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...

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May 2010 Navy by G. Mark Hardy Each year we mobilize approximately 6,000 Selected Reservists for Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Free...

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April 2010 Navy by G. Mark Hardy Effective governance is essential to any successful organization; it is the process whereby persons entrusted with ...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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.

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