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Phillips served as command master chief, U.S. 2nd Fleet and senior enlisted leader, Joint Force Command Norfolk for his last assignment.<\/p>\n

Vice Adm. Daniel Dwyer, commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet, presided over the ceremony that hosted some of the Navy\u2019s highest leadership from the officer and enlisted ranks. Dwyer explained what Phillips meant to not only the two commands they led together but the Navy as a whole.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo summarize what Fleet Phillips does each and every day, I can only share with you one word: impact,\u201d Dwyer said during his speech at the ceremony. \u201cHe impacts every person he comes into contact with on the deck plates and makes them better, and I count myself among them.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n

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Vice Adm. Alvin Holsey, military deputy commander, U.S. Southern Command, was among the distinguished leaders in attendance and served as a guest speaker. They previously worked together on Task Force One Navy, a program created by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday to identify and remove racial barriers, improve inclusion efforts, create new opportunities for professional development and eliminate obstacles to enter the Navy.<\/p>\n

\u201cHard doesn\u2019t mean impossible. The question you have to ask yourself is \u2018what does hard mean to you?\u2019\u201d Holsey said. \u201cI don\u2019t think hard is even in Huben\u2019s vocabulary because for him, it definitely does not mean impossible. There are some who say it would have been impossible for someone like him, who was born in Lexington, North Carolina, to blaze the trail that he\u2019s blazed. I will share with you that it\u2019s sometimes better to live the impossible than to question what could have been.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Capt. Gavin Duff, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), another guest speaker, spoke on the positive impacts of quality leadership and how Phillips\u2019 service in the Navy will help into the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeadership must be based in good will. Good will does not mean posturing,\u201d Duff said. \u201cPresident Truman said it like this, \u2018Always remember that leadership is a privilege. When you are in a leadership role, your influence may affect the trajectories of other people\u2019s entire careers.\u2019 Your legacy will outlive your years of service.\u201d<\/p>\n

Phillips discussed his perspective on the most challenging and important part of leading in military service: the people.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPeople ask me, what\u2019s the hardest thing about your day, and I think, well two things: people and people,\u201d Phillips said. \u201cBecause if they were low, I\u2019d work real hard to pull them up, and if they were high, I would work hard to try to get to their level to connect and impact them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Phillips continued by reflecting on his long career as a man humbled by his experiences throughout.<\/p>\n

\u201cI walk away from the Navy as a man with many life experiences,\u201d Phillips said. \u201cFor all the members in uniform I ask that you reflect on who you are. Not the man or the woman in uniform, but you. The one you stare at in the mirror. Our rank, our titles, our positions merely state what we do, not who we are. I\u2019ve learned many things in my tenure.\u00a0 But three are what I think about every single day. One is patience is its own reward. That was hard for me, I\u2019m not very patient\u2026 [Two], I learned there\u2019s a wrong way to do the right thing. That was hard, because morally I felt like I was right so therefore everyone should see that I was right. And most importantly, the biggest barrier to growth is oneself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Phillips is succeeded as command master chief for U.S. 2nd Fleet by CMDCM Jason Avin, who previously served as force master chief for Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Honolulu.<\/p>\n

U.S. 2nd Fleet, reestablished in 2018 in response to the changing global security environment, develops and employs maritime forces ready to fight across multiple domains in the Atlantic and Arctic in order to ensure access, deter aggression and defend U.S., allied, and partner interests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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