Transcript UNITED STATES NAVY - University of Massachusetts Lowell

The
Department
of the Navy
Overview
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Mission of the Navy
 Operational concepts
 Missions
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Naval Doctrine
Organization of the Navy
Peacetime
Mission Of The Navy
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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
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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
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Sea Control
Power Projection
Strategic Deterrence
Navy: Sea Control
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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
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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
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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
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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
Navy
Marine Corps
Organization (cont)
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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
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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
Summary
 Mission of the Navy
• Operational concepts
• Wartime Doctrine
 Naval Doctrine
 Organization of the Navy