Everything about Department Of The Navy totally explained
The
United States Department of the Navy was established by an
Act of Congress on
April 30,
1798, to provide administrative and technical support, and civilian leadership to the
United States Navy and the
United States Marine Corps (and when directed by the Congress or President, the
United States Coast Guard). It is headed by the
Secretary of the Navy, also known as the SECNAV in naval jargon. He is assisted by an
Undersecretary of the Navy. The Department was a
cabinet position, along with the
War Department which contained the
US Army until
1947 when the
National Military Establishment was formed. The National Military Establishment was later renamed
Department of Defense (DOD) in
1949. The Department of the Navy then became a component of the DOD.
The Department of the Navy consists of
Executive offices, mostly located at the
Pentagon and the adjacent
Navy Annex, and is responsible for the
recruiting of military and civilian personnel, organizing, supplying, equipping, training, and the mobilization and demobilization of the Navy and Marine Corps, and their human capital and physical assets. The Department also oversees the construction, outfitting and repair of naval ships, aircraft, equipment, and facilities.
The Department comprises two
uniformed services, also called the
sea services, the
United States Navy and the
United States Marine Corps.
The highest ranking
military officers in the department are the
Chief of Naval Operations and the
Commandant of the Marine Corps, who are the President's and the SECNAV's principal Naval advisors. They run their respective military components of the department and serve as members of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
2007 - Unsuccessful attempt to rename as the "Department of the Navy and Marine Corps"
In H.R. 1585, the Fiscal Year 2008 National Defense Authorization Bill (
NDAA) for 2008, the Department of the Navy was to be renamed the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps. The Bill passed in the
U.S. House of Representatives on
May 17,
2007.
The proposed renaming encountered opposition among members of the DOD civilian leadership and among senior Navy admirals and Marine Corps generals. In the
U.S. Senate the House Bill was replaced by SA2011, an amendment in the nature of a substitute, removing the renaming provision along with other changes. The amendment was sponsored by Senator
Carl Levin, Democrat of Michigan, introduced on July 9, 2007, and agreed to by
Unanimous Consent on October 1, 2007.
The House version including the provision was withdrawn in conference committee (see
United States Congress Conference committee).
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