Active Leadership and Efficiency in Military Organizations

Budget and personnel cuts can be detrimental to any organization and certainly can limit its efficiency. During stressful times such as these in organizations and our case the military, active leadership is crucial to maintaining effectiveness in the unit and keeping morale high. Many of us serve our military because of our pride in service and dedication to our nation supporting affective commitment. Driving factors to high turnover and workplace dissatisfaction in my experience were due to be poor leadership and job opportunity. When leadership has an open and evaluative mind, employees can openly make recommendations to make positive changes. The Navy often does this through command climate surveys. As you have

To those without military knowledge or experience, particularly of the Navy, there are three traditional community areas of the Navy. The community areas relate to Surface (ships), Subsurface (submarines) and Aviation (piloted aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicles). Each community grows into a culture embracing their unique esprit de corps. My career began in 2005, originally in the field of Naval Aviation, as an enlisted maintainer until receiving a commission in 2012 to attend flight training in Pensacola, FL. After several months of training, I had determined that a flying career was not suited for me, so I had elected to leave the program and continue service as an Aviation Maintenance Officer. Due to some downsizing in the maintenance community, I was unable to continue within Naval Aviation and my service was required in Surface Warfare. Once transitioning to this new job and community, I had faced some workplace discrimination and prejudices based on my background in Aviation. Adverse judgment was placed on my prior service as a former “brown shoe,” as aviators and aviation members are referred to in the