And we have this UNHAPPY news

WASHINGTON (NNS) — The Navy announced Jan. 15 that Robert C. Martinage has resigned as Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy (DUSN)/ Policy, Plans, Oversight, and Integration (PPO&I).

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus asked for the resignation following a loss of confidence in Martinage’s abilities to effectively perform his duties.

Martinage had also been performing the duties of the Under Secretary of the Navy. Effective immediately, Thomas W. Hicks, Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy/ Deputy Chief Management Officer (DUSN/DCMO), will perform those duties until a new Under Secretary is confirmed or until further notice, whichever comes first. Hicks will also continue his role as DUSN/DCMO.

Jodi Greene, Senior Director for Policy in the Office of DUSN (PPO&I), has been appointed acting DUSN (PPO&I).

For more news from Secretary of the Navy, visit http://www.navy.mil/local/secnav/.

"CRIC"kets making a lot of noise

Ever made a suggestion to your boss or sent a message with a recommendation for changes in policy or procedures in the Navy and heard nothing but crickets in response?  Well, no more.  The CNO’s Rapid Innovation Cell (CRIC) is interested in your ideas and they have plenty of their own.  Learn more about this awesome team HERE.  They can help give voice to your ideas and help you make some noise of your own.

Looking for answers? LT Darryl Diptee and I share the same point of view. ASK A BLUE SHIRT !!


Episode 14: LT Darryl Diptee

7 days ago52 minutes

Can innovation help us with an issue as important as suicide in the military? LT Darryl Diptee seems to think so. This episode is about Design Thinking, empathy and how LT used a combination of both to create something that might become a very powerful tool in looking out for our shipmates. Please share this episode with a friend. The CNO’s Rapid Innovation Cell is an organization of 15 junior officers and enlisted. Its goal is to empower and enable emerging Naval leaders to rapidly create, develop and implement disruptive solutions that tackle warfighter needs while advocating for, and inspiring, deckplate innovation throughout the Fleet.  ET1(SW) Jeff Anderson is a member of the CNO’s Rapid Innovation Cell. The views expressed are his alone, and not the official position of the CRIC, Naval Warfare Development Command, CNO, the United States Navy or any other entity explicitly or implicitly mentioned in the above. Check us out on Facebook! Get involved at www.facebook.com/NavyCRIC . Join the CRIC[x]! The CRIC[x] is our extended network of sailors and innovators.

Female Navy Engineers and Scientists Worth Knowing More About

Captain Barbara A. Sisson retired in 2008 after a pioneering 28 year career in the Navy’s Civil Engineering Corps. She distinguished herself as the first female instructor at the Civil Engineer Corps Officer School and the first female regimental commodore of a CD regiment, the 3rd Naval Construction Regiment.

Rear Admiral Jan E. Tighe, continues service as the Deputy Commander, Fleet Cyber Command/TENTH Fleet.  She earned her PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School.  She was the CHIEF Engineer at the Naval Information Warfare Activity Suitland, Maryland.  She is the senior engineer in the Information Warfare Community.

Rear Admiral Kathleen Gregory continues her service as Commander, NAVFAC Engineering Command and Chief of Civil Engineers.  She is a 1982 graduate of USNA and is a registered professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  She is a Seabee Combat Warfare Officer.

Rear Admiral Alma Grocki continues her service as Deputy Chief of Staff for Fleet Maintenance, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet.  She is a 1981 USNA graduate.  She completed her Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of New Hampshire. 

Captain Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper is on active duty in the Navy.  She holds Bachelor of Science (1984) and Master of Science (1985) degrees in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).  She is also a NASA Astronaut.

And, one of my favorites –

Captain Wendy Barrien Lawrence is a retired United States Navy Captain, former helicopter pilot, an engineer, and a former NASA astronaut. She was the first female graduate of the United States Naval Academy to fly into space and she has also visited the Russian Space Station Mir. She was a mission specialist on STS-114, the first Space Shuttle flight after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

Please help me add to this list.

Cryptologic Community Foundational Principles

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One of the many things that drew us to the Cryptologic Community is the sense of belonging to a group that had unique and highly sought after skills.  Today, we continue to honor Captain Joseph Rochefort and his celebration of the fact that “we can accomplish anything provided no one cares who gets the credit.”  
In an effort to share expectations across the community, the following general responsibilities are recognized:
The Community Leader is committed to the following…
Pushing regular updates directly to all interested community members  (i.e. record message, blog, RSS subscriptions, social networking, etc.)
Biannual updates to Community Vision and Strategic Plan
Creating opportunities to engage and celebrate traditions as a community
Championing cryptologic contributions and capabilities to other warfighters
Delegating and empowering as much as possible
The full package is HERE

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a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning.
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“elementary principles”

  • a rule or belief governing one’s personal behavior.
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    synonyms: morals, morality, (code of) ethics, beliefs, ideals, standards; More

  • morally correct behavior and attitudes.
    “a man of principle”
    synonyms: morals, morality, (code of) ethics, beliefs, ideals, standards; More

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  • a natural law forming the basis for the construction or working of a machine.
    “these machines all operate on the same general principle”
2.
a fundamental source or basis of something.

And, this NEWS FLASH from the Army !!

In 2012, the Army revised its leadership bible, Army Doctrine Publication 6-22, to detail what toxic leadership means for the first time.

“Toxic leadership is a combination of self-centered attitudes, motivations, and behaviors that have adverse effects on subordinates, the organization, and mission performance. This leader lacks concern for others and the climate of the organization, which leads to short- and long-term negative effects. The toxic leader operates with an inflated sense of self-worth and from acute self-interest. Toxic leaders consistently use dysfunctional behaviors to deceive, intimidate, coerce, or unfairly punish others to get what they want for themselves. The negative leader completes short-term requirements by operating at the bottom of the continuum of commitment, where followers respond to the positional power of their leader to fulfill requests. This may achieve results in the short term, but ignores the other leader competency categories of leads and develops. Prolonged use of negative leadership to influence followers undermines the followers’ will, initiative, and potential and destroys unit morale.”

Full NPR story is HERE.

Based on a FOIA request, I am guessing that the Navy definition is pending the results of an ongoing investigation.

And you may recall this from 2011 http://navycaptain-therealnavy.blogspot.com/2011/06/thankfully-navy-does-not-have-this.html
 


An unpleasant FIRST for 2014

Commander Joseph Martinez, CO of Fleet Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) ONE FOUR ZERO (140) embarked in USS DWIGHT D EISENHOWER was relieved for cause on 8 January 2014, making him the first Navy CO fired in 2014. 
Commander Martinez was fired by Captain Terry Morris, commander of Carrier Air Wing 7 (CVW-7), because of a “loss of confidence in his ability to command” according to the release, issued by Cmdr. Mike Kafka, spokesman for Naval Air Forces Atlantic. 
The JAG Manual investigation found poor leadership and a negative command climate among the squadron’s officers. It also found Martinez had willfully ignored Navy instructions, knowingly submitted inaccurate officer fitness reports, made inappropriate racial comments, exercised undue influence on subordinates, and made false or misleading statements.
NAVNEWS story is HERE.

Quote from a very respected Shipmate of mine, “I worked for this guy on the Lincoln. A bit abrasive, but he seemed like an okay fellow.”