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Department of Navy Developing Data Tool for COs to Understand, Predict Behavior of Marines, Sailors

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The Department of the Navy is developing a new digital tool for commanders to better understand the behaviors of sailors and Marines, better predict the effects of command climate on a ship or a unit, and prevent behaviors that could lead to suicide and sexual assault, the acting Secretary of the Navy told reporters on Wednesday.

Based on a Department of Defense data analytics tool called Advana, the Navy’s Jupiter dashboard will pull information from dozens of databases to create a...

https://news.usni.org/2021/05/19/department-of-navy-developing-data-tool-for-cos-to-understand-predict-behavior-of-marines-sailors

Navy Recruiting Could See Changes Following Diversity Listening Sessions

Aviation Ordnanceman 1st Class Sarah Minnick, a recruit division commander, marches alongside her recruit division at Recruit Training Command. More than 40,000 recruits train annually at the Navy’s only boot camp on March 9, 2021. US Navy Photo

The Navy is considering changes to how it recruits sailors – including offering its aptitude test in another language – after receiving feedback from the fleet.

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said today the service is weighing the possibility...

https://news.usni.org/2021/04/07/navy-recruiting-could-see-changes-following-diversity-listening-sessions

Task Force One Navy Issues More than 50 Recommendations to Improve Diversity in the Service

Airman Joshua Dick, from Wichita, Kansas, and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Jared Shirley, from Jonesborough, Ark., perform maintenance on a Mark 38 gun aboard USS America (LHA-6) on Jan. 16, 2021. US Navy Photo

The task force designated to find improvements in how the Navy thinks about diversity rolled out more than 50 recommendations on how to make the service fairer and more inclusive in a report released on Wednesday.

The final report from Task Force One Navy lays out specific, granular changes...

https://news.usni.org/2021/02/03/task-force-one-navy-issues-more-than-50-recommendations-to-improve-diversity-in-the-service

Final Department of Defense Board on Diversity and Inclusion Report

The following is the Department of Defense Board on Diversity and Inclusion Report: Recommendations to Improve Racial and Ethnic Diversity and Inclusion in the U.S. Military that was released on Dec. 18, 2020.

From the report

For more than 200 years, the U.S. military has fought to defend this nation and its interests, earning the reputation as the greatest military force in history. The U.S. military attracts highly qualified men and women who represent a wide variety of creeds, religions,...

https://news.usni.org/2020/12/20/final-department-of-defense-board-on-diversity-and-inclusion-report

Nowell: Navy Wants Diverse Recruits In All Career Fields to Lead to More Diverse Leadership

Sailors assigned to the command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20) salute while manning the rails as the ship gets underway from Gaeta, Italy, on May 18, 2020. US Navy Photo

The chief of naval personnel said the Navy is looking at not only how much diversity is coming in the front door during recruiting but also what career fields those sailors from underrepresented groups are choosing – with concerns that women and minorities are ending up in communities with few or no opportunities to...

https://news.usni.org/2020/10/01/nowell-navy-wants-diverse-recruits-in-all-career-fields-to-lead-to-more-diverse-leadership

Navy Learning From Past Attempts to Eliminate Bias in the Fleet

Sailors stand in ranks before manning the rails of Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) on Aug. 23, 2020. US Navy Photo

In 1972, then-Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Elmo Zumwalt made a public declaration on the need to fight racism in the Navy.

Two years after the service instituted a wide range of reforms to tackle discrimination, the Navy was still facing major problems. In 1972, racial violence broke out on three ships in a matter of months, prompting Zumwalt to issue...

https://news.usni.org/2020/09/23/navy-learning-from-past-attempts-to-eliminate-bias-in-the-fleet

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