2-3REVIEW 1 QUESTIONSQ1.In what document can a petty officer’s generalauthority be found?Q2.In what document can organizational structure befound?Q3.What is the difference between general authorityand organizational authority?Q4.What nonpunitive measures are available tosupervisors?Q5.Define extra military instruction.Q6.What privileges can be withheld as nonpunitivemeasures?PETTY OFFICER’S RESPONSIBILITYLearning Objectives: Recognize the importance ofinforming the chain of command on matters pertainingto good order and discipline. Recall procedures forreporting an offense. Recognize the proceedings leadingto captain’s mast. Identify the composition of courts-martial. Recognize which violations should or should notbe reported.When you become a PO, your position in the Navychanges. You become a leader with authority. The ratingbadge symbolizes delegation of this authority by theNavy.The responsibilities of a petty officer are not alwayseasy to carry out. You have to make decisions, plan jobs,and take the blame if plans go wrong. You have to leadyour people, teach them, and correct them. You can'talways be a "good guy." You have to give orders andthat can be harder than following them.The higher you advance, the greater yourresponsibilities. Is the advancement worth theresponsibilities you will have? Yes. A strong PO iswilling to shoulder the burden of increased responsibilityto make the Navy a better, more efficient force.As a petty officer, occasionally you will have towarn, reprimand, or even place personnel on report.Although these tasks may be disagreeable to you, theyare part of the responsibility of a PO.Standard Organization and Regulations of the U.S.Navy,OPNAVINST 3120.32, states the following:"Authority should be delegated to the lowest level ofcompetence commensurate with the subordinate'sassigned responsibility and capabilities. The principlesof delegation, however, also recognize that officers at alllevels must be accountable ultimately for theperformance of their organizational segments even ifthey have charged subordinates with immediate authorityfor managing certain functions." That, in effect, meansalthough you may assign a task to your subordinates,you are still responsible to your superiors for itsaccomplishment. A good leader does not tell his or hersupervisor, "I gave that job to Seaman Recruit John R.Doe, but he messed it up." Rather, he says, "I will dobetter next time." That leader then pays more attentionto Seaman Recruit Doe’s training and job performanceto be sure John R. Doe understands the job and itsimportance.REPORTING VIOLATIONSThe hardest job for a PO to do is to place a personon report. After that happens, the petty officer alwayswonders if there could have been another way to handlethe situation. One of your duties as a PO is to startdisciplinary action wherever and whenever the needarises.Every petty officer is an important part of thedisciplinary chain of command. You must showoffenders that the command will punish improperconduct, especially cases of willful violation.Your responsibility as a petty officer never ends. Itis a 24-hour-per-day duty that can be very trying attimes. For example, when people are ashore "windingdown" after a long period at sea, a demanding fleetexercise, or even actual combat, rivalries sometimesform. Rivalries are healthy until the sailors imbibe in toomany spirits or carry the rivalry too far. These situationsrarely occur; but when they do, responsible petty officersmust act. If you are the senior petty officer present whena fight breaks out in a liberty boat or when a brawl
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