Navy Public Affairs

In the modern world, information is a warfighting imperative and Navy public affairs officers, mass communication specialists, and civilian public affairs professionals work day and night across the globe to support Navy communication needs. By offering strategic counsel and emergent response capabilities, our team stands ready, always. We tell truth with a purpose, combat misinformation and disinformation, and compete in the contested 21st Century information environment.

Our Mission: Lead Effective Communication at Every Echelon of Command

Our Vision: Be the Most Respected Communicators in the World

Our Priorities: Recruit Talent, Develop Professional Communicators, Be Great Teammates, Compete in the Contested Information Environment
 

America's Navy and its Public Affairs Team Are Worldwide and Ready

Being There Matters

Your Navy is... world-class and world-wide.

Your Navy is... operating nearly 100 ships around the globe every day.

Your Navy is... manned by the most capable Sailors who have ever served.

Your Navy is... flying, sailing, and operating everywhere international law allows…so everyone else can too.

Your Navy is... protecting the world’s economy and enabling the Information Age. 90% of commerce travels the sea and the internet is powered by undersea fiber-optic cables.

Your Navy is... building partnerships, strengthening allies and deterring adversaries through presence.

Your Navy is... certifying every unit for combat before we deploy.

Your Navy is... preserving the peace by protecting international law, and safeguarding all nations' inherent right to freedom of the seas.

Your Navy is... an investment in security and stability. Presence has a price tag, but there’s nothing more valuable.
 

No Substitute for People

Your Sailors.. are the Navy's warfighting advantage.

Your Sailors... take an oath to support and defend the American way of life, across the world's oceans no matter the mission.

Your Sailors... come from a rich warfighting legacy and are ready to meet today's challenges with honor, courage and commitment.
 

America's Warfighting Navy (Download PDF)

America is counting on us to deter aggression, defend our national security interests, and preserve our way of life. With the right tools, a winning mindset, and the highest levels of integrity, we will operate safely as a team to deliver warfighting excellence.
 

Who We Are:

• We embody character, competence, and dedication to our mission.
• We embody character, competence, and dedication to our mission.
• We serve with honor, courage, and commitment.

What We Do:

• We are here to preserve the peace, respond in crisis, and win decisively in war.
• We operate far forward, around the world and around the clock, from the seabed to space, in cyberspace, and in the information environment.
• We deliver power for peace, but are always postured and ready to fight and win as part of the Joint Force and alongside our Allies and partners.

Where We Are Going:

• The threats to our nation and our interests are real and growing.
• The National Defense Strategy makes clear that we must defend our homeland, deter strategic attack, deter and be prepared to prevail in conflict against the People’s Republic of China, and meet the acute challenge of an aggressive Russia and other persistent threats.
• To win decisively in that environment, our Sailors must be the best warfighters in the world with the best systems, weapons, and platforms to ensure we can defeat our adversaries.

Our Priorities: We will focus on warfighting, warfighters, and the foundation that supports them.
 

Warfighting: Deliver Decisive Combat Power

We will view everything we do through a warfighting lens to ensure our Navy remains the world’s preeminent fighting force. We will prioritize the readiness and capabilities required to fight and win at sea, and the logistics and shore support required to keep our Navy fit to fight. We recognize that we will never fight alone. We will advance naval integration with the Marine Corps, and synchronize and align our warfighting efforts with the Joint Force. We will design and drive interoperability with our Allies and partners to deliver combined lethality.
 

Warfighter: Strengthen the Navy Team

We will use the principles of mission command to empower leaders at all levels to operate in uncertain, complex, and rapidly changing environments, ready to take initiative and bold action with confidence. We will build strong warfighting teams, recruiting and retaining talented people from across the rich fabric of America. We will provide world-class training and education to our Sailors and civilians, honing their skills and giving them every opportunity to succeed. We will ensure our quality of service meets the highest standards, and we will look after our families and support networks, who enable us to accomplish our warfighting mission.
 

Foundation: Build Trust, Align Resources, Be Ready

We will earn and reinforce the trust and confidence of the American People every day. We will work with Congress to field and maintain the world’s most powerful Navy and the infrastructure that sustains it. We will team with industry and academia to solve our most pressing challenges. We will cooperate with the interagency to bolster integrated deterrence. We will align what we do ashore with the warfighting needs of our Fleet.

Our Charge. America is counting on us to deter aggression, defend our national security interests, and preserve our way of life. With the right tools, a winning mindset, and the highest levels of integrity, we will operate safely as a team to deliver warfighting excellence.

We have taken a fix and set our course. Together we will deliver the Navy the Nation Needs. The time is now to move with purpose and urgency: ALL AHEAD FLANK!