Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff Director, Personnel Management Division Director, Manpower Plans and Policy Division Director, Personnel Procurement Division Director, Morale, Welfare, Recreation Support Activity Director, Manpower Management Information Systems Division Director, Human Resources Division Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Special Assistant Director, Facilities and Services Division Director, Logistics Plans, Policies, and Strategic Deputy Chief of Staff for Requirements and Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff Director of Intelligence Director, Command and Control, Communications, and Computer Division Legislative Assistant to the Commandant and Director of Public Affairs Director, Judge Advocate Division Director of Administration and Resource Director of Marine Corps History and Museums The Medical Officer, U.S. Marine Corps The Dental Officer, U.S. Marine Corps Commanding General, Marine Corps Research LT. GEN. J.I. HUDSON, USMC J.W. MARSH MAJ. GEN. E.P. LOONEY, JR., USMC COL. D.G. AMEY, USMC COL. N.H. Grosz, Jr., USMC LT. GEN. W.G. CARSON, JR., USMC R.K. RIGGS BRIG. GEN. W.T. ADAMS, USMC P.E. ZANFAGNA, JR. COL. A.J. WALKE, USMC MAJ. GEN. R.J. WINGLASS, USMC J.R. MASCIARELLI BRIG. GEN. J.P. BRICKLEY, USMC E.T. COMSTOCK BRIG. GEN. J.D. BEANS, USMC BRIG. GEN. R.L. PHILLIPS, USMC BRIG. GEN. J.D. BEANS, USMC BRIG. GEN. R.L. PHILLIPS, USMC BRIG. GEN. H.W. JENKINS, JR., USMC BRIG. GEN. M.E. RICH, USMC L.J. KELLY BRIG. GEN. E.H. SIMMONS, USMC (RET.) REAR ADM. R.W. HIGGINS, MC, CAPT. R.E. WILLIAMS, DC, USN LT. GEN. W.R. ETNYRE, USMC MAJ. GEN. R."M" FRANKLIN, USMC [For the Department of the Navy statement of organization, see the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 32, Part 700] ALSO INCLUDES OTHER DESIGNATED ACTIVITIES NOT SHOWN ON THE CHART WHICH ARE UNDER THE COMMAND OR SUPERVISION OF THE ORGANIZATIONS DEPICTED "OPERATING FORCES The primary mission of the Department of the Navy is to protect the United States, as directed by the President or the Secretary of Defense, by the effective prosecution of war at sea including, with its Marine Corps component, the seizure or defense of advanced naval bases; to support, as required, the forces of all military departments of the United States; and to maintain freedom of the seas. The United States Navy was founded on October 13, 1775, when Congress enacted the first legislation creating the Continental Navy of the American Revolution. The Department of the Navy and the Office of Secretary of the Navy were established by act of April 30, 1798 (10 U.S.C. 5011, 5031). For 9 years prior to that date, by act of August 7, 1789 (1 Stat. 49), the conduct of naval affairs was under the Secretary of War. The National Security Act Amendments of 1949 established the Department of Defense as an executive department of the Federal Government, and provided that the Department of the Navy be a military department within the Department of Defense (63 Stat. 578). The Secretary of the Navy is appointed by the President as the head of the Department of the Navy and is responsible to the Secretary of Defense for the operation and efficiency of the Navy (10 U.S.C. 5031). The organization of the Department of the Navy is reflected in the organization chart and personnel listing. The Department of the Navy includes the U.S. Coast Guard when it is operating as a Service in the Navy. Office of the Secretary of the Navy Secretary of the Navy The Secretary of the Navy is the head of the Department of the Navy. Under the direction, authority, and control of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Navy is responsible for the policies and control of the Department of the Navy, including its organization, administration, functioning, and efficiency. The members of the Secretary's executive administration assist in the discharge of the responsibilities of the Secretary of the Navy. During the temporary absence of the Secretary of the Navy, the Under Secretary of the Navy is next in succession to act as the Secretary of the Navy. The Under Secretary functions as deputy and principal assistant to the Secretary, and acts with full authority of the Secretary in the general management of the Department. Civilian Executive Assistants The Civilian Executive Assistants to the Secretary are the principal advisers and assistants to the Secretary of the Navy on the administration of the affairs of the Department of the Navy as a whole and are assigned departmentwide responsibilities for areas essential to the efficient administration of the Department of the Navy. The Civilian Executive Assistants to the Secretary of the Navy are the Under Secretary of the Navy, the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy, and the General Counsel of the Navy. It is the policy of the Secretary to assign departmentwide responsibilities essential to the efficient administration of the Department of the Navy to the Civilian Executive Assistants. Each Civilian Executive Assistant, within an assigned area of responsibility, is the principal adviser and assistant to the Secretary on the administration of the affairs of the Department of the Navy. The Civilian Executive Assistants carry out the duties in harmony with the statutory positions of the Chief of Naval Operations, who is the principal military adviser and executive to the Secretary regarding naval matters, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps, who is the principal military adviser and executive regarding Marine Corps matters. Each is authorized and directed to act for the Secretary within his assigned area of responsibility. The Under Secretary of the Navy is designated as the deputy and principal assistant to the Secretary of the Navy to act with full authority of the Secretary in the general management of the Department and to supervise the offices and organizations as assigned by the Secretary. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management) is the Comptroller of the Department of the Navy and is responsible for developing and maintaining policies, standards, and procedures for obtaining resources and operating financial systems throughout the Department to include budgeting, accounting, disbursing, financing, internal review, and statistical reporting. The Assistant Secretary is additionally responsible for information resource management encompassing automated data processing, reproduction, printing, forms, and mail. Excluded is the management of automated data processing related to strategic and tactical military systems aboard ships, aircraft, and shore stations. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) is responsible for the overall supervision of manpower and reserve component affairs of the Department, including policy and administration of affairs related to military (active and inactive) and civilian personnel, and supervision of offices and organizations as assigned by the Secretary, specifically the Naval Council of Personnel Boards and the Board for Correction of Naval Records. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Shipbuilding and Logistics) is responsible for all stages of the acquisition of naval ships funded by the appropriation "Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy;" all Department of the Navy acquisition programs following full-scale production decision (Milestone III); the business, contractual, manpower, and logistic support aspects of the Department's acquisition programs, including policy and administration of affairs related thereto; the maintenance, alteration, supply, distribution, and disposal of material; all transportation matters; the acquisition, construction, utilization, improvement, alteration, maintenance, and disposal of real estate and facilities, including capital equipment, utilities, housing, and public quarters; industrial preparedness planning; labor relations with respect to contractors with the Department of the Navy; industrial security; the Mutual Defense Assistance Program as related to the supplying of material, including foreign military sales; and supervision of offices and organizations as assigned by the Secretary. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Engineering and Systems) is responsible for all matters related to research, development, engineering, test, and evaluation efforts within the Department, including management of the appropriation, "Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy;" oceanography, ocean engineering, and closely related matters; the technical aspects of production management and maintenance or alteration of material; Navy acquisition programs through the full-scale production decision (Milestone III), including policy and administration of affairs related thereto, with the exception of the acquisition of naval ships funded by the appropriation "Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy;" and supervision of offices and organizations as assigned by the Secretary. The General Counsel provides legal advice, counsel, and guidance to the Secretary of the Navy and the other Civilian Executive Assistants and their staffs on any issue or matter involving the Department of the Navy. The General Counsel provides legal services relating to general legal issues, litigation, business and commercial law, real and personal property, civilian personnel law, patent |