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The Department of the Navy

The Department of the Navy. Overview. Mission of the Navy Operational concepts Missions Naval Doctrine Organization of the Navy. Peacetime Mission Of The Navy. Be prepared to conduct prompt and sustained combat operations at sea in support of our national interest

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The Department of the Navy

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  1. The Department of the Navy

  2. Overview • Mission of the Navy • Operational concepts • Missions • Naval Doctrine • Organization of the Navy

  3. PeacetimeMission Of The Navy • Be prepared to conduct prompt and sustained combat operations at sea in support of our national interest -- According to Title 10, US Code

  4. Operational Concepts Readiness - at a moments notice, there won’t be time to BUILD a strong Naval force we must have a strong force Forward deployed forces - prepared to strike from just over the horizon at any time. In order to maintain “presence” the navy must be forwarded deployed Training - train in peace for wartime operations

  5. Wartime Mission Sea Control Power Projection Strategic Deterrence

  6. Navy: Sea Control Sortie control - blockade to contain enemy Choke point control - take advantage of geographic waterways Open area operations - locating and engaging enemy on the open seas Local engagement - close in combat with surface vessels Naval presence - preventive and reactive presence

  7. Navy: Power Projection Amphibious assaults- places combat troops (usually Marines) on shore from the sea Naval bombardment- use of naval guns or surface-to-surface missiles to destroy enemy’s warfighting capability Naval tactical airpower- strike against any target on land or sea

  8. Navy: Strategic Deterrence • Nuclear missile submarines - provides the third leg of our nuclear triad defense • Survivable - due to fact they’re always on the move • Trident submarines contain approximately half of our nuclear warheads

  9. Naval Doctrine • Designed to take advantage of advantages possessed by the Navy • Surface warfare - destruction of enemy surface combatants • Undersea warfare - use layered offense strategy to engage submarines in their territory

  10. Naval Doctrine (cont) • Air warfare - gain air superiority where naval operations are conducted • Amphibious operations - integrated with virtually all types of ships, aircraft and landing forces • Mine warfare - mines have sunk more ships than any other existing weapon

  11. President Sec of Defense Secretary of the Navy • Commandant of • the Marine Corps Chief of Naval Operations Department of the Navy Marine Corps Navy

  12. Organization (cont) Department of the Navy includes both the Navy and Marines Chief of Naval Operations is the senior officer of the Navy and is the principle advisor to the President and Secretary of the Navy on Naval matters

  13. Operating Forces Seagoing Fleet Fleet Marine Force Military Sealift Command Shore establishment- all commands not directly assigned to operating forces and whose functions is to support the operating forces

  14. Summary • Mission of the Navy • Operational concepts • Wartime Doctrine • Naval Doctrine • Organization of the Navy

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