self defense has the right as well as the responsibility of every american citizen no matter who he is or what his background or attitude sometimes he can protect himself as an individual but more often he must do it as a member of a group military organization is simply a means to accomplish that and efficiently the basic purpose of professional authority in the us navy therefore is to enable each man as part of a combination of man to defend himself and his country more effectively than he could through his own efforts  what is required of the commissioned officer carrying out the functions of authority in the naval service technical knowledge obviously basic but because the officer doesn't work with machines  he needs something the ability to get people to work together toward common objectives he needs to be a leader what does leadership make one thin all successful commander let's see what kind of man they were impulsive delivering religious forceful mike  scholarly decisive humorist and he was he asked a shy aggressive each was different in his own way what did they have in common one thing for sure they got the job done and since the job required men they got men to do the job and they got them to do it better in getting men to do jobs that are women recognized two essential requirement first the men must be able to do the job in this imam is like the machines he uses the better designed the machine the better it does its job the better a man's natural ability skill training and experience the better he can do his job if he wants to second then men must want to do the job like machines they need forces that can drive them to use their abilities to think to work those to get the job done forces that drive us all to learn and to do what we must to get what we need men like machines are driven but they're the similarity and while any particular machine is driven by the one kind of power for which it was designed human beings are driven by a multitude of motivating force others want to serve all driven by this human motive power all seeking satisfaction for their special needs and aspirations some successfully personality is the sum nation of all he has then all he now is and all he ever hopes to be is total ingredients for living and doing a job are and how they are integrated what kind of personality they produce will all have some bearing on the manner in which the individual can make an adjustment to the ever changing circumstances and requirements of life to the environment in which he lives and vironment doesn't mean merely a farm in new england or a carrier at sea it means all of the circumstances to which the individual must react some make no difference complex working or fighting equipment a sick family and over solicitous mother or even a difficult senior officer these unfavorable circumstances are stressed everybody is constantly seeking a reduction in the tensions caused by the stress and when a man succeeds in reducing tensions when he gets what he needs or is satisfied with what he gets when he can handle the uncomfortable stresses he meets he is emotionally balanced adjusted the way  man's personality is able to adjust to the ever changing stress in his life minute to minute hour to our day to day is the real measure of his emotional if he cannot handle presses of his environment he is emotionally out of balance maladjusted all of us at times show evidence of maladjustment to some degree in the form of minor failures depression errors of judgment inefficiency irritation and other deviations from ideal behav we all fling between adjustment and maladjusted at any point short of complete success we may give up reasonable attempts to adjust and resort to the unreasonable that might occur as a result of the environmental stresses becoming too tough for the personality or the personality becoming too weak for the environmental stress when the battle of adjustment becomes really tough we are frustrated and naturally try to escape but since physical flight is in most cases impossible we may seek a scape alcoholism in such flight reactions the personalities suffer or frustration may result in the fight reaction the environment is made to suffer such reactions are seen in irritability and in the structed behavior sometimes it is possible to have a mixture of both the fight and the flight reaction such as a publisher strong hand in the navy as anywhere else the fight reaction can also take the form of actual criminal irresponsible actions of any kind inevitably involve the professional interest not only of the line officer but also of the medical officer because although disciplinary problems out a line officers responsibility the medical officer can help prevent bad behavior and it's so bad behavior is a symptom of unsuccessful attempts to adjust to the naval and virus but you've got to realize furthermore in the navy a man whose needs are frustrated can resign or change his job he can gracefully escape a maladjusted sailor must either stick it out  psychological support both for the officer and for the men under his command military discipline itself is a primary support because it enables the individual to fit into an orderly system being a member of an organized group belonging sharing the responsibilities and privileges of military life offers a basis for emotional stability to every man and the junior officer can give his man even further psychological support by recognizing them as individuals by trying to understand the but the officer who ignores his man's driving needs and problems of adjustment is ignoring his own self interest on satisfied  an inefficient performance of duty the common denominator in all our successful naval leaders has been they got the job done if you are going to be a successful naval leader your men must want to do the job they will if they achieve healthy emotional balance you can help achieve this balance by your understanding of the adjustments necessary within the naval