Appendix D Flashcards
The Oath of Office
I, ________, having been appointed an Ensign in the United States Navy, do hereby accept such appointment and do solemnly swear that I will Support and Defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. [So help me God.]
Strategic level of War
National or multi-national guidance that addresses desired end-states and develops and uses national resources to achieve them.
Operational level of War
Links strategy and tactics by establishing theater objectives needed to achieve the military end states and strategic objectives.
Tactical level of War
The ordered arrangement and maneuver of combat elements in relation to each other and the enemy to achieve combat objectives.
Sea Control
The establishment of superiority in a regional maritime domain while denying an adversary that same ability.
Littoral Warfare
Utilizing naval forces to strike, control, or deny access to the near-coastal regions.
Surface Warfare (SUW)
Denying the enemy effective use of surface warships and merchant maritime traffic.
Anti-Air Warfare (AAW)
To achieve air dominance through the destruction or neutralization of enemy air forces including aircraft and missile threats.
Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD)
To deny the enemy the effective delivery of ballistic missiles in defense of the fleet, or allied/home territory.
USW
Undersea Warfare: To establish dominance in the undersea portion of the maritime domain, which permits friendly forces to operate throughout and denies the enemy effective use of underwater systems and weapons. this includes submarine, anti submarine (ASW), and mine warfare assets.
Mine Warfare (MIW)
To control or deny the use of strategic sea choke-points or harbor access areas through the deployment of mines and countering enemy mine warfare through the destruction or neutralization of hostile minefields.
Amphibious Warfare
Establishing a landing force on a hostile shore utilizing the ship to shore movements of US Marine forces.
Strike Warfare (STW)
Naval operations to destroy or neutralize strategic or tactical enemy targets ashore such as manufacturing facilities, infrastructure, operating bases, or offensive and defensive weapon systems.
MIO
Maritime Interception Operations: Efforts to monitor, query, and board merchant vessels in international waters to enforce sanctions or embargoes against other nations, such as those in support of United Nations Security Council resolutions and/or prevent the transport of restricted goods.
Special Warfare
Non-conventional operations emphasizing small, flexible, mobile units operating in the sea, air, and land domains.
IO
Information Operations: Application of combat and operational sensor data, intelligence, cyber capabilities, knowledge of the environment, and targeting information required to execute the full range of maritime missions. This includes Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) ops.
Electronic Warfare (EW)
To ensure the effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum to friendly forces while denying its use to the enemy.
Logistics/Supply
Supply chain of fuel, ammunition, food, and replacement parts to combat forces in order to maintain continuous operations at sea.
Nuclear Aircraft Carriers (CVN)
A capital ship designed to project the power of US combat potential at sea or ashore via versatile aircraft.
NIMITZ Class Carriers
CVN 68-77
NIMITZ Class Armament:
Multiple NSSM, CIWS, and RAM mounts
NIMITZ Class Propulsion:
Two nuclear reactors providing energy for a steam plant powering four fixed pitch propellers
NIMITZ Class Aircraft:
60+
FORD Class Carriers
CVN 78 and higher
FORD Class Armament:
Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile, RAM and CIWS
FORD Class Propulsion:
Two nuclear reactors providing energy for a steam plant powering four fixed pitch propellers
FORD Class Aircraft:
75+
Guided Missile Cruisers (CG)
The TICONDEROGA (CG-47) class cruisers are multi-mission capable surface combatants, utilizing the Aegis Weapon System (AWS), that primarily serve as the air defence commander for the Carrier Strike Group (CSG) but can also support amphibious groups or operate independently. Specific mission areas include AAW, ASUW, ASW, STW, BMD, MIO.
Guided Missile Cruiser Armament:
Mk-41 VLS (SM family, ESSM, ASROC, TLAM), Harpoon, two Mk-45/54 5” caliber guns (fore & aft), two SVTT, Mk-15 CIWS, two Mk-38 25mm Machine Guns, various machine guns.
Guided Missile Cruiser Aircraft:
Two MH-60R Seahawks
Guided Missile Cruiser Propulsion:
Four gas turbine engines powering two controllable pitch propellers.
Guided Missile Destroyers (DDG)
Destroyers are multi-mission capable surface combatants. They typically function in the CSG, Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG), or independently. Mission areas include ASUW, AAW, STW, MIO, BMD (on a limited number of hulls).
ARLEIGH BURKE Class Destroyers
Flight I (DDG 51-71) Flight II (DDG 72-78) Flight IIA (DDG 79-123) Contains two aircraft hangars Flight III (DDG 124+)
ARLEIGH BURKE Class Armament:
Mk-41 VLS (SM family, ESSM, TLAM, ASROC), one Mk-45 54-cal 5” gun, two SVTT, two Mk-15 CIWS, two Mk-38 25mm Machine Guns, various machine guns.
ARLEIGH BURKE Class Aircraft:
two MH-60R Seahawks (only Flight IIA and Flight III)
ARLEIGH BURKE Class Propulsion:
four Gas turbine engines powering two controllable pitch propellers.
ZUMWALT Class Destroyers (DDG 1000)
A multi-mission platform tailored for sustained operations in the littorals and land attack, and will provide independent forward presence and deterrence, support special operations forces, and operate as an integral part of joint and combined expeditionary forces.
ZUMWALT Class Armament:
two Mk-57 VLS (80 cells) for (SM family, ESSM, ASROC, TLAM), two Mk-51 6”/62 caliber Advanced Gun Systems, two Mk-46 Mod 2 30mm guns
ZUMWALT Class Propulsion:
two Main Turbine Generators (MTG) driving two electrically powered twin controllable pitch propellers.
Coastal Patrol Craft (PC)
The Cyclone Class (PC-1) are the smallest ships in the U.S. fleet. Their primary role is maritime security and interception in the littorals.
Coastal Patrol Craft Armament:
One Mk-19 40mm grenade launcher, two Mk-38 25mm machine guns, four .50 caliber machine guns, eight Griffin anti-surface missiles.
Coastal Patrol Craft Propulsion:
four diesel engines powering four fixed-pitch propellers.
Littoral Combat Ships (LCS)
LCS is a fast, agile, focused-mission platform designed for operation in the littorals. The LCS class consists of two variants. Ships are designed for a specific mission purpose of either: SUW, MIW, or ASW. Weapon systems are dependent on the mission assigned but each ship is fitted with the same self-defense weapons.
FREEDOM Variant (LCS-1) Armament:
Mk-110 57mm gun, RAM, various machine guns.
FREEDOM Variant (LCS-1) Aircraft:
MH-60R and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
FREEDOM Variant (LCS-1) Propulsion:
combination of diesel and gas turbine (CODAG) powering a water jet
INDEPENDENCE Variant (LCS-2) Armament:
Mk-110 57mm gun, SEARAM, .50 caliber guns
INDEPENDENCE Variant (LCS-2) Aircraft:
MH-60R and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
INDEPENDENCE Variant (LCS-2) Propulsion:
combination of diesel and gas turbine (CODAG) driving a water jet.
Mine Counter Measures Ship (MCM)
Avenger class (MCM-1) ships are designed as mine sweepers/hunter-killers capable of finding, classifying and destroying moored and bottom mines. The ships are of fiberglass sheathed, wooden hull construction.
Mine Counter Measures Ship Armament:
Mine neutralization systems and small caliber guns
Mine Counter Measures Ship Propulsion:
4 diesels powering 2 shafts with controllable pitch propellers
Amphibious Assault Ships - Landing Helicopter Assault (LHA)/Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD)
Modern U.S. Navy Amphibious Assault Ships project power and maintain presence by serving as the cornerstone of the Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG)/Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG). Capable of launch and recovery of short take-off vertical landing (STOVL) and vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) landing aircraft. They contain a well deck (Not LHA 6-7) to support use of Landing Craft Utility (LCU), Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) and Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV).
AMERICA Class (LHA-6) Armament:
Two RAM, ESSM, Two CIWS, various machine guns
AMERICA Class (LHA-6) Aircraft:
A mix of F-35B Joint Strike Fighters (JSF), MV-22 Osprey VTOL, CH-53 Sea Stallion Helicopters, UH-1Y Huey helicopters, AH-1Z Super Cobra helicopters, MH-60S Seahawk Helicopters
AMERICA Class (LHA-6) Landing craft capability:
None. (LHA 8 and after will have a well deck)
AMERICA Class (LHA-6) Propulsion:
Two Gas turbine engines powering two shafts with controllable pitch propellers
WASP Class (LHD-1) Armament:
Two RAM, two NSSM launchers; two CIWS; four Mk-38 25mm machine guns, various .50 caliber machine guns
WASP Class (LHD-1) Aircraft:
CH-46 Sea Knight Helicopters; CH-53 Sea Stallion Helicopters; UH-1 Huey Helicopters; AH-1W Super Cobra Helicopters; AV-8B Harrier attack aircraft
WASP Class (LHD-1) Landing Craft:
mix of LCUs, LCACs, or Landing Craft, Mechanized (LCM-8) or Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV)
WASP Class (LHD-1) Propulsion:
Steam or Gas Turbine for LHD-8 only, two shafts.
Amphibious Landing Platform Dock (LPD):
SAN ANTONIO class Amphibious transport dock ships are warships that embark, transport, and land elements of a landing force for a variety of expeditionary warfare missions. LPDs are used to transport and land Marines, their equipment, and supplies by embarked LCACs or conventional landing craft and Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles (EFV) or AAVs augmented by helicopters or vertical take-off and landing aircraft (MV 22).
Amphibious Landing Platform Dock (LPD) Armament:
two RAM, two 30mm Close-in-Guns, various .50 caliber machine guns
Amphibious Landing Platform Dock (LPD) Aircraft:
two CH-53E Super Stallion Helicopters, four CH-46 Sea Knight Helicopters, or two MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft.