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16-708: HQMC "consists of the Commandant of the Marine Corps and those staff agencies that advise and assist him in discharging his responsibilities prescribed by law and higher authority. The Commandant is directly responsible to the Secretary of the Navy for the total performance of the Marine Corps . This includes the administration, discipline, internal organization, training, requirements, efficiency, and readiness of

32-553: The National Security Act of 1947 made subordinate to the secretary of defense . On August 7, 2021, Carlos Del Toro was confirmed as secretary of the Navy. From 2001 to 2019, proposals to rename the Department of the Navy to the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps, which would have also renamed the secretary of the Navy to the secretary of the Navy and Marine Corps , were introduced with wide support in

48-595: The Navy Secretariat or simply just as the Secretariat in a DoN setting, is the immediate headquarters staff that supports the secretary in discharging his duties. The principal officials of the Secretariat include the under secretary of the Navy (the secretary's principal civilian deputy), the assistant secretaries of the Navy (ASN), the general counsel of the Navy , the judge advocate general of

64-620: The United States Congress , but failed due to the opposition of Senator and retired U.S. Navy officer John McCain . The Department of the Navy (DoN) consists of two uniformed services : the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps . The secretary of the Navy is responsible for, and has statutory authority ( 10 U.S.C.   § 8013 ) to "conduct all the affairs of

80-635: The United States Marine Corps . This United States Marine Corps article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . United States Secretary of the Navy The secretary of the Navy ( SECNAV ) is a statutory officer ( 10 U.S.C.   § 8013 ) and the head ( chief executive officer ) of the Department of the Navy , a military department within the United States Department of Defense . By law,

96-1021: The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , the Service Secretaries ( Secretary of the Army , Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of the Air Force ), as well as a number of Under Secretaries of Defense . Initially created in 1989, the DAB plays an important role in the Defense Acquisition System. Members of this board are responsible for approving new phases of major weapon programs, including ensuring that such programs are completed on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with their technical requirements. This United States government–related article

112-650: The Chief of Naval Operations (also known by its acronym OPNAV) and Headquarters Marine Corps . (Post of Secretary of Marine created but remained vacant) Defense Acquisition Board The Defense Acquisition Board ( DAB ) is the senior advisory board for defense acquisitions in the Department of Defense of the United States . The board is chaired by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and includes

128-588: The Department of the Navy", i.e. as its chief executive officer, subject to the limits of the law, and the directions of the president and the secretary of defense. In effect, all authority within the Navy and Marine Corps, unless specifically exempted by law, is derivative of the authority vested in the secretary of the Navy. Specifically enumerated responsibilities of the SECNAV in the aforementioned section are: recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping, training, mobilizing, and demobilizing. The secretary also oversees

144-622: The Navy (JAG), the Naval inspector general (NIG), the chief of Legislative Affairs , and the chief of naval research . The Office of the Secretary of the Navy has sole responsibility within the Department of the Navy for acquisition, auditing, financial and information management, legislative affairs, and public affairs. Pursuant to SecNavInst 5090.5F, the Department of the Navy Environmental Programs Manual ,

160-437: The Navy the chief of naval operations (CNO), and for matters regarding the Marine Corps the commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC). The CNO and the Commandant act as the principal executive agents of the SECNAV within their respective services to implement the orders of the secretary. The United States Navy Regulations is the principal regulatory document of the Department of the Navy, and all changes to it must be approved by

176-560: 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 or the secretary of defense. The secretary of the Navy is a member of the Defense Acquisition Board (DAB), chaired by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics . Furthermore,

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192-471: The secretary has several statutory responsibilities under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) with respect to the administration of the military justice system for the Navy & the Marine Corps, including the authority to convene general courts-martial and to commute sentences. The principal military advisers to the SECNAV are the two service chiefs of the naval services: for matters regarding

208-459: The secretary of the Navy and chief of naval operations recognize a number of commands annually for achievements in such areas as environmental quality , environmental cleanup , natural resources conservation , cultural resources management , pollution prevention , and recycling . The chief of naval operations and the commandant of the Marine Corps have their own separate staffs, the Office of

224-510: The secretary of the Navy must be a civilian at least five years removed from active military service. The secretary is appointed by the president and requires confirmation by the Senate . The secretary of the Navy was, from its creation in 1798, a member of the president's Cabinet until 1949, when the secretary of the Navy (and the secretaries of the Army and Air Force ) were by amendments to

240-595: The secretary of the Navy. Whenever the United States Coast Guard operates as a service within the Department of the Navy, the secretary of the Navy has the same powers and duties with respect to the Coast Guard as the secretary of homeland security when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Department of the Navy. The Office of the Secretary of the Navy , also known within DoD as

256-640: The service. The Commandant is also responsible for the operation of the Marine Corps material support system." HQMC is currently spread throughout the Washington, D.C. , Virginia , and Maryland area, to include the Pentagon , Henderson Hall , Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. , Marine Corps Base Quantico , and the Washington Navy Yard . [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of

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