The Sailor 360 program is scheduled to be rolled out Navywide in October, and the initiative marks the first significant change since 2011 on how the service trains its enlisted leaders.
Navy Chief Petty Officer Irene Aguilar, the leading chief petty officer for the CPO 365 program here, said there are unique challenges, including scheduling, to incorporating the new training into deployments. Because of the high tempo of the operational mission and frequent personnel turnover, it could take longer here than elsewhere to fully implement the program.
“We are in a forward-deployed environment, so it's not like we're back home and can plan to have training on a set day,” Aguilar said. “We are here to complete a mission; everyone is very busy.”
Seven Elements
Sailor 360 applies seven leadership elements: alignment, habits, training, education, opportunity, feedback and self-awareness.
Aguilar said the aim of Sailor 360 is to introduce these leadership elements to sailors below the rank of petty officer first class — something that was not part of the previous leadership model.
“We tend to focus leadership at a senior level,” she said. “The junior enlisted people are the foundation of the Navy and our future chiefs.”
Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer addressed the Sailor 360 program's integrated leadership…
