Enlisted personnel aboard United States Navy warships are assigned to a division according to their shipboard responsibilities.
[1] Division officers maintain and display in conspicuous locations copies of all division orders including watch, quarter, station, fire, collision, and abandon ship bills.
Division officers personally instruct their division during prescribed drills, while giving their petty officers opportunities to become proficient in leadership.
Division officers encourage and assist personnel under their supervision to obtain knowledge for advancement in rating.
While inspecting division personnel for appearance and behavior, division officers instruct those needing correction and may report those guilty of infractions of regulations for punishment by higher authority.