The Department of the Navy Overview Mission of

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 -- According to Title 10, US Code

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

Wartime Mission § § § Sea Control Power Projection Strategic Deterrence

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Operating Forces § § Seagoing 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

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