The Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Decisions (CSADD) Sea and Shore chapters of the year were announced recently by the Chief of Naval Personnel and NAS Whidbey Island was named the Region Shore Chapter of the Year for Navy Region Northwest.

CSADD was established in June 2010 as a peer-to-peer mentoring group to positively influence young sailors’ behavior through resources and tools that promote good decision making. The group now has more than 180 chapters, which share their activities via Facebook and other communication channels.

The winning chapters have best practices in use of social media to support the CSADD program, encouraging sailors to lead through CSADD and strong support from the command leadership team.

“These award winning chapters deserve this recognition for the culture of ‘Shipmates helping Shipmates’ they are instilling at their commands,” said Fleet Master Chief Scott Benning, who helped establish the program in 2010. “We are around 200 chapters today and our goal is to have one in every command across the Navy.