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Six years ago tomorrow, the Navy published one of the most consequential documents in decades, the COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF RECENT SURFACE FORCE INCIDENTS. It drove monumental policy changes in the Surface Navy, and is worth a review by all Naval Leaders. The attached article contains recommendations that have largely come to be implemented. In memory of those lost, this would be a good time to read CR - all of it - and reflect on where we are, take a fix, and apply its lessons to our current operations. https://lnkd.in/e_Dfxat

Like almost all agencies, the US Navy does a good job of buying and replacing old technology. Where the DoN, and most others struggle is how to sustain that application or system over the long term. Jennifer Edgin, the assistant deputy chief of naval operations for information warfare, said her office is leading a perspective shift to ensure technology is onboarded quickly and is always modernized. #itmodernization #govcon https://bit.ly/3uSKXAN

It was great to hear Ms. Nashold, Deputy Commander, #NAVIFOR, talk about the integrated #NavyIW force and the important role of Naval Meteorology and Oceanography, #CNMOC. #itstartswithus #WEST2024

The article below represents the cold reality of the needs of our National Security Sustainment - inextricably linked to the very serious lack of Operational SSNs due to decisions made in the early 1990s “PEACE DIVIDEND” actions taken. Ed Bartlett is an extraordinary leader - his visions are reflected below. His proposed actions, in my personal opinion, are a must do now!

It goes without saying that upstream interventions lead to positive outcomes down stream. Military to civilian transition is a crucial time to connect these service members and their families to available services in housing, health care, employment, education, benefits, and social enrichment. The DoD/VA Liasion Office has agreements with the states to share information that allows local County Veteran Service Officers to better reach transitioning service members. In North Carolina that data is not pushed down to counties. Any effort that doesn’t involve the counties/local communities at the grassroots level is missing the mark! Time for the state to give that contact data to the County Veteran Service Offices (CVSO) and the VA to let us be involved in programs like Solid Start. These things would better enable CVSOs to ensure we connect veterans to services. We need state and national veteran leaders to assist. The CVSOs are ready to work towards a goal of 100% contact with veterans moving back into our communities. Walter E. Gaskin, John Boerstler, Michael (Mike) Odle

The Future. Late in his life, Admiral Chester Nimitz, Chief the Pacific Fleet in WW2 wrote, "I was asked once how we were able to fight the war in the Pacific, and I said we fought it just as we had fought all on paper in the Naval War College. I fought the whole war in the Pacific when I was there in1923." This is only a slight exaggeration. Navy Plan Orange did indeed set forth the overall strategy that would be followed. With adjustments for technology, tactics and international allegiances, the overall vision held. Many of you may feel overwhelmed by information about how to face the future. You are urged to introduce many new items into your organization's operations, such as AI. It's hard to know how to process the mass of information that floods in. It's hard to know how to make decisions once you have processed it. Let's find a path to do so. We'll start with the next post.

A historical perspective of the amazing capabilities of our military industrial complex; in the 1940s. How big was the U.S. Navy during WWII? By January 1945, the Navy had 61,045 vessels including 23 battleships, over 100 aircraft carriers, 59 cruisers, 425 destroyers, 400 destroyer-escorts, 237 subs and 54,000 landing craft and assault ships, plus 37,000 planes.

January 1, 2024 is just around the corner. What stops your new year's resolution or goal from happening or not happening? Self-Discipline. Here's a micro of retired US Navy SEAL Officer and Victory Strategies Team Member, Michael Uyboco on the topic. Want more lessons like this to help you make 2024 your best year yet? Join us: https://lnkd.in/er3pxyBW #selfdiscipline #mindset #performance #newyearnewyou #newyearsresolution #victorystrategies #elearning

Leading change is more than walking a robot dog down a hallway. It’s setting an example for others to follow. It’s picking something you yourself are going to start doing differently in the next five minutes. It’s defining success with specific and measurable outcomes and working with your peers and those in your charge to make those outcomes a reality. It’s recognizing that change isn’t always popular, and committing to help others change even if you don’t personally benefit from it. In short, it’s leadership. We succeed with it, or fail without it.