COMMANDER'S GUIDING PRINCIPLES

1. MISSION FOCUS: We're engaged in an historic effort to attain and maintain stability in the Middle East, protect our friends & partners, and deter aggression.
      Credible & effective warfighting capability is the cornerstone of our deterrence
      Understand your part of the mission, how our processes work & take ownership
      Make decisions at the right level
      Prudently manage risk, while remembering... ''Fortune favors the bold''
      Learn from the past, prepare for the future
      Be persistent, focused, determined, agile, adaptable, and flexible
      80% solutions today are better than 100% solutions next week

2. EXCELLENCE: Demand and attain it in every endeavor, personal and professional.
      Do the job right the first time
      Improve yourself
      Improve NAVCENT/C5F/CMF
      Lead by example

3. STEWARDSHIP: Take care of the resources provided to us as if they are our own.
      Take care of our people
      Improve how we do business; constantly improve processes
      Use our resources wisely & efficiently

4. COMMUNICATE: Get the right information to the right person at the right time.
      Make the system work - get the message to Garcia
      Staffs don't coordinate... people do
      Ask questions!

5. TEAMWORK: Make conscious decisions to build and strengthen the team.
      Build the NAVCENT/C5F/CMF team; create mutual trust
      Create synergy. Make the whole of our efforts greater than the sum of their individual parts.
      Serve others ahead of self

6. FITNESS: Sustained excellence requires physical, mental, moral, and spiritual strength & balance.
      Work out
      Read, think, reflect, pray
      Invest in our people

7. INTEGRITY: Call it straight.
      Be accountable
      Be responsible
      Be honest
      Admit mistakes, learn from them... don't repeat them

8. PEOPLE: Our most important resource... the only one that becomes more valuable over time.
      Lead, coach, mentor, encourage
      Promote, recognize, and advance
      Take care of our families!

9. GOLDEN RULE: "Love your neighbor as yourself."
      Treat your shipmate the same way you want to be treated - with basic dignity and respect

...and finally, even though we're in the midst of a long war and a tough fight, figure out a way to keep our sense of humor and have fun doing a hard job.

~ M. I. FOX