As a Platoon Commander Petty Officer in 2007, I was responsible for 26 midshipmen, of which several were from varied ethic backgrounds. Furthermore, some come from vastly different backgrounds from my own.
This experience was enhanced during my work as Company Honor Board Chairman Petty Office in 2007. I was responsible in that role for instilling values of honor for over 150 midshipmen. In this group were represented not only a wide range of ethnic groups but socioeconomic groups as well. Given that my role involved instilling a common set of values in such a disparate group, I gained extensive experience in handling individuals with different backgrounds and therefore different philosophies with regards to the concept of honor. Many individuals required one-on-one training because their backgrounds were so different from the concept of honor that I was trying to instill. This gave me an amazing amount of direct experience dealing with some of the specific issues that come into play when working with people from different backgrounds. We each need to work towards a common goal on a ship, and therefore we must overcome our differences. To do this requires substantial leadership and communication skills, which I feel that I developed as a result of this experience.
In addition to this direct experience, I worked at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale. The workers there come from a wide variety of backgrounds, including Cuban, Haitian, African-American and a range of Latin American groups. Some of these workers have difficulty with English, which was a significant challenge in that role. However, it did not take long for me to adjust to the diversity of that workforce and I came to enjoy the dynamics of working in such a multicultural setting. If one is to work on board ships in today's world, it is...
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