As you know - the thing our Navy needs right now is another acronym laden pet project of someone's that is a redundant TAD/BSC vampire of a time suck.
R 241849Z JUN 10Here is what this tells me.
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
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INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
NAVADMIN 207/10
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UNCLAS//N01500//
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/JUN//
SUBJ/COALITION OF SAILORS AGAINST DESTRUCTIVE DECISIONS//
REF/A/DOC/OPNAVINST 1500.80/18JUN2010//
AMPN/REF A OUTLINES THE POLICY AND GUIDANCE OF THE COALITION OF SAILORS AGAINST DESTRUCTIVE DECISIONS (CSADD) PROGRAM//
RMKS/1. THIS NAVADMIN ANNOUNCES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PEER MENTORING PROGRAM: COALITION OF SAILORS AGAINST DESTRUCTIVE DECISIONS (CSADD). THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROGRAM AND ITS CONSTRUCT IS DESIGNED AS A RESOURCE AND TOOL FOR OUR SAILORS, RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS (ROTC)CANDIDATES AND JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS (JROTC) PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE GOOD DECISION MAKING PROCESSES, ENABLING LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND INFLUENCE AMONGST PEERS AT THE MOST JUNIOR LEVELS.
2. PROGRAM APPLICATION. THIS PROGRAM APPLIES TO ALL ACTIVE AND RESERVE NAVAL COMPONENTS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY (DON). ROTC UNITS AND JROTC ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO UTILIZE THIS PROGRAM AS A TOOL TO PROMOTE GOOD DECISION MAKING AMONG PEERS.
3. CSADD CONCEPT. THIS PEER INFLUENCE SOCIAL GROUP IS DESIGNED FOR YOUNG LEADERS 18 TO 25 YEARS OF AGE. CSADD IS DESIGNED TO BE LED BY OUR YOUNG SAILORS PROVIDING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE SOCIAL NETWORKING, COMMUNICATION TOOLS, AND VISUAL AIDS FOR THEIR PEER GROUP TO ENABLE GOOD DECISION MAKING. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES GREAT POTENTIAL FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION AS WELL AS ENHANCING AND DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP
SKILLS IN OUR MOST JUNIOR SAILORS.
4. CSADD SUPPORT STRUCTURE. THE ORGANIZATIONAL ARCHITECTURE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE CSADD PROGRAM IS COMPRISED OF THREE MAIN BODIES:
A. COALITION OF LEADERS ENABLING THE SUCCESS OF SAILORS BOARD OF ADVISORS (COLESS BOA). THIS BOARD PROVIDES RESOURCE TOPICS AND INFORMATION FOR DISTRIBUTION TO ALL CHAPTERS. THE BOA MEMBERS ARE COMPOSED OF: COMMANDER, NAVAL INSTALLATION COMMAND (CNIC), NAVAL SAFETY CENTER (NSC), AND OPNAV, PERSONAL READINESS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT BRANCH N135.
B. REGIONAL MAIN CHAPTERS - ESTABLISHED AT EACH REGION WITHIN CNIC.
C. COMMAND SUB CHAPTERS - ESTABLISHED AT INDIVIDUAL COMMANDS AND LED BY THE JUNIOR SAILORS 18-25 YEARS OF AGE WITH COMMAND GUIDANCE AND SPONSORSHIP PROVIDED BY THE COMMAND MASTER CHIEF/SENIOR ENLISTED LEADER. REF A OUTLINES THE ROLES, POLICY, AND GUIDANCE OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS FOR MAINTAINING AND SUPPORTING THE CSADD INITIATIVE.
5. CSADD MONTHLY TRAINING TOPICS. EACH MONTH WE WILL HAVE AN ASSIGNED TRAINING TOPIC, AS LISTED BELOW. THESE TOPICS WILL BE USED AS A READY REFERENCE FOR THE CSADD CHAPTERS IN DEVELOPING THEIR MESSAGE TO THEIR SHIPMATES. THE CSADD FACEBOOK PAGE WILL BE MANAGED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE NAVY'S TOTAL FORCE FLEET MASTER CHIEF. REFERENCE INFORMATION AND LINKS WILL BE POSTED ON THE CSADD FACEBOOK PAGE. IN ADDITION, CHAPTERS CAN POST INFORMATION ON THE BEST PRACTICES THEY ARE USING TO SUPPORT THEIR CHAPTER VIA THE DISCUSSION TAB ON THE CSADD FACEBOOK PAGE. FOR EXISTING FACEBOOK SUBSCRIBERS, ACCESS TO THE CSADD FAN PAGE CAN BE GAINED BY TYPING COALITION OF SAILORS AGAINST DESTRUCTIVE DECISIONS IN THE SEARCH ENGINE. ONCE ON THE PAGE, CLICK THE BOX ENTITLED "BECOME A FAN" AND YOU WILL RECEIVE PAGE UPDATES AND POSTS ON A REGULAR BASIS. THE MONTHLY TOPIC AREAS LISTED BELOW ARE DESIGNED AS KEY FOCAL POINTS FOR EACH MONTH FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2010. THERE WILL BE TWO KEY FOCUS AREAS EACH MONTH. THE DESIGNATED TOPICS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
A. JUL - FINANCIAL FREEDOM/FIRE SAFETY AND AT-HOME SAFETY
B. AUG - MEDICINE ABUSE AWARENESS/HURRICANE TYPHOON AWARENESS
C. SEP - NATIONAL SOBRIETY CHECKPOINT/SUICIDE PREVENTION
D. OCT - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION/ROAD SAFETY
E. NOV - GREAT AMERICAN SMOKE OUT/FINANCIAL ALTERNATIVES
F. DEC - DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRIVING/ROAD HAZARDS (SNOW/ICE/SLEEP DEPRIVATION) 6. THESE KEY FOCAL TRAINING TOPICS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVOKE THOUGHT AND INSPIRE YOUNG LEADERS WITHIN OUR NAVY COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS THESE ISSUES AMONGST THEIR PEER GROUP AND CREATE AWARENESS THROUGH A VARIETY OF SOCIAL NETWORKS AND ACTIVITIES, ALL OF WHICH
SHOULD BE DEVELOPED AND EXECUTED AT THE MOST JUNIOR LEVEL. CSADD ENCOURAGES POSITIVE INFLUENCE AND BEHAVIOR WHILE AT THE SAME TIME BRINGING TOGETHER ON-LINE SOCIAL NETWORKING WITH PEER INTERACTION, AND IN PERSON NETWORKING, REINFORCING THE MESSAGE OF SHIPMATES HELPING SHIPMATES. ALL COMMANDS ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO ENERGIZE THIS GROUP OF LEADERS IN GROWING SUCCESS WITHIN THEIR COMMANDS AND THROUGHOUT OUR NAVY.
7. POINT OF CONTACT: YN1(AW) MONICA xxxx, CNO (N1) ASSISTANT TO THE FLEET MASTER CHIEF FOR NAVY'S TOTAL FORCE, (703) 697-xxxx OR VIA E-MAIL: MONICA.xxxx(AT)NAVY.MIL.
8. RELEASED BY VADM MARK FERGUSON, N1.//
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CNO N1 has determined that the following entities in the United States Navy are failures, do not do their job, and must be replaced.
- Commanding Officer.
- Executive Officer.
- Chief's Mess.
- Wardroom.
- Leading Petty Officers.
- Chaplain Corps.
- NR&R.
- GMT.
Good googly moogly this reaks of some non-warfare qualified and/or paid consultant's self-justification project. Let's put the entire Navy under a PhD in Social Work, why don't we? Just step back and ponder the amount of work that would have to be invested in this program if it was taken seriously and executed Fleet-wide.
Sounds nice? Sure? Something that needs to be slathered on top of everything else we have - at least a half-dozen which already have it in their charter to do? No.
