Navy Core Values Essay

For the past 6 years three basic principles the Navy abides by has been embedded into me. My daily life operation surrounds itself around these same three words whether it be on the job or outside the workforce where I just blend in with the civilian world. After all this is said and done and I depart from the Navy in the next 2 years those same three words will continue to structure and prosper my life and I soon will incorporate those same three words into my family’s life to ensure success in our household and move us closer to, wife and I, dream. Honor, courage and commitment; Navy’s core values, I feel is something everybody should consider adapting into their life and not just in the government community, police community, fire department community and so forth.
Values are learned and picked up throughout our lives. Honor, has multiple definitions, so can mean differently to people. Defined by the Navy, honor means accountable for professional and personal behavior. In other words, being that individual whom does what he/she think is right. Whether you be a sailor, marine, airman risking your life to ensure America stays safe, or a pastor passing on the word of God. Both instances and actions being done give off that moral conviction that you’re doing something in your heart you feel is right.
Courage, the value that gives someone the moral and mental strength to do what is right, with confidence and resolution, even in the face of temptation or adversity. A person, who is bold and strong, both mind and body, is normally found to be courageous. Physical courage arises in the event of any danger or difficulty, which suddenly appears. That is what I want to distill in my family especially in my children as they grow to become young adults. Hard obstacles will appear in their life and I want them to have the courage and physical mentally to battle through