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One Team, One Navy: A Video Message from CNO Gilday

25 June 2020

Today, in a video message, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday shares personal experiences from Sailors and encourages a dialogue about race relations and inclusion within the Navy.

Today, in a video message, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday shares personal experiences from Sailors and encourages a dialogue about race relations and inclusion within the Navy.

To watch CNO’s message, please visit this link.

Below is the text of his message:

“Shipmates, CNO Gilday here. Three weeks ago, I asked you to listen. Now, I am strongly encouraging every Navy leader – uniform and civilian, active and reserve - to start a dialogue at each of your commands. 

As a Navy, we must seize this opportunity to engage in conversations about race relations and inclusion within our force. Now is the time to have open and honest conversations across our Navy.

Each of us should be thinking about how we can contribute in a positive way, and what we can do to better our Navy.

It starts with each of us…

To start that conversation, I’d like to share some personal experiences from a few of our shipmates.

[CNO shares Sailor videos recounting their personal experiences]
To be clear…as Sailors, and as a Navy, we cannot tolerate discrimination or racism of any kind.  We must work to identify and eliminate individual and systemic racism within our force. We are beginning that work now – examining our policies, ranging from recruiting and assignments, advancements and promotions, to our military justice system, and other policies.

That is why we are standing up a task force designed to identify and remove racial barriers and improve inclusion within our Navy.

We must demand of each other that we treat everyone with dignity and respect. If you won’t do that, then our Navy is not the best place for you.

We are one team, and we are one Navy.”

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