Navy Core Values

Honor, Courage, and Commitment; these are the basic tenets of the United States Navy’s core values charter. Honor encompass the elements that make up the moral code we should all strive to live by, these include; integrity, ethics, honesty, truthfulness, public and personal responsibilities. Courage is defined as the value that gives a person the moral and mental strength to do what is right, with confidence and resolution, even in the face of temptation or adversity. Commitment to one’s team, branch of service and fellow human beings, regardless of race, religion or gender (Navy Core Values). These core values are paramount to understanding the message Act of Valor brought to the big screen. While many critics gave this movie negative reviews,
Partnering with the Navy, Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh, deliver a fictional yet all too plausible tale told from the special operator’s point of view. Chock full of honor and military values, this film reaches out to the audience compelling them to take part in this ideology, and garners admiration for the soldiers willing to give all in service to their nation. In a time when most action movies are simply bringing an overload of gratuitous violence to audiences who are so inundated with Facebook and Google that they would scarcely know reality if it slapped them in the face, this film’s aim is to impart traditional values. After watching Act of Valor, did I want to run off and join the Navy? No, however, if a person did have these desires would that really be a bad thing, to yearn to serve one’s country and live according to this basic yet grand code of conduct? Throughout history, people have attempted to engender and pass on basic human values, starting with the code of Hammurabi, and continuing throughout most religious and societal