Q3. List the ways to report fraud, waste, and abuse.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Q4. For the Navy to maintain public confidence in its
integrity, naval personnel should comply with
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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY IN THE NAVY
Learning Objectives: When you finish this chapter,
you will be able to—
Identify the policies of the Command Managed
Equal Opportunity (CMEO) Program.
Recognize the purpose of equal opportunity and
human rights.
Recall the need for equal opportunity in the
following areas: performance evaluations, duty
assignments, training and advancement, justice,
service and recreational facilities, housing, and
equal opportunity off base.
Recognize the consequences of discrimination.
According to Navy Regulations, Article 1164,
“Equal opportunity shall be afforded to all on the basis
of individual effort, performance, conduct, diligence,
potential, capabilities, and talents without
discrimination as to race, color, religion, creed, sex or
national origin. Naval personnel shall demonstrate a
strong personal commitment to stand on these
principles and carry them out.”
The key word in the title of this section is equal.
Real democracy cannot exist if our society doesn’t have
equal opportunities for all of its people. Equality can’t
be legislated; however, the law can serve to make sure
that everyone receives equal treatment.
The Navy is made up of people, and people in the
Navy come from all parts of the United States and from
other countries. They bring with them views common to
their racial, social, religious, and economic
backgrounds. For many years, the official policy of the
Department of the Navy has been one of equal treatment
and opportunity for all personnel, regardless of race,
color, creed, sex, or national origin. The Navy carries
out that policy through the Command Managed Equal
Opportunity (CMEO) Program. The Chief of Naval
Operations (CNO) provides the guidance and policy for
that program.
COMMAND MANAGED EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY (CMEO) PROGRAM
The Command Managed Equal Opportunity
(CMEO) Program is the Navy’s equal opportunity
program. The Navy requires all commands to set up a
CMEO program. CMEO allows the commanding
officer (CO) to create and maintain a positive equal
opportunity (EO) environment. CMEO also allows
commands to identify and resolve command-level equal
opportunity problems and concerns. Commands can
closely monitor EO issues, and at the same time, remain
flexible enough to use only the manpower required for
any given situation.
Commanding officers must make equal opportunity
a reality in their commands. They must ensure only
merit, ability, performance, and potential affect a
person’s promotion, training, duty assignment, or other
personnel action.
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION IN EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY
The Navy evaluates every Navy member’s support
of the equal opportunity program. Personnel in
paygrades E-1 through E-9 receive numeric grades,
based on a number scale, on overall annual performance
evaluations of specific traits. Your performance
evaluation will reflect your attitude toward and your
conduct in support of the Navy’s equal opportunity
program.
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