1. Mission and Organization US Navy and USMC
WHAT We Do & WHY We Do It
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LtCol J. D. Fleming
9 September 2014

2. 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?

3. 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

4. Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV)
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO)
Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC)

5. Department of the Navy
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.)

6. Department of the Navy

7. Secretary of the Navy Hononable 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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

11. 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+

12. USMC Organization
Marine Logistics Group

13. Commandant of the Marine Corps
General 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.

14. Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
Sergeant 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).

15. Current Status of the USMC
Active Duty
Officers: 20,639
Enlisted: 182,147
Selected Reserves: 37,607

16. 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.”

17. 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.

18. 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.

19. Tools of the trade Surface ships Submarines Aircraft
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

20. How they fight Carrier Strike Group Amphibious Ready Group/MEU
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.

21. Missions of the US Navy Sea Control Deterrence Forward Presence
Power Projection
Maritime Security
Humanitarian Assistance / Disaster Response

22. Mission: Sea Control Tactics Bottle up the enemy in port
Using geographic chokepoints, prevent enemy forces from getting to the open ocean.

23. Mission: Sea Control Forces used in Sea Control Carriers / Air Wings
Surface combatants
Fast Attack Submarines
Mines

24. Mission: Deterrence Cold war nuclear deterrence
Soviets could expect US had survivable second strike capabilty
China and Taiwan
North Korea
Iran
Non-nation state

25. Mission: Strategic Deterrence
Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD):
Provide unacceptable risk to attacker
Maintain a stable international political environment

26. Mission: Forward Presence
Non-nuclear deterrence
Quicker response
American Resolve and long reach
CSG/ARG and Bases

27. Forward Presence

28. 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

29. Mission: Power Projection
TLAM
Strike Aircraft
Naval Gunfire
Special Operations
USMC
Strategic Weapons

30. Maritime Security Piracy Drug Interdiction GOPLAT Navigation
Economic globalization
Asymmetric threats

31. Humanitarian Assistance / Disaster Response

32. Take 5

33. The Naval Reserve

34. Organization Vice Admiral Robin R. Braun, USN Chief of Navy Reserve
Commander, Navy Reserve Force
Principal adviser to CNO on all Naval Reserve matters

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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%

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

40. 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

41. Standby Reserve
Subject to Involuntary recall only for war, national emergencies declared by Congress, or when otherwise authorized by law

42. 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.

43. Additional Responsibilities
Security of Naval Shore Stations
State Department Guard Duty
Embassies
As directed by the President
Acting as a national “force in readiness”

44. 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

45. Amphibious Warfare (cont.)
Four types:
Demonstration
Raid
Assault
Withdrawal

46. Questions? Review CNO? Commandant? MCPON? SGTMAJ USMC?
Chief of Naval Reserve?
SECNAV?
Missions of USN?
Amphibious assault?