WS-21 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY Flashcards
- State the Navy’s mission.
a. The mission of the Navy is to maintain, train and equip combat-ready Naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression, and maintaining freedom of the seas.
- OUTLINE THE ASPECTS OF NAVAL DOCTRINE
a. Surface warfare (SUW) is the destruction or neutralization of enemy surface combatants and
b. merchant vessels. Its aim is to deny the enemy the effective use of his surface warships and cargo carrying capability.
c. Air warfare involves the destruction of enemy air platforms and airborne weapons, whether launched from air, surface, subsurface, or land platforms.
d. Undersea Warfare (USW) is the destruction or neutralization of enemy submarines.
e. Amphibious Warfare: An amphibious operation is typically a joint service operation that is launched from the sea by an amphibious task force (ATF) embarked on Naval ships or craft.
f. Mine warfare is the use of mines and mine countermeasures to control or deny the use of sea or harbor areas through the laying of minefields and countering enemy mine warfare through the destruction or neutralization of hostile minefields.
g. Strike warfare involves the destruction or neutralization of enemy targets ashore, destruction of enemy air and ground forces ashore, and interdiction of communication and transportation over a broad area via aircraft, submarines, and surface ships.
- State the role of the Secretary of the Navy.
a. The Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) is responsible for, and has the authority under Title 10 of the United States Code, to conduct all the affairs of the Department of the Navy, including recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping, training, mobilizing, and demobilizing. The Secretary also oversees the construction, outfitting, and repair of naval ships, equipment and facilities. SECNAV is responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies and programs that are consistent with the national security policies and objectives established by the President and the Secretary of Defense.
- State the role of the Chief of Naval Operations.
a. The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) is the senior military officer in the Navy. The CNO is a four-star admiral and is responsible to the Secretary of the Navy for the command, utilization of resources, and operating efficiency of the operating forces of the Navy and of the Navy shore activities assigned by the Secretary. A member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the CNO is the principal naval advisor to the President and to the Secretary of the Navy on the conduct of war, and is the principal advisor and naval executive to the Secretary on the conduct of naval activities of the Department of the Navy
