Posted on 09/03/2024 1:08:31 PM PDT by Retain Mike
NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Approximately 25 percent of sailors in the surface fleet have bought into the “Get Real Get Better” principles two years after the Navy issued its push to improve culture in the service, according to surface fleet leaders.
The rest know little about it, according to a survey of about 1,000 sailors that a San Diego-based command conducted among ship crews on the waterfront to gauge what they knew about the Navy’s initiative.
“We’ve got a lot of work to do to really drive this down to the deck plate and have it be truly a part of who we are as a culture,” Rear Adm. Randall Peck, the commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 3, told an audience earlier this month at the Surface Navy Association’s 2024 Waterfront Symposium.
“About 25 percent understand what ‘Get Real Get Better’ as a cultural initiative is and have bought into it. And sadly, there’s a whole lot of other people… [who said] I’ve heard of it, but I’m not a believer,’” Peck said.
Back in January 2022, then-Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday issued the call to bolster the Navy’s readiness and warfighting capability by creating and embracing a culture that empowers its leaders and sailors to self-assess and work through performance issues. His successor, Adm. Lisa Franchetti, “has doubled down on it because culture is the most important thing to us as a Navy,” Peck said.
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Who are the 25% that bought into this?
The uniforms have become costumes, but I get to wear mine to a memorial service at a veteran’s cemetery in Redmond, because I have ribbons from Vietnam. In my wife’s and my families eight men volunteered and served over three generations, but never again.
i.e engage in self criticism struggle sessions.
The only thing “Get Real, Get Better” reminds me of is “Get Woke, Go Broke”.
How about “Go Woke, Walk the Plank”.
What a massive load of gibberish is GRGB ... a true salute to a Kamala word-salad ...
Well, we are back to buggery and the lash.
Navy...
Never
Again
Volunteer
Yourself.....
Sounds like some kind of corporate culture MBA thing. Some consultant got wealthy on this one scam.
Looks like the corporate jargon BS training slides I was forced to sit through at my previous job
https://grgb.navy.mil/GRGB-Overview/GRGB-Quick-Reference/
I thought their motto was “lost at sea”
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I recall hearing “Move up or get out”.
who is anyone to impose their reality on anyone else?
No rum?
One of the most bizarre management slogans I ever heard was “do more but slow down”.
I'm sure there are many reasons for it, but there's a failure of leadership going on in my Navy. Programs like "GRGB" are an after-thought. A cute, catchy little jingle to make it sound like they're doing something to fix a problem.
The principals behind GRGB used to be ingrained in sailors from Day 1; they weren't an add-on once they got to the Fleet. If 25% have bought into it, they should consider themselves lucky--culture change in a global organization is very difficult, but the Navy needs to get there yesterday.
Not allowed on US Navy ships IIRC
Since obama was elected the admin on the left has been forcing their views of what culture should be on the military.
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