The Armed Forces Service Values Slide 1 The Service Values -Introduce the lesson. Introduction Your attitudes about the worth of people, concepts, and other things describe your values. Everything begins there. Military personnel civilians enter America’s Armed Forces with their own set of values, developed in childhood and nurtured through experience. All people are shaped by what they have seen, what they have learned, and whom they have met. When military personnel and DoD civilians take the oath, they enter an institution guided by the Service Values. These values are more than a system of rules. They consist of principles, standards, and qualities considered essential for successful Armed Forces leaders, and DoD civilians .These values tell us what we need to be, every day, in every action we take. The Service Values apply to everyone and in every situation, at home, at work, in peace and in war, throughout America’s Armed Forces.

What are Values? Slide 2 What are Values? -What are values? Explain?

Something of worth or importance to a person or group. Beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something). Something of worth or importance to a person or group. Slide 3 Values definitions -Generate a guided discussion on the listed definitions of values.

That which is desirable or worthy of esteem Attitudes about the worth or importance of people, concepts, or things. That which is desirable or worthy of esteem The social principles, goals, or standards held accepted by an individual, class, society, etc. Slide 4 Values definitions continue -Continue discussion with provided definitions.

Moral beliefs that shape a person’s behavior Deeply held beliefs Moral beliefs that shape a person’s behavior Your moral compass, your guideposts The things that are important to you Standards of judgment A dominant factor in the decision making process Slide 5 Values definitions continue -Ensure the group has a thorough understanding of the definition of values before progressing to next discussion point.

Where Do Personal Values Originate? Slide 6 Where do personal values originate? -Where do individual values come from? Explain?

Our Socialization Process Values Originate From Friends Church State Region Family School Religion Country Slide 7 Values originate from various sources during our socialization process -Ensure the audience has a thorough understanding of the material before advancing to next teaching point. Our Socialization Process

What are some of your individual values? Slide 8 What are some of your individual values? The purpose of this question is to help the group recognize their own personal values and understand why and how these values are important. Ask the audience to list some of their individual and family values and explain why they are important to them and their families. People usually gain a better understanding about the importance of values when they consider their own values and the roles their values play in their lives and the lives of their families. Understanding the importance of their individual and family values will assist with the acceptance and internalization of the Army Values and the importance of the Army Values to the Army. Values provide you with the basis for judging the appropriateness of your behavior in the present. They also provide a foundation for setting future goals. Write down your top 5 values. Rank your values from 1 – 5. List the top 2 values for each person on the flipchart.

Air Force Army Loyalty Integrity First Duty Respect Selfless Service Honor Integrity Personal Courage Air Force Integrity First Service Before Self Excellence in all We Do Slide 19 The Service Values -Why do we have Service Values? -What is the importance of these Service Values? -The Service Values are our guiding principles; they form the very identity of the Army, Air Force, Navy/Marines and the Coast Guard. -Name the Army Values in sequence to form the acronym “LDRSHIP.” -What is the definition and meaning of each value? -Give an example of how you live each value or how someone within their organization lives the Service Values. What is the link between leadership and the Armed Force Service Values? A leader of character must not only understand these Values, but must believe in them, must model their actions by them and must teach others to accept and live by them. Your character is who you are and contributes significantly to how you act. Character helps you know what’s right and do what’s right, all the time and at whatever cost.

Cost Guard Navy & Marines Honor Honor Courage Respect Commitment Devotion to Duty Slide 19 The Service Values -Why do we have Service Values? -What is the importance of these Service Values? -The Service Values are our guiding principles; they form the very identity of the Army, Air Force, Navy/Marines and the Coast Guard. -Name the Army Values in sequence to form the acronym “LDRSHIP.” -What is the definition and meaning of each value? -Give an example of how you live each value or how someone within their organization lives the Service Values. What is the link between leadership and the Army Values? A leader of character must not only understand the Service Values, but must believe in them, must model their actions by them and must teach others to accept and live by them. Your character is who you are and contributes significantly to how you act. Character helps you know what’s right and do what’s right, all the time and at whatever cost.

What values do we Americans have in common? Slide 9 What values do Americans share? Americans is a very diverse society which translates into a very diverse military. Regardless of the diversity, as a nation Americans share a common set of values, their National Values.

What are our National Values? Slide 10 National Values -What are America’s National Values and where do they come from? -Generate discussion centered on groups responses.

Our National Values are embodied in… The Declaration of Independence The Constitution The Bill of Rights Slide 11 Our National Values are embodied in the following documents: -The Declaration of Independence -The Constitution -The Bill of Rights - Generate discussion about the contribution and importance of each document.

Declaration of Independence “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Slide 12 The Declaration of Independence -What are the key ideas in the Declaration of Independence? -What National Values are contained in the Declaration of Independence?

The Constitution “We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessing of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” Slide 13 The Constitution -What part of the Constitution is this paragraph? -What military FM has an appendix on the Constitution? -What is the purpose of the Constitution and why is it important? -What National Values do we find in the Constitution? -Explain that military personnel and Army civilians take an oath to support and defend the Constitution.

Bill of Rights The right to freedom of religion, speech, press, or peaceful assembly The right to keep and bear arms The right to not be subjected to unreasonable searches and seizures The right to a speedy trail by an impartial jury The right to trial by jury Slide 14 The Bill of Rights -What is the Bill of Rights? -Why was the Bill of Rights adopted? -What National Values are contained in the Bill of Rights?

Equality of opportunity Responsibility Our National Values Truth Life Liberty Pursuit of happiness Justice and fairness Peace and security Equality of opportunity Responsibility Slide 15 Our National Values -These values are all embodied in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. -Regardless of our original heritage or ethnicity, these National Values bind us all together as Americans.

Why are values important? Slide 16 Why are values important? -Why values are important? Why?

……….which are based on beliefs ……………..which are based on Values! Behaviors are…. ……based on attitudes ……….which are based on beliefs ……………..which are based on Values! Slide 17 Behaviors -Everything we do or fail to do, every decision we make, whether on duty or off duty is based on a set of values. -Our attitudes, behaviors and beliefs are based on a set of values that are all interrelated and affect each other. -Our values determine our outward display of behavior.

What happens when values collide? Slide 18 What happens when values collide? -What happens when two different sets of values conflict or collide? -How do you resolve a values (conflict) issue between coworkers? -What values do you have that are different from friends, peers, and/or supervisor? -Do you have a different set of values for your home life than your work life? -Do your personal values change when you join the Armed Forces? -What happens when your personal values conflict with the Armed Forces Values? Military personnel and DoD civilians enter the Armed Forces with their own individual values that sometime conflict with Service Values. Armed Forces leaders, assisted by other military professionals and agencies (EO, EEO, Chaplains, Legal, IG, etc.) are available to help work through these value differences and conflicts. Service values apply to everyone. All military personnel, DoD Civilians and leaders are expected to internalize and live by the Service Values.

Actions Counter to the Service Values Sexual Harassment/Assaults Detainee/Prisoner Abuse War Crimes Domestic Violence Other forms of misconduct/indiscipline Slide 20 Actions counter to Service Values Although the majority of military personnel and Department of Defense civilians embrace and live by the Service Values, there are a few who do not. Those who engage in actions inconsistent with these Values weaken our Armed Forces and these actions cannot be tolerated. We must work together as a team to minimize the number of incidents that conflict with the Service Values and discredit our honorable service. -What are some actions that are counter to these Service Values? -What can we do to minimize such actions? -Have you seen similar incidents in the media, through your experience in the military and in civilian life? -How are such actions inconsistent with these Service Values? -What can we do to minimize or prevent actions that are inconsistent with Service Values?

They are our guiding principles They are the bedrock of trust They tell the world what we stand for They are what being a Soldier is all about They form the identity of the Armed Forces! They tell us what we need to be, everyday, in every action we take Slide 21 The Service Values are……………. -Our guiding principles -The bedrock of trust -What being a soldier is all about -The solid rock on which everything else stands -The source of one’s behavior -Nonnegotiable!

Where do values originate? Name some individual values? REVIEW and SUMMARY What are values? Where do values originate? Name some individual values? What are our National Values? What are the sources of our National Values? Why are values important? What happens when values collide? The Service values Actions counter to the Armed Forces Values Slide 21 Review and Summarize 1. What are values? 2. Where do values come from? 3. Name some individual values? 4. What are our National Values? 5. What are the sources of our National Values? 6. Why are values important? 7. What happens when values collide? 8. The Service Values 9. Actions counter to the Service Values