The Navy MC: Roles and Responsibilities Flashcards
What/who are the Navy’s key audiences?
The command, the Navy and the United States
What is the main function of a Navy MC?
Tell the story of America’s Navy
What personal traits are essential to becoming a successful MC?
Appearance, Voice, Military Bearing
Where can you find a rate specific guide to help navigate your career from E-1 to E-9?
Learning and Development Roadmap (LaDR)
What principles drive Navy PA/VI?
Accountability to the public, full disclosure, expeditious release, message alignment and ethics.
Upon which governmental standard was Navy PA founded?
DoD Principles of Information
Explain the cyclical process of Navy PA?
Research, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation (RPIE)
Who is overall responsible for establishing navy PA policy and directing its implementation?
The Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV)
Who is responsible for coordinating, planning and implementing the Navy’s PA policies and programs?
Chief of Information (CHINFO)
At any given command, who typically serves as the command spokesman and media liaison?
Public Affairs Officer
What PA principle is based upon the fundamental of an empowered public?
Full disclosure
What CHINFO division is responsible for providing access to P-A Net?
Policy, Doctrine and Technology Division
What document has been described as “the gold standard of news writing?”
The Associated Press (AP) Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law
What is the ‘how-to’ partner to the PA regs?
Public Affairs Tactics Manual
Brief summary of a specific issue/incident and responses for media inquiries is known as what?
Quick Response
What PA document is tailored to specific events or issue to ensure message alignment?
Public Affairs Guidance (PAG)
True or false: information that is harmful to national security may be released to the public?
False.
In what publication would you find specific statements for release during a nuclear accident or incident?
DoD Directive 5230.16 (Nuclear Accident and Incident Public Affairs Guidance)
What is the maximum number of days the Navy has to respond to a FOIA request?
Ten (10) Working Days
Under the Fair Use Doctrine, when is it acceptable to NOT obtain copyright use approval?
Criticism, Comment, News Reporting, Teaching, Scholarship, Research
Define defamation.
The harming of one’s reputation; typically broken in two types - libel and slander.
Information released that violates operational security violates which area of the release of information?
Security
Released photographs that are not in good taste violates which area of the release of information?
Propriety
Information released that is NOT factual violates which area of the release of information?
Accuracy
