Mission

The Submarine Learning Facility Norfolk establishes absolute tactical, technical, and operational superiority in the maritime domain by:

• Building future warfighters
• Mentoring the fleet
• Exuding professionalism always
   

COMMANDING OFFICER ORDERS TO THE STAFF

As military members with a special public trust and responsibility, we are faced with many difficult decisions. To maintain this trust and to achieve success, our decisions and actions must be guided by a clearly defined mission, a clear vision for how we want to accomplish this mission, a strong set of core values, and a professional culture to govern how we operate. Furthermore, it is especially important for you to understand these ideals, for it will enable me to empower you and our organization to ensure continued excellence.
 

OUR VALUES

Values are the moral basis for our actions and the characteristics we require of ourselves and of our Sailors. They provide a thinking person with a frame of reference and diminish the need for rules that substitute common sense. Our values will always be:

• Absolute integrity in everything we do
• Ownership of our domain through:
  • Continuous improvement facilitated by honest self-assessment
  • Commitment to the highest professional standards
  • The enthusiastic pursuit of personal, operational, tactical, and engineering excellence
  • Relentless upkeep of our spaces and resources
• Willingness to take the best possible care of our Sailors
• Unwavering support or our waterfront teammates
• We recognize and reward superior performance
• We promote physical and mental fitness
• We promote a safe, respectful work environment with open communication up and down the chain