Mission of the United States Navy

The mission of the United States Navy is to protect and defend the right of the United States and our allies to move freely on the oceans and to protect our country against her enemies.


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 Navy Core Values

The U.S. Navy is an elite force of highly trained professionals dedicated to protecting our freedom and ensuring a secure future for America.  For more than 200 years, Navy men and women have stood tall for the principles that make America the greatest nation on earth.  In the Navy, these unchanging principles (HONOR, COURAGE, and COMMITMENT) are known as the Core Values.  To know, understand and faithfully live by them is the duty of all Navy people.

Honor "I will bear true faith and allegiance..."

Accordingly, we will:
* Conduct ourselves in the highest ethical manner in all relationships with seniors, peers, and subordinates;

* Be honest and truthful in our dealings with each other, and with those outside the Navy;

* Be willing to make honest recommendations and to accept those recommendations from junior personnel;

* Encourage new ideas and deliver the bad news, even when it is unpopular;

* Abide by an uncompromising code of integrity, taking responsibility for our actions and keeping our word;

* Fulfill or exceed our legal and ethical responsibilities in our public and personal lives 24 hours a day.

*** Illegal or improper behavior or even the appearance of such behavior will not be tolerated.  We are accountable for our professional and personal behavior.  We will be mindful of the privilege we have to serve our fellow Americans.



Courage  "I will support and defend.."

 Accordingly, we will:

* Have courage to meet the demands of our professions and the mission when it is hazardous, demanding or otherwise difficult;

* Make decisions in the best interest of the Navy and the nation without regard to personal consequences;

* Meet these challenges while adhering to a higher standard of personal conduct and decency;

* Be loyal to our nation by ensuring the resources entrusted to us are used in an honest, careful and efficient way.


Honor "I will bear true faith and allegiance..."

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Honor "I will bear true faith and allegiance..."



 

*** Courage is the value that gives us the moral and mental strength to do what is right even if the face of personal or professional adversity.

Commitment  "I will obey the orders..."

Accordingly, we will:

* Demand respect up and down the chain of command;

* Care for the safety, professional, personal, and spiritual well-being of our people;

* Show respect toward all people without regard to race, religion, or gender;

* Treat each individual with human dignity;

* Be committed to positive change and constant improvement;

* Exhibit the highest degree of moral character, technical excellence, quality and competence in what we have been trained to do.


*** The day-to-day duty of every Navy man and woman is to work together as a team to improve the quality of our work, our people, and ourselves.