical thinking—and should be treated as smart and capable individuals.
Coast Guardsmen make repairs to the hangar door locking mechanism on board the USCGC Kimball (WMSL-756). The Coast Guard’s motto, Semper Paratus (Always Ready), has been translated culturally into “do more with less,” which can be disheartening for members.
Disciplinary events are a part of Navy life for officers and enlisted members. The Navy Supply Corps School hosted a mock executive officer’s inquiry and captain’s mast to help officers feel more comfortable in these disciplinary situations should they arise.
During February 2022 humanitarian aid/disaster relief (HA/DR) operations in Turkey, 2d MEB staff members arrived in Naples and immediately integrated into the Naval Forces Europe HA/DR battle rhythm, and some members deployed to Incirlik with the commanding general to provide additional capacity as required.
The USS California (SSN-781) returns to homeport in Groton, Connecticut, on 14 February 2024 after a deployment. Leaders in the submarine community can be drivers of retention because leadership styles affect a submariner’s quality of life.
Captain Brett Crozier, the former commanding officer of the carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), was relieved of duty in 2020 after a letter to Navy leaders asking for help as COVID-19 spread throughout his ship was leaked to the press. Although his removal was met with backlash, an investigation found Crozier had not removed infected sailors from his ship fast enough and used “questionable judgment” when releasing sailors from quarantine.