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Entries for 'G. Hardy'G. Hardy posted on June 01, 2010 00:05 
June 2010 Navy
by CAPT G. Mark Hardy, USN
(Originally published October 2005 in NRA News)
I have found no written guidance on managing reporting se... [Read the rest of this article...] G. Hardy posted on May 01, 2010 00:14 
May 2010 Navy
by G. Mark Hardy
Each year we mobilize approximately 6,000 Selected Reservists for Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Free... [Read the rest of this article...] G. Hardy posted on April 01, 2010 00:13 
April 2010 Navy
by G. Mark Hardy
Effective governance is essential to any successful organization; it is the process whereby persons entrusted with ... [Read the rest of this article...] G. Hardy posted on March 01, 2010 00:12 
March 2010 Navy
by CAPT G. Mark Hardy
A few weeks ago, VADM Mark Ferguson (Chief of Naval Personnel) and VADM Dirk Debbink (Chief of Navy Reserve) a... [Read the rest of this article...] G. Hardy posted on February 01, 2010 00:18 On 14 January, I had the privilege to meet with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, Hon. Dennis McCarthy. Let me share with you some of his themes that he expressed for 2010. [Read the rest of this article...] G. Hardy posted on January 01, 2010 00:14
January 2010 Navy
by G. Mark Hardy
This is the traditional month for making resolutions — a commitment to change for the better. Ideally, we set mea... [Read the rest of this article...] G. Hardy posted on December 01, 2009 00:17 On Saturday, 7th November, I had the privilege to attend the commissioning of USS New York (LPD 41) in Manhattan. Having served on a precommissioning crew years ago, my memories of that type of event were that it attracts a few dignitaries, has a modest crowd of friends and family, and then it’s on to business as usual.
This was anything but. [Read the rest of this article...] G. Hardy posted on November 01, 2009 00:16 The Navy offers wonderful opportunities to contribute beyond the scope of a simple billet assignment. It’s easy to focus enough effort on pleasing a reporting senior to maximize one’s FITREP, but that’s duty inside the lifelines. I submit that your real focus should be on maximizing your contributions to the Navy and its Sailors, not just your career. [Read the rest of this article...] G. Hardy posted on July 01, 2009 23:16 Have you ever considered what represents your “highest and best use?” The term comes from the real estate appraisal industry, and means that the value of a property is directly related to its maximally productive use. Thus, a vacant lot in downtown Manhattan is valued much more than a vacant lot in rural Nebraska, because of what could be done with the property. [Read the rest of this article...] G. Hardy posted on June 01, 2009 23:25 
June 2009 NRA News
by CAPT G. Mark Hardy
National President
Twenty-three years ago, I had the privilege of speaking on the same program as Rear Adm... [Read the rest of this article...] G. Hardy posted on March 01, 2009 00:14 All of us are familiar with the Latin maxim to “seize the day.” It is an encouragement to make the most of what we have while we still have it. In these uncertain times, many of us would probably like to “seize yesterday” and change some decisions. Unfortunately, that’s not an option. [Read the rest of this article...] G. Hardy posted on February 01, 2009 09:53 As a young ensign, a wizened warrant officer taught me about how to “read” the ocean. Waves coming from different directions often preceded by days the arrival of inclement weather. For years, I thought that was the meaning of “sea change.” [Read the rest of this article...] G. Hardy posted on January 01, 2009 22:12
Last month, I handed over my eighth and presumably final command to my relief in a time-honored change-of-command ceremony. What struck me most wasn’t the ritual, the dress uniforms, or the reading of speeches, but something much more simple and profound — the Call to Colors. [Read the rest of this article...] | |
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