COMMANDING OFFICER'S MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT

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Carrier Air Wing Mission:
Efficiently prepare and provide combat ready airborne forces for on-call surge or scheduled deployed operations in support of Carrier Strike Group Commander objectives

Carrier Air Wing Vision:
Excellence Attained Through the Pursuit of Perfection

Operational Excellence
Integrity: Do the right thing
Level of Knowledge: Know your job and role
Procedural Compliance: By the book procedures
Formal Communications: Clearly defined demands up and down the chain
Questioning Attitude: Speak up when something’s wrong
Forceful Backup: Follow up and follow through with your convictions
Risk Management: Personal and Professional

VAW-116 Mission:
Execute the Commander's Intent by providing on scene, carrier airborne command and control of Joint and Combined Forces in the battlespace.

VAW-116 Vision:
Provide dominant and continuous airborne network centric, interoperable command, control, surveillance, and precision targeting in the battlespace from the sea. We will achieve this by exploiting and integrating state of the art technology, networks, and sensors.

VAW-116 Motto:
Lead the Way!

Commanding Officer’s expectations of every Sun King (aka CO’s Tenets):

Set the highest personal and professional standards for others to emulate and have the courage to step forward to correct those who are not

Pursue professional development and seek out knowledge in order to produce incremental improvement and blossom where you are planted

Do not concern yourself with your own accolades rather take pride in the accomplishments of those you Lead