3 - Seapower and Naval History Flashcards
Five essential functions of the Sea Services according to the Cooperative Strategy
- All Domain Access
- Deterrence
- Sea Control
- Power projection
- Maritime Security
Mission of the Army
Deploy, fight, win nation’s wars by providing ready, prompt, sustained land dominance by army forces across full spectrum of conflict as part of Joint Force
Mission of the Air Force
Responsible for the sustained offensive and defensive combat operations in the air, it defends the U.S. through control and exploitation of air and space.
Fly, fight, and win…in air, space, and cyberspace
Mission of the Coast Guard
To protect the public, the environment, and US economic interests – in the nation’s ports and waterways, along the coast, on international waters, or in any maritime region to support national security
Ensure US maritime safety, security, stewardship
Official formation of the Naval Reserve
- Established by the Naval Appropriations Act of 1916 (March 3, 1915)
- Consist of sailors honorably discharged (Not less than one four-year term of enlistment)
- Organized under the Bureau of Navigation
- Governed by the Articles for the Government of the Navy and by the Naval Regulations and instructions
Naval Reserve during WW1 and WW2
- There were no Ready Reserve units as we know them today
- Reserve officers trained during voluntary two week active duty tours on combatant ships or at shore stations
Naval Reserve at the end of WW2
- 4 out of 5 Navy personnel were reservists
- Navy set up framework for modern day Navy Reserve: est. Naval Air Reserve Training Command and Naval Surface Reserve Training Command
Naval Reserve Post-Vietnam to present
- President used draft instead of reserve in Vietnam
- Reserve became largely irrelevant to the national defense
- 1980s: DoD: ‘horizontal integration’: reservists train with active commands they would serve with in time of national emergency
- Desert Shield/Desert Storm: “total force”: reservists including Seabees were called quickly and used well in crisis
- Post 9/11: more than 20,000 Navy Reservists were mobilized in Operations Noble Eagle, Enduring/Iraqi Freedom
- 2005: Congress officially redesigned the Naval Reserve as the Navy Reserve
Mission of Full Time Support (FTS)
- Supports the enlisted personnel who train and administer the Navy Reserve
- Career opportunities currently exist in the enlisted FTS program for personnel in 25 ratings
- Approximately 8000 Sailors serve in the FTS supporting 63,000 Selected Reservists and 46,000 Individual Ready Reserves
Mission of Individual Augmentee (IA)
- Sailor who leaves his/her assigned unit or command to deploy individually or with a small group
- Receive individual deployment orders from NAVPERSCOM (PERS-4G); half are active duty and half are reservists.
- 4 types:
- Individual Augmentee Manpower Management Assignment (IAMM)
- Overseas Contingency Operations Support Assignment (OSA)
- Global Support Assignment (GSA)
- RC Mobilization (RC Mob)
Mission of the Ready Reserve
- Provides a pool of trained service members who are ready to step in and serve whenever and wherever needed
- Made up of the:
- Selected Reserve (SELRES)
- Individual Ready Reserve (IRR)
Mission of the Standby Reserve
- Reservists who have transferred from the Ready Reserve after fulfilling certain requirements established by law
- Most common are those who have been deemed key civilian employees by the government or those suffering through personal adversity or disability.
- Not required to perform training and are not part of any specific unit, but can be mobilized, if necessary, to fill manpower needs in specific skill areas
Navy N Codes (Organization of the Navy)
- N1
- Admin support
- N2
- Intelligence
- N3
- Operations
- N4
- Logistics
- N5
- Plans and Tracking
- N6
- Communications
Marine/Army S Codes (Organization of the Marine Corps.)
- S1: Administrative Support
- S2: Intelligence
- S3: Operations
- S4: Logistics
- S5: Civil Military Operations
- S6: Signal
Reverse
- All Domain Access
- Deterrence
- Sea Control
- Power projection
- Maritime Security
Five essential functions of the Sea Services according to the Cooperative Strategy