During unit visits Katari addressed officers and, when possible, senior sailors about government and naval-headquarters thinking, plans, and aspirations. He expected them to pass relevant information to the sailors under their command. Division duties gave junior officers up to half an hour each day with their own sailors to discuss personal and service problems. Katari recalled that wartime dilution of the service and subsequent changes had allowed the practice to lapse, and he believed its deliberate revival improved mutual understanding. He also recognized that direct personal contact became harder as the Navy grew. Larger organizations would need other methods to preserve two-way communication about welfare, effective working, and professional and technical development.
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Division duties: daily conversations between officers and sailors
Katari used unit visits and daily division duties to connect headquarters decisions with sailors' concerns, while recognizing that communication methods must change as a navy grows.