DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
2000 NAVY PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, DC 20350-2000
OPNAVINST 5420.115A
N174
26 May 2022
OPNAV INSTRUCTION 5420.115A
From: Chief of Naval Operations
Subj: NAVY DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION POLICY
Ref: (a) Culture of Excellence Board of Governance Charter
(b) Re-establishing Navy Leader Development Framework Briefs NAVADMIN 025/20
(c) DoDI 1020.05 of 9 September 2020
(d) SECNAVINST 5402.31A
(e) Culture of Excellence NAVADMIN 254/19
(f) 2018 Command Resilience Team Guide
(g) Navy Leader Development Framework 3.0
(h) 2020 Navy Inclusion and Diversity Goals and Objectives
Encl: (1) Navy Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Mission, Vision and Goals
(2) Navy Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Governing Framework and Membership
(3) Navy Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Heritage Observances and Special
Observances
(4) Navy Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Core Competencies and Definitions
(5) Navy Community Leaders
1. Purpose.
a. To establish Navy Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policy, mission, vision, goals,
define requirements and assign responsibility for implementation of Navy DEI framework in
references (a) through (h).
b. This instruction formalizes the Navy’s DEI framework, governance, stakeholder roles
and responsibilities, mission, vision, goals, training, education and core competencies. Major
changes to Navy DEI policy include the governance of Navy DEI under the Culture of
Excellence (COE) framework and the deckplate execution and assessment of DEI policy
leveraging the Command Resilience Team (CRT) construct. This is a complete revision and
should be reviewed in its entirety.
2. Cancellation. OPNAVINST 5420.115 and NAVADMIN 051/20.
