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Extending medical aid to crews of vessels
at sea,
caring for and transporting
shipwrecked and destitute persons, and
engaging in flood-relief work
Removing and destroying derelicts,
wrecks, and other dangers to navigation,
and assisting marine commerce by opening
ice-blocked channels and ports
Investigating marine disasters
Regulating the transportation of explosives
on vessels
Issuing and enforcing the rules for lights,
signals, speed, steering, sailing, passing,
anchorage, movement, and towlines of
vessels
Establishing and maintaining marine aids
to navigation such as lighthouses, lights,
radio beacons,
radio direction-finder
stations, buoys, and Vessel Traffic Services
(VTSs), as required to serve the needs of
commerce and of the armed forces
Conducting surveillance operations for the
preservation of marine life and the
prevention of environmental pollution
C o n d u c t i n g o p e r a t i o n s f o r d r ug
interdiction
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
The Department of the Navy (fig. 11-3) is
made up of the Navy Department (the executive
offices); Headquarters, United States Marine
Corps; and all operating forces of the Navy and
Marine Corps and their Reserve components. It
also includes all shore (field) activities, head-
quarters, forces, bases, installations, and other
activities under the control or supervision of the
Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV).
Notice, on the left of the figure, that the
Department of the Navy is divided into three
major sections: the Navy Department, the shore
establishment, and the operating forces.
The mission and function of the Navy were
described in chapter 1.
THE NAVY DEPARTMENT
The Navy Department assists the Secretary of
the Navy in carrying out the responsibilities of that
office. SECNAV is responsible, under the
Secretary of Defense, for the policies and control
of the Navy. This includes its organization,
administration, operation, and efficiency. The
Navy Department includes the Undersecretary of
the Navy, Assistant Secretaries, the Chief of Naval
Operations, the Commandant of the Marine
Corps, and the Judge Advocate General.
Remember, the Department of the Navy is the
entire organization, which includes the Navy
Department, the shore establishment, and the
operating forces. The Navy Department, which
is only one part of the Department of the
Navy, is an administrative group that assists
SECNAV.
Chief of Naval Operations
The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) is the
senior military officer of the Department of the
Navy. The CNO takes precedence over all other
officers of the naval service, except an officer of
the naval service who is serving as Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The CNO is the
principal naval adviser to the President and
to the Secretary of the Navy on the conduct
of the activities of the Department of the
Navy. The Chief of Naval Operations is the
Navy member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The CNO is responsible for keeping the
Secretary of the Navy fully informed on
matters considered or acted upon by the
Joint Chiefs of Staff. As a member of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, the CNO is responsible
to the President and the Secretary of Defense
for duties external to the Department of the Navy
as prescribed by law.
The Chief of Naval Operations, under the
direction of the Secretary of the Navy, exercises
command over the operating forces of the Navy
(consistent with the operational command vested
in the commanders of unified or specified
combatant commands). These forces include the
several fleets, seagoing forces, Fleet Marine
Forces, Military Sealift Command, and other
forces and activities as may be assigned by the
President or SECNAV. The CNO also exercises
command over the Bureau of Naval Personnel
and such shore activities as may be assigned by
the Secretary of the Navy. In addition, the Chief
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