3-3 leadership and counseling skills. Good leadership and counseling results in personnel stability and improved communications. The quality of life initiative has the following major programs: · Personal Excellence · Family Support · Equal Opportunity · Navy Alcohol and Drug Abuse · Health and Physical Readiness · Navy Family Housing Each of these programs will be described in detail. By using these programs properly, you will enhance your leadership and management skills. As a leader, you must be familiar with each of these programs to be  able  to properly support your people and the chain of command. PERSONAL EXCELLENCE PROGRAM The  purpose  of  this  program  is  to  promote  the personal  development  of  Navy  members  in  order  to contribute to their self-satisfaction, morale, and quality of life. It also benefits the quality of the Navy and the American  society.  The  program  focuses  internally  on Navy personnel and, where feasible, externally on our nation’s   school   age   population,   pre-school   through twelfth grade. The four principal goals of the Personal Excellence    Program    are    education,    health/fitness, citizenship, and the Navy Personal Excellence Partnership Program. Personal   excellence   is   the   achievement   of   an individual’s highest potential in education, health/fitness, and citizenship. The acquisition of knowledge and skills, health  habits,  and  basic  personal  values  can  best  be promoted in service to others in the community. That is as true for Navy personnel as it is for young people in the United States who are the focus of the Navy Personal Excellence Partnership Program. Education Education  has  a  twofold  definition.  In  relation  to Navy personnel, it consists of the multiple avenues for personal intellectual growth and achievement. It includes programs to improve basic competencies under the Navy Skill   Enhancement   Program   (SEP).   In   relation   to external partnerships, education refers to subjects, such as reading,  writing,  English,  foreign  languages,  math, science, computer skills, geography, history, humanities, social studies, and knowledge of other cultures. Health/Fitness Health promotion programs are those activities that promote  a  healthy  lifestyle.  These  programs  include physical   fitness,   sports,   nutrition,   weight/body   fat management,    alcohol    and    drug    abuse    prevention, smoking  prevention  or  cessation,  stress  management, back    injury    prevention,    and    high    blood    pressure screening  and  control.  The  Navy  Personal  Excellence Partnership Program addresses these topics as well as personal    safety    in    the    use    of    car    restraints    and motorcycle helmets. Citizenship This    personal    excellence    goal    addresses    the development of core values. They are the fundamental qualities of morally and socially responsible members of American society, including the Navy person and his or her family.  The  focus  of  the  citizenship  aspect  of  the Personal Excellence Program is on the following core values: · Integrity—honesty, honor, and responsibility · Professionalism—competence, teamwork, and loyalty · Tradition—concern for people, patriotism, courage, and personal values The   citizenship   focus   of   the   Navy   Personnel Excellence  Partnership  Program  cultivates  the  same values  but  concentrates  on  their  effect  on  American society. Additionally, this program highlights personal responsibility  for  one's  actions,  justice,  compassion, respect for self and others, and community service.