APPROPRIATION RESPONSIBLE OFFICE
Chief of Naval Operations
Issues Expense Allocations
MAJOR CLAIMANT
Fleet Commander
Issues Expense Limitations
EXPENSE LIMITATION HOLDER
EXPENSE LIMITATION HOLDER
Type Commander
Fleet Commander
Issues Operating Budgets
Issues Operating Budgets
RESPONSIBILITY CENTER
RESPONSIBILITY CENTER
RESPONSIBILITY CENTER
RESPONSIBILITY CENTER
RESPONSIBILITY CENTER
(Operating Budget Holder)
(Operating Budget Holder)
(Open Operating Budget
(Operating Budget Holder)
(Operating Budget Holder)
Holder for Fuel Expenses)
Shore Activity
Type Commander
Fleet Commander
Shore Activity Directly
Under Fleet Commander
Fleet Commander
Issues Operating Targets
Issues Operating Targets
(OPTAR)
(OPTAR)
COST CENTER
COST CENTER
COST CENTER
COST CENTER
(OPTAR Holder)
(OPTAR Holder)
(OPTAR Holder)
(OPTAR Holder)
Area/Seafront
Fleet Commander's
Ship, Aircraft Squadron,
Type Commander's Staff,
Commander
Staff, TAD, etc.
or Other Unit
TAD, etc.
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Figure 8-12. --Flow of funds for Operations and Maintenance, Navy.
necessary corrections to the appropriate records and to
reimbursable OPTAR when a requirement exists to
provide work or services to another TYCOM or
report any errors to the DFAS.
government department as directed by the activity's
To help in the proper accounting of fleet funds held
TYCOM. Tenders and repair ships receive repair of
by the individual OPTAR holders, the DFAS, U.S.
other vessels OPTARs to finance the material or
Atlantic Fleet (DFAS NORFOLK) and U.S. Pacific
services used in the repair of other ships. Aircraft
Fleet (DFAS SAN DIEGO), periodically submit several
carriers, amphibious assault ships, and MAGs receive
transaction listings to the fleet units for review,
aircraft operations maintenance (AOM) OPTARs to
validation, or correction.
cover the cost of aircraft maintenance. Aviation
s q u a d r o n s r e c e ive f l i g h t o p e r a t i o n s ( F LTO P s )
OPERATING TARGET FUNDS
OPTARs to cover the cost of flight operations
maintenance.
The term operating target (OPTAR) is defined as
To determine the authorized charges to each of the
an estimate of the amount of money that will be
above mentioned OPTARs, refer to NAVSO P-3013.
required by an operating ship, staff, squadron, or
other unit to perform assigned tasks and functions.
Each year Congress enacts an O&MN
U.S. CONGRESS
appropriation that authorizes the Navy to buy needed
U.S. PRESIDENT
material and services. A portion of this appropriation
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
is passed down through the chain of command to the
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
activity in the form of an OPTAR grant. As shown in
CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
figure 8-13, SUADPS-RT activities receive OPTAR
COMMANDER IN CHIEF, U.S. ATLANTIC OR PACIFIC FLEET
grants from the TYCOMs. The number and type of
TYPE COMMANDER
OPTAR grants provided these activities depend on
OPERATING UNIT OPTAR
the mission of the activity. All SUADPS-RT activities
(except MAGs) receive supplies and equipage (S&E)
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O P TA R g r a n t s t o c o v e r t h e o p e r a t i o n a n d
Figure 8-13. --Distribution of OPTAR funds.
maintenance of the activity. They may also receive a
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