Organization Flashcards
State the Mission of the U.S. Navy
to maintain, train, and equip naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression, and maintaining freedom of the seas
NCA and its members/functions
National Command Authority used by the U.S. Government to refer to the ultimate lawful force of military orders. Members: POTUS and SecDef
Difference of OPCON, ADCON, and TACON
OPCON: operations control
ADCON: Administrative control
TACON: Tactical Control
COCOM
Combatant Command: Joint Military command of DoD composed of two or more Branches and conducts broad and continuing missions. Organized by geographic location or function
Navy Component Command
Assigned to a combatant command and made of support forcer
FLTCOM
Fleet Commander: OVerall responsible for the ops of the Fleet in their AORs
TYCOM
Type Commander: Responsible for ops of their specific platform. Surface, Air, Sub, and Expeditionary
9 Component Commands and Locations
PACOM: US Pacific Command in Camp Smith, Hawaii
EUCOM: European Command in Stuttgart, Germany
SOUTHCOM: Southern Command in Miami, Florida
CENTCOM: Central Comman in Tampa Bay, Florida
NORTHCOM: Northern Command in Colorado Springs
SOCOM: Special Ops Command in Tampa Bay, Florida
TRANSCOM: Transportation Command in Scott AFB, IL
STRATCOM: Strategic Command in Offutt AFB, NE
AFRICOM: African Command in Stuttgart, Germany
NAVIFOR
Little Creek, VA: delivers interoperable, relevant and ready forces at the right time. Prioritize training, modernization, and maintenance of Command and control architecture and networks
ONI
Office of Naval Intelligence in Washington, D.C. produces meaningful intel and moves it rapidly to key-decision makers
USCYBERCOM
Direct ops and security of Navy’s portion of the Global Information Grid. Delivers reliable and secure Net-Centric and space war fight capabilities. In Fort Meade, Maryland
Numbered Fleets and Area of Operations/Locations
2nd: Atlantic ocean; Norfolk, VA
3rd: Eastern Pacific Ocean; San Diego, CA
4th: Caribbean, Central/South America; Mayport, FL
5th: Arabian Gulf/Indian Ocean/Persian Gulf; Manama, Bahrain
6th: Med Sea and Black Sea; Gaeta, Italy
7th: Western Pacific/Indian Ocean; Yokosuka, Japan
10th: Operated in Cyber Domain Worldwide; Fort Meade, Maryland
Task Components
TF: Task Force; component of a fleet for specific tasks
TG: Task Group; TF support component
TU: Task Unit; TG support component
TE: Task Element; TU support component
IW Ratings
AG: Aereographers Mate
CTI: Crypto Tech Interpretive
CTM: Crypto Tech Maintenance
CTN: Network
CTR: Collection
CTT: Technical
IS: Intelligence Specialist
IT: Information Systems Technician
Two NCTAMS and locations
NCTAMS LANT: Norfolk VA; worldwide support of Naval and Joint missions
NCTAMS PAC: Wahiawa, Hawaii; Operational direction for Oahu, Midway Island, Alaska and entire West Coast