Op-Ed: It's Time to Add Respect as a Core Navy and Marine Corps Value

Three years is a long time to ruminate on a decision. But that is how long it has been since the group of professionals who led Task Force One Navy (TF1N) listened to thousands of junior Sailors and Marines and made a very straightforward recommendation: add “Respect” as a fourth Navy and Marine Corps Core Value.

Ironically, the study of inclusion in the Navy and Marine Corps was commissioned with these words from then CNO Mike Gilday: “Our Navy must continue to remove barriers to service...