Who We Are

Commitment to Each Other

• Treat each other with trust, respect, and dignity.
• Personal needs are acknowledged, respected, and supported.
• Don't let each other fail.
• Celebrate individual and team accomplishments.
• Seek to understand and openly communicate.
• Improve yourself and others while striving for personal and professional excellence.

Formality and Discipline

• Know and adhere to established requirements, policies, and procedures.
• Communicate effectively, including developing formal documentation of work.
• Uphold and enforce standards.
• Protect the information the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program has developed.

Personal Ownership and Responsibility

• Achieve first time quality; enlist the assistance of others when needed, but don't expect others to catch your mistakes.
• Proactively identify problems and personally invest in developing solutions. Identify and remove barriers to success.
• Relentlessly pursue goals and follow through to completion.
• Work beyond organizational boundaries - seek to understand impact to others and provide watch team backup.
• Be constructively self-critical; be willing to listen, learn, and improve without being defensive.

Unwavering Integrity and Ethics

• Ensure your actions are consistent with your words - "Walk the Talk."
• Be accountable for your words and actions and hold others accountable for their words and actions as well.
• Do not undermine peers or colleagues.
• Be completely honest with yourself and others.

Service to our Country

• Act in the best interest of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program and in service to our Navy Sailors.
• Apply fiscally responsible approaches to our work, reducing our costs while meeting schedules and quality standards.

Respect for Environment, Safety, and Health

• Act with long-term concern for the well being of our crews, our colleagues, and the public.
• Proactively support the Naval Nuclear Laboratory's environmental, health, and safety objectives.

Commitment to Technical Excellence and Innovation

• Strive for excellence as a matter of routine.
• Pay attention to details and strive for zero defects.
• Foster an atmosphere of innovation and managed risk, taking in our products and processes that advance our nation's naval nuclear superiority.
• Apply conservatism appropriate to the risks involved.
• Approach work with healthy skepticism leading to defense in depth.
• Provide alternatives and value opposing views.