New Command Master Chief Spouse Leadership Course Established

Navy NewsStand ^ | Chief Journalist Michael Foutch, Master Chief Petty Officer

[SandRat]

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- A cooperative effort between the Naval Education and Training Center and Naval Services FamilyLine has created a new leadership course designed to offer the spouses of command senior enlisted leaders the tools to navigate the opportunities and meet the special challenges of their position.

The Command Master Chief Spouse Leadership Course will help prepare senior enlisted spouses for the unique leadership and relationship issues involved in representing the command, said Ombudsman-at-Large Doreen Scott, and will provide the ability to inspire and motivate others as an integral member of the Command Support Team.

The first course is scheduled to convene this spring at the Command Leadership School (CLS) in Newport, R.I., where spouses will join the curriculum during the second week of the two-week Command Master Chief (CMC) and Chief of the Boat (COB) Course.

“We want the spouses of our CMCs and COBs to go into their job with a better understanding of what it is to be involved with the Command Support Team and the Ombudsman program, and how they can be better prepared for whatever level of involvement they choose,” Scott said.

The curriculum for the one-week course includes lessons in situational leadership, values, ethics, conflict resolution, stress and crisis management, and naval heritage, customs and traditions, and get a brief from the Center for Career Development. In addition to in-depth discussions of the Ombudsman Program and the Command Support Team, students also will have an opportunity to learn from the real life experiences of a former CMC and spouse.

The course also offers an opportunity for the CMCs and COBs and their spouses to work together to develop a Command Support Team Charter to enable them to work better together as a team in their new assignment.

“It is crucial that the CMC or COB and spouse fully understand each other’s expected participation in all facets of the tour on both professional and personal levels,” said Kip Route, chairman of Naval Services FamilyLine.

“We want to give them some preparation for all the challenges this tour may present so we can make this a positive and rewarding experience,” Scott added, “so they can look back saying they gave it their best rather than looking back and saying, ‘if only I would have known …’”

The Command Master Chief Spouse Leadership Course is modeled after the Command Spouse Leadership Course, which was established in 1997 to capitalize on the positive impact the spouses of commanding officers may have on a command. This course seeks to do the same with the spouses of command senior enlisted leaders. Developers for the two courses will work together closely on the curriculum so that all members of the Command Support Team have the tools to pursue the same goal within a command.

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[SandRat]

Chairman of Naval Services Family Line, Mrs. Kip Route, left, signs a memorandum of understanding between the Navy Education and Training Center (NETC) and Family Line to establish the Command Master Chief Spouse Leadership Course in the Admiral Gooding Center on board the Washington Navy Yard. Commander, NETC, Vice Adm. Kevin Moran, second row left, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Terry Scott, second row right, and Ombudsman-at-Large Mrs. Doreen Scott, right, witnessed the signing. The leadership course is being designed to capitalize on the positive command master chiefs’ (CMC), and chiefs’ of the boat (COB) spouse contributions, all part of the total command support team. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Journalist Michael Foutch (RELEASED)

[SandRat]

Being a Navy wife and the wife of a Command Master Chief means you too have to go through Navy Training.

[mortal19440]

Twenty six great years and I never thought I would see this. I am glad that I am retired, this is more touchy feely BS.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[strider44]

There's nothing worse than a senior officer's wife or senior NCO's that wears their husband's rank.

[pageonetoo]

This message brought to you courtesy of the ex Co-Presidents. Hillary always ran the show in the WH, so these ladies think they can help run the navy!

[pageonetoo]

...the tools to navigate the opportunities and meet the special challenges of their position.

[Junior]

The author of this piece was my best friend in A School. I didn't know he was still in the Navy (it's been 19 years). And, he made chief, too!

Now, if I can just get ahold of him...

[rudy45]

I noticed the commanding officer is a Captain Boorda. I wonder if he related to the late admiral?

[SandRat]

The things you learn on FR are amazing.

[michael_68_1999]

Want to contact him? If you do a search for his name on the Navy Public Affairs Directory, you'll find he works for MCPON Scott. Looking forward to hearing from you.