[United States Government Manual]
[May 31, 1996]
[Pages 217-221]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



United States Navy

Chief of Naval Operations

In the performance of his duties within the Department of the Navy, the 
Chief of Naval Operations takes precedence above all other officers of 
the naval service. He is the Navy member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
    The Chief of Naval Operations, under the Secretary of the Navy, 
exercises command over certain central executive organizations, assigned 
shore activities, and the Operating Forces of the Navy.
    The Chief of Naval Operations plans for and provides the manpower, 
material, weapons, facilities, and services to support the needs of the 
Navy, with the exception of the Fleet Marine Forces; maintains water 
transportation services, including sea transportation services for the 
Department of Defense; directs the Naval Reserve; and exercises 
authority for matters of naval administration, including matters related 
to customs and traditions of the naval service, security, intelligence, 
discipline, naval communications, and naval operations.
    The Chief of Naval Operations exercises area coordination authority 
over all shore activities of the Department of the Navy to ensure that 
total efforts afford adequate support to the combatant forces and are 
coordinated among themselves to assure economy and efficiency of 
operation.

Operating Forces of the Navy

The Operating Forces of the Navy are responsible for naval operations 
necessary to carry out the Department of the Navy's role in upholding 
and advancing the national policies and interests of the United States. 
The Operating Forces of the Navy include the several fleets, seagoing 
forces, Fleet Marine Forces and other assigned Marine Corps forces, the 
Military Sealift Command, and other forces and activities as may be 
assigned by the President or the Secretary of the Navy. The Chief of 
Naval Operations is responsible for the command and administration of 
the Operating Forces of the Navy.
    The Pacific Fleet is composed of ships, submarines, and aircraft 
operating throughout the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
    The Atlantic Fleet is composed of ships, submarines, and aircraft 
that operate throughout the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
    The Naval Forces, Europe, includes forces assigned by the Chief of 
Naval Operations or made available from either the Pacific or Atlantic 
Fleet to operate in the European theater.
    The Military Sealift Command provides ocean transportation (by 
Government-owned or commercial vessels) for personnel and cargo of all 
components of the Department of Defense and as authorized for other 
Federal agencies; operates and maintains underway replenishment ships 
and other vessels providing mobile logistic support to elements of the 
combatant fleets; and operates ships in support of scientific

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projects and other programs for Federal agencies.
    Other major commands of the Operating Forces of the Navy are the 
Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command; Commander, Operational 
Test and Evaluation Force; Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command; and 
Commander, Naval Reserve Force.

Navy Command Structure

The Chief of Naval Operations manages and supports the Operating Forces 
of the Navy through the following executive and functional organization 
structure.
Chief of Naval Operations  The Office of the Chief of Naval Operations 
is the headquarters of the Navy which advises and assists the Secretary, 
the Under Secretary, the Assistant Secretaries, and the Chief of Naval 
Operations in the discharge of their responsibilities. The Office of the 
Chief of Naval Operations was established basically in its present 
structure by Executive Order 9635 of September 29, 1945, and later by 
act of March 5, 1948 (10 U.S.C. 141, 171, 5036(b), 5081-5088); and by 
act of October 1, 1986 (10 U.S.C. 111 note).
Sea Systems  The Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, provides material 
support to the Navy and Marine Corps, and for mobilization purposes to 
the Department of Defense and Department of Transportation, for ships, 
submarines, and other sea platforms, shipboard combat systems and 
components, other surface and undersea warfare and weapons systems, and 
ordnance expendables not specifically assigned to other system commands.

(Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC 20362-5101. Phone, 
703-602-3328.)

Air Systems  The Commander, Naval Air Systems Command, provides for the 
material support to the Navy and Marine Corps for aircraft, airborne 
weapon systems, avionics, related photographic and support equipment, 
ranges, and targets.

(Commander, Naval Air Systems Command, Washington, DC 20361-0001. Phone, 
703-692-2260.)

Space and Naval Warfare Systems  The Commander, Space and Naval Warfare 
Systems Command, provides technical and material support to the 
Department of the Navy for space systems; command, control, 
communications, and intelligence systems; and electronic warfare and 
undersea surveillance.

(Commander, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Washington, DC 
20363-5100. Phone, 703-602-8768.)

Supply Systems  The Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command, provides 
for the material support to the Navy and Marine Corps for materials, 
supplies, and supporting services by providing supply management 
policies and methods and administering related support service systems.

(Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command, Washington, DC 20376-5000. 
Phone, 703-695-4009.)

Naval Facilities  The Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 
provides for material and technical support to the Navy and Marine Corps 
for shore facilities, real property and utilities, fixed ocean systems 
and structures, transportation and construction equipment, energy, 
environmental and natural resources management, and support of the Naval 
Construction Forces.

(Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 200 Stovall Street, 
Alexandria, VA 22332-2300. Phone, 703-325-0589.)

Strategic Systems  The Director, Strategic Systems Programs, provides 
for the development, production, and material support to the Navy for 
fleet ballistic missile and strategic weapon systems, including the 
missiles, platforms, and associated equipment; security, training of 
personnel, and the installation and direction of necessary supporting 
facilities.

(Director, Strategic Systems Programs, Department of the Navy, 
Washington, DC 20376-5002. Phone, 703-695-2158.)

Naval Personnel  The Chief of Naval Personnel directs the procurement, 
distribution, administration, and career motivation of the military 
personnel of

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the regular and reserve components of the United States Navy to meet the 
quantitative and qualitative manpower requirements determined by the 
Chief of Naval Operations. He also directs the management and 
administration of the Navy Civilian Personnel/Equal Employment 
Opportunity Programs and develops servicewide programs for improved 
human resources management.

(Bureau of Naval Personnel, Department of the Navy, Federal Office 
Building No. 2, Washington, DC 20370-5000. Phone, 703-614-1271.)

Naval Medicine  The Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery:
    --directs the provision of medical and dental services for Navy and 
Marine Corps personnel and other persons authorized by law;
    --ensures that health care program policies are optimally executed 
through the acquisition and effective utilization of financial and 
manpower resources;
    --maintains all assigned activities in a proper state of material 
and personnel readiness to fulfill assigned peacetime and contingency 
mission taskings;
    --administers the execution and implementation of contingency 
support plans and programs that provide for an effective medical and 
dental readiness capability;
    --acquires, trains, and maintains a force of professional and 
technical personnel;
    --provides professional and technical medical and dental service to 
the Fleet, Fleet Marine Force, and shore activities of the Navy;
    --ensures that assigned activities are able to achieve successful 
accreditation and recognition by appropriate governmental and civilian 
agencies and commissions; and
    --ensures cooperation with civil authorities in matters pertaining 
to public health disasters and other emergencies, in conjunction with 
maintaining and safeguarding the health of Navy and Marine Corps 
personnel.

(Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Department of the Navy, Twenty-third 
and E Streets NW., Washington, DC 20372-5120. Phone, 202-762-3701.)

Oceanography  The Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, 
and the Superintendent, U.S. Naval Observatory, are responsible for the 
science, technology, engineering, operations, and those personnel and 
facilities associated with each, which are essential to explore the 
ocean and the atmosphere and to provide astronomical data and time for 
naval and related national objectives. Oceanography examines how naval 
operations are influenced by the physical environment and applies its 
findings to the development of technology and methods for improving 
naval operations.
    The Naval Oceanographic Program embraces five major disciplines of 
physical science to investigate the nature and behavior of the ocean 
environment in which the Navy operates. They are:
    Hydrography--to collect data for the charting of the oceans and to 
establish geodetic references for navigation;
    Oceanography--to define the characteristics of the water volume for 
use in ocean reporting and prediction, and studies of underwater 
acoustics, water dynamics, corrosion, and other factors influencing the 
performance of naval systems;
    Meteorology--to define the characteristics of the atmosphere for use 
in weather reporting and prediction, and studies of upper atmosphere 
winds and currents, refractive indices for radar performance, and 
similar factors;
    Astrometry--to determine the position and motions of celestial 
bodies required for accurate navigation, operational support, and use in 
calculating precise geodetic positions and azimuth references on Earth; 
and
    Precise Time--to determine, provide, and manage the distribution of 
precise time and time interval (frequency), both atomic and 
astronomical, for use in electronic navigation and command, control, and 
communications.

(Oceanographer of the Navy, U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, DC 
20392-1800. Phone, 202-762-1026. Commander, Naval Meteorology and 
Oceanography Command, Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, MS 39529-
5002. Phone, 601-688-4726. Superintendent, Naval Observatory, 
Washington, DC 20392-5100. Phone, 202-653-1541.)


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Space Command  The Commander, Naval Space Command, provides operational 
space systems support to naval forces worldwide and helps prepare the 
naval service for extended future involvement in space. The Command has 
operational responsibility for all Navy space-related systems, plus 
coordination responsibility with other operational activities so that 
the space capabilities are integrated into the Navy's operational plans. 
The Command identifies fleet operational requirements for space systems, 
which will be translated into specific program planning and budgeting. 
The Command has operational responsibility for the Navy Navigation 
Satellite System, the Naval Space Surveillance System, and elements 
supporting the Fleet Satellite Communications System.
    The Command has administrative responsibility for the Fleet 
Surveillance Support Command and the Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar 
System, a broad area surveillance high-frequency radar that will have 
the capability to be relocated to prepared global sites to support naval 
forces.

(Commander, Naval Space Command, Department of the Navy, Dahlgren, VA 
22448-5170. Phone, 703-663-7841.)

Legal Services  The Commander, Naval Legal Service Command, under the 
command of the Chief of Naval Operations, is responsible for 
administering the legal services program within the Navy and providing 
command direction for all Naval Legal Service Command activities and 
resources.

(Commander, Naval Legal Service Command, 200 Stovall Street, Alexandria, 
VA 22332-2400. Phone, 703-325-9820.)

Computers and Telecommunications  The Commander, Naval Computer and 
Telecommunications Command, performs functions to provide, operate, and 
maintain all Navy ashore communications resources and all non-tactical 
information and resources for command, control, and administration of 
the Navy and those elements of the Defense Communications System 
assigned to the Navy.

(Commander, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Command, 4401 
Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20390-5290. Phone, 202-282-
0357.)

Cryptology  The Commander, Naval Security Group Command, performs 
cryptologic functions; provides, operates, and maintains an adequate 
Naval Security Group; approves requirements for the use of existing 
Naval Security Group capabilities and resources; and coordinates the 
execution of approved cryptologic programs.

(Commander, Naval Security Group Command, 3801 Nebraska Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20393-5210. Phone, 202-282-0272.)

Intelligence  The Director, Office of Naval Intelligence, ensures the 
fulfillment of the intelligence requirements and responsibilities of the 
Department of the Navy.

(Director, Office of Naval Intelligence, Department of the Navy, 4600 
Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 20389-5000. Phone, 202-763-3552; 
hotline, 301-763-3557.)

Education and Training  The mission of the Chief of Naval Education and 
Training is to:
    --provide assigned shore-based education and training for Navy, 
certain Marine Corps, and other personnel in support of the Fleet, Naval 
Shore Establishment, Naval Reserve, Interservice Training Program, and 
Security Assistance Program;
    --develop specifically designated education and training afloat 
programs for the Fleet;
    --execute the Navy's responsibility for voluntary education and 
dependents education;
    --participate with research and development activities in the 
development and implementation of the most effective teaching and 
training systems and devices for optimal education and training; and
    --perform such other functions as directed.

(Chief of Naval Education and Training, Naval Air Station, Department of 
the Navy, Pensacola, FL 32508-5100. Phone, 904-452-4858.)


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Naval Doctrine Command  The Commander, Naval Doctrine Command, is the 
primary authority for the development of naval concepts and integrated 
naval doctrine and is charged to:
    --serve as coordinating authority for the development and evaluation 
of Navy service-specific doctrine;
    --provide a coordinated Navy/Marine Corps naval voice in joint and 
combined doctrine development; and
    --ensure that Navy, naval, and joint doctrine are addressed in 
training and education curricula and in operations, exercises, and 
wargames.

(Commander, Naval Doctrine Command, Suite 200, 8952 First Street, 
Norfolk, VA 23511-3790. Phone, 804-445-0555.)