Navy Releases CNO's Guidance for 2009

Week of November 17, 2008

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Adm. Gary Roughead, recently released his Guidance for 2009. CNO's Guidance (CNOG) reaffirms his vision, mission, guiding principles and focus areas - refining the scope of his intentions and how they will be measured in 2009 - and reviews the accomplishments of the Navy over the past year. The CNOG reinstates CNO's three focus areas of building the future force, maintaining warfighting readiness, and developing and supporting Sailors, Navy civilians, and their families. The Guidance also explains Roughead's 18 intentions, which include global maritime partnerships, levering science and technology initiatives to ensure warfighting benefits accrue to future Sailors. To read the CNO's Guidance for 2009, visit the U.S. Navy website.

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