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PHILOSOPHY

As proud members of Norfolk Naval Shipyard, we are all leaders, mentors and professionals in our individual areas of responsibility. We strive to exemplify integrity, discipline, accountability, responsibility, and initiative in order to achieve toughness in all aspects of our duties. We make a daily commitment in delivering technical excellence and skilled craftsmanship to maintain and modernize our Navy’s Fleet - supporting all members who serve. We maintain and strengthen the bonds of trust and confidence through our transparency, knowledge sharing and technological innovation to deliver readiness, lethality and survivability safely, efficiently and with unsurpassed quality. We hold each other accountable in achieving our mission with the understanding our successes and failures are shared. We are committed to enhancing competence and character, making connections, demonstrating humility and respect to our teammates, while ensuring an actively inclusive team. We foster an engaged, productive and inclusive environment promoting workforce development and ensuring a sense of urgency and resolve at all levels of the workforce. We fasten our signature to our work and make all of our endeavors a personal investment through purpose, pride and patriotism. We forge every opportunity to preserve our national security and gain a competitive advantage to “be the shipyard our Navy needs” through our exceptional, safe, timely and cost-conscious delivery of warships. By serving Norfolk Naval Shipyard, we effectively serve our families, our community, our Navy and our nation.

One Mission • We repair, modernize and inactivate our Navy’s warships and training platforms.

One Team • We are the Norfolk Naval Shipyard workforce! Together, we are one team in the mission of relentlessly chasing best ever performance in the stewardship of our nation’s warships.