Mission and OrganizationUS Navy and USMC

WHAT We Do & WHY We Do It

NVSC 101-505LtCol J. D. Fleming9 September 2014

Review• What times are morning and evening

colors?• Do Navy/Marine Corps officers salute

uncovered?• Do you salute senior officers if they are in

civilian clothes and you are in uniform?• You are not in uniform, outdoors, at a

baseball game. What are your actions for the National Anthem?

• How do you end correspondence to a Senior officer? Junior?

• Is hazing permitted as long as consent is given by all parties?

Learning Objectives

• DoN Chains of command• Maritime Strategic Concept: 21st

Century Seapower• Mission of U. S. Navy and Navy

Reserve• Mission of the U. S. Marine Corps

Department of the Navy

• Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV)• Chief of Naval Operations (CNO)• Commandant of the Marine

Corps (CMC)

• Operating Forces: provide, train, and equip ships, aircraft, submarines, Marines and direct-support bases involved in operations

• Shore Establishment: provides support to the operating forces; supporting the fleet in numerous ways (recruiting command, ship/aircraft repair, intelligence, meteorological, etc.)

Department of the Navy

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S E C N A V

Secretary of the NavyHononable Ray Mabus

• The Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) is is responsible for conducting the affairs of the Department of the Navy, including recruiting, organizing, equipping, training and mobilizing. Additionally, oversees the construction and repair of naval ships, aircraft, and facilities, and formulates and implements policies and programs consistent with the national security policies established by the President and the Secretary of Defense. SECNAV is responsible for an annual budget in excess of $170 billion and leadership of almost 900,000 people.

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO)

ADMIRAL JONATHAN W.

GREENERT• The Chief of Naval

Operations (CNO) is the senior military officer of the Department of the Navy. The CNO is a four-star admiral and is responsible to the Secretary of the Navy for the command, utilization of resources, and operating efficiency of the operating forces of the Navy and of the Navy shore activities assigned by the Secretary of the Navy.

Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy

MCPON (AW/NAC) Michael D. Stevens

The Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) serves as the senior enlisted leader of the Navy, and as an advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations and to the Chief of Naval Personnel in matters dealing with enlisted personnel and their families.

Current Status of the Navy

• Active Duty: 325,272   Officers: 54,518   Enlisted: 266,269   Midshipmen: 4,485

• Ready Reserve: 107,556   Selected Reserves: 59,699   Individual Ready Reserve: 47,857

• Reserves currently mobilized: 3,574• Personnel on deployment: 50,000• DoN Civilian Employees: 201,000

Current Status, Cont’d

• Deployable Battle Force Ships: 290   Ships Underway (away from homeport): 50 (17% of total)   On Deployment: 102 ships (35% of total)  

• Ships Underway   Carriers: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) – Atlantic, USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) - 5th Fleet   Amphibious Assault Ships: USS Peleliu (LHA 5) - 7th Fleet, USS Bataan (LHD 5) - 5th Fleet

• Aircraft (operational): 3700+

USMC Organization

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Marine Logistics Group

Commandant of the Marine CorpsGeneral James Amos

• The Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) is responsible to the Secretary of the Navy for the command, utilization of resources and operating efficiency of the Marine Corps. A member of the JCS, the Commandant of the Marine Corps shall advise the Secretary of the Navy regarding the employment of Marine Corps forces.

Sergeant Major of the Marine CorpsSergeant Major Michael

P. Barrett• Performs much the same role

as the MCPON but for the CMC (i.e., senior enlisted leader of the Marine Corps and an advisor to the Commandant in matters dealing with enlisted personnel and their families).

Current Status of the USMC

• Active Duty Officers: 20,639 Enlisted: 182,147

• Selected Reserves: 37,607

21st Century Seapower

• During testimony before the House Armed Services Committee on December 13, 2007, General James Conway, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps said:

“The basic premise of our newly published maritime strategy is that the United States is a force for good in the world - that while we are capable of launching a clenched fist when we must - offering the hand of friendship is also an essential and prominent tool in our kit. That premise flows from the belief that preventing wars is as important as winning wars.”

Specifically, the Maritime Strategic Concept states:

• Regionally Concentrated, Credible Combat Power: The U.S. sea services will maintain credible combat power forward "in the Western Pacific and the Arabian Gulf/Indian Ocean to protect our vital interests, assure friends and allies of the continuing U.S. commitment to regional security, and deter and dissuade potential adversaries and peer competitors." The maritime strategy states that the U.S. does not seek adversaries, nor single out any one nation, but will be best postured to maintain security and freedom of movement across the maritime domain.

Specifically, the Maritime Strategic Concept states:

• Globally Distributed, Mission-Tailored Maritime Forces: The U.S. sea services will establish a persistent global presence using distributed forces that are organized by mission, comprising integrated U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard capabilities. Aircraft Carrier and Expeditionary Strike Groups will continue to deploy much as they do now, but they will also use smaller groups or units to provide this presence across the globe, such as the Global Fleet Station.

Tools of the trade• Surface ships

– CVN: Aircraft Carrier (Nuclear Powered)– CG: Guided Missile Cruiser– LPD: Amphibious Transport Dock

• Submarines– SSN: Fast Attack Submarine– SSBN: Ballistic Missile Submarine

• Aircraft– F: Fighter– P: Patrol– T: Training

How they fight• Carrier Strike Group

– Flexible and capable crisis response in nonpermissive environments.

• Amphibious Ready Group/MEU– Task organized rotational force capable of

response across the spectrum of conflict or disaster.

– Becomes a Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) when a flag/general officer is in command.

• Surface Strike Group– Operates independently or with other forces to

support crisis response or sustained missions.

Missions of the US Navy

– Sea Control– Deterrence – Forward

Presence– Power

Projection – Maritime

Security – Humanitarian

Assistance / Disaster Response

Mission: Sea Control

• Tactics– Bottle up the

enemy in port– Using geographic

chokepoints, prevent enemy forces from getting to the open ocean.

Mission: Sea Control

• Forces used in Sea Control– Carriers / Air Wings– Surface combatants– Fast Attack Submarines– Mines

• Cold war nuclear deterrence

• Soviets could expect US had survivable second strike capabilty

• China and Taiwan• North Korea• Iran• Non-nation state

Mission: Deterrence

Mission: Strategic Deterrence

• Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD):– Provide unacceptable risk to attacker– Maintain a stable international political

environment

Mission: Forward Presence

• Non-nuclear deterrence

• Quicker response

• American Resolve and long reach

• CSG/ARG and Bases

Forward Presence

Mission: Power Projection

• Objectives– Deliver and support troops ashore– Secure land from the enemy– Destroy offensive capability of

opponent– Harassment of enemy forces– Shaping other nations’

military/political options

Mission: Power Projection

• TLAM• Strike Aircraft• Naval Gunfire• Special Operations• USMC• Strategic Weapons

Maritime Security

• Piracy• Drug Interdiction• GOPLAT• Navigation• Economic globalization• Asymmetric threats

Humanitarian Assistance / Disaster Response

Take 5

The Naval Reserve

Organization

Vice Admiral Robin R. Braun, USN

• Chief of Navy Reserve

• Commander, Navy Reserve Force

• Principal adviser to CNO on all Naval Reserve matters

The Naval Reserve

• Mission of the Naval Reserve– Primary: to provide trained units

and qualified individuals for active duty in time of war or national emergency

– Secondary: to assist active force in accomplishing its peacetime mission as a by-product of training for mobilization

History of the Reserves

• Revolutionary War fought by civilian soldiers

• 1915 Congress established a federal Naval Reserve

• End of WWII over 3/4 of the 3,220,000 officers and enlisted were reservists

History of the Reserves

• In the Korean War, 25% of Navy personnel were reservists

• In the Vietnam War, six air reserve squadrons and two reserve Seabee Battalions were recalled

• In Gulf War and Iraqi Freedom numerous reserve units were recalled

Reserve Status• Currently, the Navy Reserve represents

20% of the Navy’s total assets. The Navy Reserve Force consists of the Ready Reserve, the Standby Reserve, and the Retired Reserve, in total numbering nearly 700,000 men and women.

• In a number of mission areas, the Naval Reserve maintains a high percentage of the total Navy capability– Ocean mine sweepers 85%– Carrier Airwings 14%– Coastal Warfare 66%– Assault craft units 42%

Naval Reserve Forces

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The Naval Reserve is composed of 2 main components, the Ready Reserve (*SELRES*) and the Standby Reserve.

Selected Reserve (SELRES)

• “Core” of the Naval Reserve program• Subject to involuntary recall for war

or national emergency or by the President for up to 90 days to support operational requirements

• Perform 48 drills and receive 2 weeks training in a pay status each year

Standby Reserve

• Subject to Involuntary recall only for war, national emergencies declared by Congress, or when otherwise authorized by law

USMC Roles and Missions

• Primary– Provide Fleet Marine Force with combined arms

and supporting air components for service with the United States Fleet in the seizure or defense of advanced naval bases and for the conduct of such land operations as may be essential to the execution of naval campaign.

• Secondary– Development of amphibious doctrine, tactics,

equipment, etc.

Additional Responsibilities

• Security of Naval Shore Stations

• State Department Guard Duty– Embassies

• As directed by the President– Acting as a

national “force in readiness”

Amphibious Warfare

• “An attack launched from the sea against a hostile shore by naval and landing forces.”

• Prosecute further combat operations ashore

• Obtain a site for advanced naval or air base

• Deny the use of an area or facility to the enemy

Amphibious Warfare (cont.)

• Four types:– Demonstration– Raid– Assault– Withdrawal

Review

• CNO? Commandant? MCPON? SGTMAJ USMC?

• Chief of Naval Reserve?• SECNAV?• Missions of USN?• Amphibious assault?

Questions?