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CHAPTER 7
INSPECTIONS
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this chapter, you should be able to do the following:
Describe the methods used to assess command/unit 3.
material and personnel readiness.
Describe the procedures and coordination required
to plan and supervise inspections, quarters, and
ceremonial events.
Identify the requirements needed to supervise the
preparation of administrative, material, and
operational readiness inspections (ORIs).
When it comes to inspections, it isn’t how
good you look, it’s how much better you look
than the other guy.
– Michael N. Scherck QMCS(SW)
Two commands equally prepared for an inspection
that are inspected using the same standards will most
likely receive identical grades. However, a command
that is presented with flair and imagination will
normally create a longer lasting impression on the
inspection party.
Inspections by higher authority ensure that all
commands, units, or activities are complying with the
policies, procedures, and standards that govern the
Navy. Inspections in the Navy are conducted in every
area of human activity or interest. The following are the
broad categories of Navy inspections:
Administrative
Material
Personnel
Operational
THE NAVAL INSPECTOR GENERAL
The Naval Inspector General (NAVINSGEN) is
detailed from officers on the active-duty list in grades
above captain. The NAVINSGEN makes reports of
inspections and investigations to the Secretary of the
Navy (SECNAV) or the Chief of Naval Operations
(CNO).
The NAVINSGEN, under the direction of SECNAV,
inspects, investigates, or inquires into all matters of
importance concerning fraud, waste, inefficiency, and
related improprieties throughout the Department of the
Navy (DON). The NAVINSGEN coordinates the
programs of inspection that deal with the detection and
elimination of these improprieties. NAVINSGEN
monitors and ensures the coordination of criminal, civil,
administrative, and contractual remedies for all
significant cases. NAVINSGEN monitors and
coordinates investigations of fraud or corruption
involving procurement activities affecting the DON.
Other matters NAVINSGEN inspects, investigates, or
conducts inquiries about include, but are not limited to,
the following:
Effectiveness, efficiency, economy, and integrity
Safety and occupational health
Physical security
Information resource management and
automatic data processing (ADP) operations and
security
Personnel discipline, morale, and welfare
management functions
Command relationships
Organizational structures
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