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CHAPTER 13
SUPPORTING ELEMENTS OF THE NAVY
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this chapter, you should be able to do the following:
1. Identify the function of Civil Engineer Corps 5.
officers.
6.
2. Identify the function of Supply Corps
officers.
7.
3. Identify the function and composition of the
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
8.
4. Identify the function of Navy chaplains.
Identify the function of officers of the Judge
Advocate General’s Corps.
Describe the purpose of the Navy’s security
program.
Describe the purpose of the Naval Intelligence
Command.
Describe the organization and areas of research
of the Navy’s Research and Development
Program.
SIGNIFICANT DATES
3 Feb. 1795
9 Mar. 1798
30 Oct. 1799
26 Feb. 1811
2 Mar. 1867
3 Mar. 1871
9 Jun. 1880
Congress establishes the Navy
Supply Corps.
George Balfour is appointed as
the first surgeon in the U.S.
Navy.
William Balch is commissioned
as the Navy’s first chaplain.
A congressional act provides
Navy hospitals.
Congress establishes the Civil
Engineering Corps.
Congress establishes the Pay
Corps.
William B. Remey, USMC, is
appointed as the first Judge
Advocate General.
SIGNIFICANT DATES
4 Apr. 1898
Mordecai T. Endicott, the first
Civil Engineer Corps officer, is
appointed Chief, Bureau of
Yards and Docks.
17 Jun. 1898
The Hospital Corps is estab-
lished.
13 May 1908
The Nurse Corps is established.
22 Aug. 1912
The Dental Corps is established.
Certain supporting elements and branches of
the Navy are required to accomplish the Navy’s
mission. This chapter discusses the functions of
some of these elements and various Navy
branches. In many cases, the functions of these
supporting elements are essential to mission
accomplishment while at other times they only
provide assistance
they fit into the
structure.
for particular needs. Overall,
team concept of the naval
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