The document summarizes the Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions (CSADD), a Navy peer mentoring program that aims to promote responsible decision making among Sailors. It details the origins of CSADD, inspired by organizations like Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The article highlights the innovative CSADD chapter aboard the USS San Jacinto that staged a dramatic reenactment of a drunk driving accident to raise awareness. It provides an overview of CSADD's structure, resources available, and goals of empowering young Sailors to positively influence their peers.

1. Top 50 September-October 2010
Feature: Coalition of
Sailors Against
Top 50 organizations believe their employees are
their most valuable asset. Belief must be demonstrated
by visible and frequent action to provide them with a
Destructive Decisions:
safe work environment and access to resources to Shipmates Helping Shipmates Be Successful
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Thi edition of Top 50 celebrates the innovation
fT l b t th i ti deployment. But barely one week out, two Sailors lay dead on its
behind the peer mentoring program, the Coalition of deck, with 28 others dead in various locations aboard the ship.
Sailors Against Destructive Decisions (CSADD). Causes of this waste of life: drunken driving, drowsy motorists and
Inspired by organizations like Mothers Against Drunk “texting” drivers.
Driving (MADD), young Navy leaders have laid the
foundation for one of the fastest growing grassroots
efforts in protecting the future of our Navy. Tailored
to our 18-25 year-old age group, CSADD gives Sailors
the opportunity to take a leadership role early in their
Navy careers. These young leaders have established
95 chapters around the world in only two months since
the program became official.
Our feature article touches on some of the
innovation displayed by our young CSADD leaders.
After talking to the creators of USS San Jacinto’s
(CG 56) “The Lost,” I was moved beyond belief by This, thankfully, was a re-enactment. The San Jacinto maintains
their efforts. Another E-5, managing one of our first
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CSADD chapters has created thought-provoking (CSADD) chapters onboard, led by co-founders OS2 Rod Thompson
videos on the potential destructiveness of certain and FC2 David Vendetti. These Sailors conceptualized a three-act
personal decisions. play to “bring some sobering statistics to life,” says Thompson.
Ten Navy commands, shore support and Starting at reveille, organizers played a somber toll of bells over the
operational units, have recently been recognized in the ship’s 1MC, followed by the reading of an OPREP-3 mishap report in
top twenty percent of competing organizations for the which a Sailor was killed after drinking and driving. Secretly selected
Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in volunteers donned white t-shirts displaying their tombstone and
Workplace Flexibility. Representing Navy around the accompanying epitaph. On the back of the shirt was a description of
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ld th i ti h h th t i ti each person’s unique, tragic end. “The Lost” (as they were called)
and commitment to a flexible workplace can be shipmates wandered the ship’s decks throughout the day with somber
cultivated within Navy. We look forward to sharing faces, not speaking to anyone. If a volunteer was spoken to, they
final results of the award competition. would simply hand out a business card that read: “I am dead. I was
Best, killed by a drunk driver and cannot speak anymore.”
Wayne Wagner (Continued on page 2)
Awards Scorecard For the complete list of awards,, click on the Top 50 button on: http://www.navy.mil/CNP
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2009-2010 Recognition
• Optimas Award for General Excellence • Training Magazine Top 125 List: #17 • 2010 Top Federal Agencies for Diversity
• ASTD Excellence in Practice Award • Training Top 125 Best Practice • Diversity Council Honors Award (#8 of Top 25)
• Best Companies for Blacks in Technology • AWLP Work-Life Innovative Excellence • Sloan Award for Workplace Flexibility
Awards Submitted
 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility, Families and Work Institute (Announcement Sep 2010)
 Optimas Award, Workforce Management Magazine (Announcement Dec 2010)
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Upcoming Awards
Award Name Deadline to N1Z Submission Deadline Expected Notification
Excellence in Practice Award, ASTD 18 Aug 2010 22 Sep 2010 Jan 2011
Top 125 List, Training Magazine 19 Aug 2010 27 Sep 2010 Feb 2011
Moving into the Future Award, The Conference Board and
1 Sep 2010 30 Sep 2010 Mar 2011
Families and Work Institute

2. Spotlight on:
Spotlight On: Navy Total Force Survey
2010 ERE Recruiting Excellence Award
Sponsor: NPRST
Sponsor: ERE Media, Inc.
Description: Themajor component in our Top 50 were ahead in FY10furtheradministration profession by sharing innovative
Description: A Recruiting Excellence Awards way established to is the the recruiting of the Navy Total Force Survey.
This survey will reach 45,000 Active, Reserve, and Civilians and rate both their command and Navy as a whole.. We used
practices in seven areas: best college recruiting program, best careers website, best employee referral program, best
some of the ideas from the Great Place to Work Institute to assess a “best place to work climate It will allow us to
best work” climate.
employer brand, best retention program/practices, most strategic use of technology, and recruiting department/function of the
identify gaps we can address to provide the tools needed for our personnel to succeed and strengthen our standing as an
year.
employer of choice We will compare the results against industry benchmarks and share our findings with the workforce.
Criteria: date: Februaryhave been in place for at least six months to qualify. Winners will have met business needs and
Release Programs must 2010.
accomplished business goals, rather than just improving recruiting functions or departments. Winners will also have good
Results expected: June 2010.
data to demonstrate their success. Usually their initiatives include innovative approaches to an issue. You may apply in up
to three categories. Applications must include a qualitative write-up of 500 words and careful selection of up to three
documents/links that will be included to strengthen the write-up.
Past winners: Sodexo, Accenture, Ernst and Young, and United Health
Deadline: January 5, 2011
Commands and organizations are invited to apply directly to the award sponsor at: http://www.ereawards.com/.
CSADD: (Continued from page 1)
The genesis of CSADD was the result of a meeting
between RADM Mark S. Boensel and N1’s FLTCM Scott
Benning when both were assigned to Navy Region Mid-
Atlantic two years ago. “We initially wanted to create an
organization similar to MADD (Mothers Against Drunk
Driving), but Sailors told me they wanted to have a bigger
impact by addressing the basic decision-making process
in many areas affecting Sailors on and off duty,” said
Benning.
Benning
With strong support from the Chief of Naval
Personnel, VADM Mark Ferguson, CSADD became an
official Navy peer mentoring program in June 2010 with
the release of NAVADMIN 207/10 detailing the concept, CAPT John Cordle, Commanding Officer of USS San Jacinto (CG 56)
its organization of local and regional chapters and speaks to the crew about the impact of their actions and the importance
monthly focus topics. of making sound decisions on and off duty.
To support these focus areas, there is a wealth of
material for chapters to use, with topics as widespread as drank
d k too much to d i
h drive. “Th development of this program has
“The d l f hi h
medicine abuse awareness, domestic violence, drunk reminded me that the Navy is not always about ‘you’ but about
driving and financial freedom. Much of it is made ‘us.’ It has brought to light the challenges we face not just as
available from organizations like the Naval Safety Center. Sailors, but as individuals. It’s about creating meaningful
But NAVSAFECEN’s Command Master Chief, dialogue,” says Barrett.
Dominick Torchia, says, “Within a basic standard for CSADD brings together many of the elements of early career
general guidance, junior Sailors can make the program leadership training. “By combining online and in-person social
whatever they want. The sky s the limit and the best part
want sky’s networking, mentoring, innovative spirit and proper decision-
decision
is, it’s their program to run.” making, participation in CSADD provides a strong foundation
LS2 Korilyn Barrett, organizer of the Navy’s second from which to grow personally,” says Benning.
longest running CSADD chapter at Naval Submarine The program’s Facebook webpage is already popular,
Base New London, has been working with a core group containing more than 1300 fans. “It aims to be as interactive as
of 10 chapter members for over a year. Her chapter has possible,” according to Chief Culinary Specialist (SW) David
created videos (see page 3), engaged young Sailors at Rivette, regional CSADD director.
health and safety fairs, had pizza parties to get peers to “We are America’s Navy – A Global Force for Good,” says
talk about the consequences of destructive decisions, and FLTCM B i “ d that starts with realizing the f ll potential
Benning, “and h i h li i h full i l
created “free ride home” cards to safely transport those of our Sailors and empowering them to lead. Today’s Sailors
who may have want to make a difference and CSADD enables them to
contribute in many ways.”

3. The Meaning Behind the CSADD Logo Did You Know?
• Cell phones are so dangerous that during a 2008 U.S.
survey by Nationwide Insurance, 67% of their claims
were related to accidents caused by cell phone use.
• In a 2009 study by the National Hurricane Survival
Initiative, 47% of US citizens within 30 miles of the
ocean from Virginia to Texas did not have a
hurricane survival kit.
• The typical motorcycle accident allows the
motorcyclist just less than two seconds to avoid a
Maintaining Our Course collision.
The inner hub signifies the CSADD Sailors, which supports the • A Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of just .05
outer ring, titled Shipmates, by exercising the various steering
i i l d Shi b ii h i i can iincrease the rate of crashing a motorcycle by
h f hi l b
handles to maintain a course of success. Shipmates are supported 40%.
by the six steering handles: Honor, Courage, Commitment, • Texting takes a driver's focus away from the road for
Leadership, Peer Influence, and Bystander Intervention. an average of 4.6 seconds, enough time to travel the
length of a football field at 55 mph.
Top 10 Topics to Kick Start • 61% of teens admit to risky driving habits. 46% of
those admit to texting while driving.
Your CSADD Program • More than 440,000 Americans die from tobacco-
tobacco
• Texting and Driving related causes each year, most of whom began using
• Drinking and Driving tobacco before the age of 18.
• Suicide Prevention
• Sexual Assault Prevention Quote of the Month
• Stress Management “Junior personnel are the backbone and the future of
• Command Wellness Programs any self-sustaining organization. The importance of
• Financial Freedom CSADD is to ensure that these junior personnel are not
• Gun Safety only trained in the ways of personal safety and growth,
• Motorcycle safety but to ensure their competency in passing it down when
• Hurricane and Typhoon Awareness the time comes.”
– OS2(SW) Rod Thompson, USS San Jacinto (CG 56)
Tools and Resources
Social Networking: Become a fan of the CSADD Facebook page and stay up to-date with members from around the world.
to date
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Coalition-of-Sailors-Against-Destructive-Decisions-CSADD/299642495316
Create a CSADD chapter at your command: Register at the link below.
https://www.cnic.navy.mil/cnrma/Programs/CSADD/CreateaChapter/index.htm
NAVADMIN 207/10: Read the official announcement of the CSADD peer mentoring program.
http://www.npc.navy.mil/NR/rdonlyres/E6742CAD-2D21-4794-AC3F-A350E9191ADE/0/NAV10207.txt
Network with CSADD representatives: Click the link below for a growing list of the active CSADD chapters and points of contact for sharing
successes. https://www.cnic.navy.mil/navycni/groups/public/@pub/@mida/documents/document/cnicp_a167590.doc
Test your abilities: New studies show that drivers overestimate their ability to multitask behind the wheel. This game measures how your
reaction time is affected by external distractions. Regardless of your results, experts say you should not attempt to text when driving.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/19/technology/20090719-driving-game.html
Points of Contact
Mr. Wayne Wagner (Primary) CDR Brenda Malone FLTCM Scott Benning, N1 Mr. Adam Ramsey, OCHR
Strategic Affairs Office, N1Z N1 Public Affairs Officer CDR Ralita Hildebrand, N10 Mr. Jim Grover, OCNR
703-693-2322 703-693-0865 Mr. Doug Whalen, N11 Ms. Michele Harrison, NETC
wayne.wagner@navy.mil brenda.malone@navy.mil CAPT Bernie Carter, N12 Mr. John Drake, NSTC
Ms. Sofiya Velgach, N13 Mr. Ron Hendren, PMO
CDR Lisa Truesdale CAPT Ken Barrett Mr. Ilia Christman, N14 Mr. Michael Dowdy, NPC
Chief Strategist, N1Z Director, Diversity Office, N13 Mr. Richard Linton, N15 Mr. Rick Gualandi, NRC
703-693-0184 703-695-3936 CAPT R. Scot Hopkins, N16
lisa.truesdale@navy.mil ken.barrett@navy.mil Ms. Jamie Fisher, N1Z