The Coast Guard
← The United States Coast Guard (USCG) ← The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven U.S uniformed service. Their role is critical to national security. Its mission is to protect the public, the environment, and America’s economic interests in the nation’s ports and waterways. The Coast Guard values diversity, teamwork, and responsiveness. Their mission in valuing diversity is to build a positive and respectful work environment for all personnel, regardless of their similarities or differences, to enhance our mission capabilities. Their values embody selfless service achieved through the contributions of each individual. The Coast Guard core values are honor, respect and devotion to duty.
Honor: Integrity is our standard. We demonstrate uncompromising ethical conduct and moral behavior in all of our personal actions. We are loyal and accountable to the public trust.
Respect: We value our diverse workforce. We treat each other with fairness, dignity and compassion. We encourage individual opportunity and growth. We encourage creativity through empowerment. We work as a team.
Devotion to Duty: We are professionals, military and civilian, who seek responsibility, accept accountability, and are committed to the successful achievement of our organizational goals. We exist to serve and we serve with pride. In regards to the Coast Guard form of communication they use what is called a chain of command as a non-rate you are ordered to take things from the bottom level up. Anything that needs to be looked into must go through the third class petty officer who takes it up to the second class all the way up the chain to the level it need to get to. Each supervisor have a role to play because they report to the second in lead at the unit which is known as the Executive Petty Officer (XPO) who reports to the Officer in Charge (OIC) who is the ultimate head of that unit. You are not
Honor: Integrity is our standard. We demonstrate uncompromising ethical conduct and moral behavior in all of our personal actions. We are loyal and accountable to the public trust.
Respect: We value our diverse workforce. We treat each other with fairness, dignity and compassion. We encourage individual opportunity and growth. We encourage creativity through empowerment. We work as a team.
Devotion to Duty: We are professionals, military and civilian, who seek responsibility, accept accountability, and are committed to the successful achievement of our organizational goals. We exist to serve and we serve with pride. In regards to the Coast Guard form of communication they use what is called a chain of command as a non-rate you are ordered to take things from the bottom level up. Anything that needs to be looked into must go through the third class petty officer who takes it up to the second class all the way up the chain to the level it need to get to. Each supervisor have a role to play because they report to the second in lead at the unit which is known as the Executive Petty Officer (XPO) who reports to the Officer in Charge (OIC) who is the ultimate head of that unit. You are not
Cited: General Information: http://www.uscg.mil/global/search/default.asp Core Values: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg3/cg3pcx/corevalues.asp