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21-556: Prior to the creation of CNIC, all of the Navy's major shore echelon II commanders ( BUMED , NAVSEA , NAVSUP ) operated their own installations independently. This led to a hodgepodge of operating procedures, that, when installations operated in close proximity to one another, resulted in sometimes incompatible and significant policy differences. Thus, it was the intent of CNIC to establish a single shore installation management organization that will focus on installation effectiveness and improve

42-649: A Vice Admiral . BUMED is divided into ten departments, each referred to with an alphanumerical code. Each of the staff corps is headed by a rear admiral , except for the Hospital Corps, which is headed by a force master chief petty officer because of its status as an enlisted rating . The other department heads are mostly either rear admirals or civilians. BUMED operates the following facilities and commands: Naval Medical Forces Atlantic: Naval Medical Forces Pacific: Naval Medical Forces Support Command: Other commands: Hospital ships: While

63-636: A million eligible beneficiaries. BUMED was one of the original five Navy bureaus formed in 1842 to replace the Board of Navy Commissioners . It is one of two bureaus still in existence. BUMED was headquartered at the Old Naval Observatory from 1942 until 2012. In 2005, Navy Medicine aligned its shore facilities into four overarching commands: Navy Medicine East, Navy Medicine West, Navy Medicine National Capital Area, and Navy Medicine Support Command. In 2012, Navy Medicine Support Command

84-401: A neutral country. However, US ships nevertheless often make port calls to Singapore for maintenance, repairs, supplies, and recreation, among other purposes. In addition to its logistics tasks, TF 73 also provides industrial voyage repairs to U.S. Navy ships and craft through contracted commercial repair capabilities throughout Southeast Asia, Korea, India, Australia, Hong Kong and Oceania. It

105-463: A new era in shore management, with San Diego leading the way. As the Navy reduced its operational forces, it became essential for the shore establishment supporting those forces to be realigned. As part of the new command structure, each naval installation or supported command now reports to one of eleven regional commanders who are responsible for the operation and management of the installations within their regional jurisdiction. Each regional commander

126-962: Is a one-star rear admiral (RDML) with the exception of the commanders of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, Navy Region Japan and Navy Region EURAFCENT, who can be two-star rear admiral (upper half) (RADM). Washington, D.C. RDML David J. Faehnle Silverdale , Washington RDML Mark B. Sucato San Diego, California RDML Bradley N. Rosen Jacksonville, Florida RDML Ian L. Johnson Norfolk, Virginia RADM Carl A. Lahti Pearl Harbor , Hawaii RDML Stephen D. Barnett Naples , Italy RDML Brad J. Collins Commanded by Commander Naval Forces Japan Yokosuka, Kanagawa , Japan RDML Ian L. Johnson Commanded by Commander Naval Forces Korea Namgu , Busan , Gyeongnam , South Korea RDML Neil A. Koprowski Commanded by Commander Naval Forces Marianas RDML Brent DeVore Commanded by Commander, Task Force 73/Logistic Group Western Pacific RDML Philip E. Sobeck Navy Region Midwest

147-479: Is also the 7th Fleet agent for diving, salvage, towing and major oil spill response. In its capacity as the bilateral exercise coordinator for Southeast Asia, it conducts planning, coordination of training exercises with Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Singapore. In 2011, its commander, Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Ron Horton, was relieved of his post due to being "derelict in

168-858: Is an agency of the United States Department of the Navy that manages health care activities for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps . BUMED operates hospitals and other healthcare facilities as well as laboratories for biomedical research , and trains and manages the Navy's many staff corps related to medicine. Its headquarters is located at the Defense Health Headquarters in Fairfax County, Virginia . BUMED has 41,930 medical personnel and more than

189-835: Is commanded by Rear Admiral Todd F. Cimicata. After the end of the Second World War , the United States Seventh Fleet moved its headquarters to Qingdao, China. As laid out in Operation Plan 13–45 of 26 August 1945, Admiral Kinkaid established five major task forces to manage operations in the Western Pacific: one was Task Force 73, the Yangtze Patrol Force, with 75 combatants. Later known as Commander, Naval Surface Group Western Pacific (Commander Task Force (CTF) 73/CTF 75),

210-407: Is summed up as supporting the three 'F's: " Fleet, Fighter and Family" . Historically, each region was a part of one or other United States naval districts from their inception in the early 1900s until their disestablishment in the late 1970s and 1980s. At that point, individual installations were typically operated independent of any true centralized command structure. In 1998, the Navy embarked on

231-490: Is the U.S. 7th Fleet's Theater Security Cooperation agent for South and Southeast Asia, providing persistent engagement with allies and partners across the region through established exercises while forging new maritime partnerships through tailored exchanges, enhanced port visits and expanding repair capabilities at regional shipyards. CTF 73 is headquartered at the Port of Singapore Authority Sembawang Terminal , Singapore, and

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252-542: Is the U.S. 7th Fleet's provider of combat-ready logistics , maintaining and operating government-owned ships and operating government-contracted vessels to sustain combatant ships and units throughout the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. CTF 73/CLWP also acts as the Navy Region commander for naval activities in Singapore, with its only subordinate command being the U.S. Navy Region Center Singapore . CTF 73/CLWP

273-707: Is the lead for Navy installation policy and program execution oversight. CNIC works to coordinate services across the Naval Enterprises (aka shore Echelon II commands), and best provide the installations, services and programs in their support. These services include installation management and operations, such as port operations, airfields, security, utilities, land use planning, environmental aspects, planning and real estate, and emergency management, as well as fleet support services such as base housing, weapons storage, MWR (Morale, Welfare and Recreation) recreational programs, child care and youth programs. Its mission

294-537: The Medical Treatment Facility on each hospital ship is operated by BUMED's medical personnel, the ships themselves are operated by civilian mariners employed by Military Sealift Command . Task Force 73 Task Force 73/Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific (CTF 73/CLWP) is a U.S. Navy task force of the United States Seventh Fleet that is based in Singapore . CTF 73/CLWP

315-529: The Philippines but was transferred to Singapore with the withdrawal of US Military forces in the 1990s. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between Singapore and the United States in 1990 and discussions of the relocation were done by 1992. Unlike other overseas US military bases, there is no official US "Naval Base" in Singapore but is rather ambiguously called a military "place" – largely due to political reasons such Singapore's status as

336-562: The jurisdiction of the new Joint Task Force National Capital Region/Medical , and in 2013, Navy Medicine National Capital Area was disestablished, with its few remaining facilities transferred to Navy Medicine East. While a 2006 report of the Defense Business Board recommended that the Army, Navy, and Air Force medical commands be merged into a single joint command , citing savings in budget and personnel, this recommendation

357-427: The shore installation management community's ability to support the fleet. When it was established October 1, 2003, the stand up of CNIC was an effort in the continuation of fleet and regional shore installation management organizational alignment that began in 1997 with the reduction of installation management claimants from 18 to 8. CNIC has overall responsibility and authority for all installation support programs and

378-665: The task force's mission included command readiness, administrative oversight and control of the Naval Surface Force, United States Pacific Fleet ships assigned in Japan , Guam and the Philippines . As CTF 75, the command also maintained operational control of approximately 30 other ships operating in the Western Pacific, Indian Ocean and North Arabian Sea. The command was originally based at Subic Bay in

399-547: Was disestablished on September 30, 2014 as part of a reorganization of Navy flag billets assets in the wake of the United States budget sequestration in 2013 . Formerly headquartered in  Great Lakes, Illinois , it included installations in 16 states. These are now split between the Northwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast regions. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery ( BUMED )

420-684: Was not carried out and in 2012 the Defense Health Agency (DHA) was established separately from the military medical commands. All three military medical commands were, however, all moved to share the new Defense Health Headquarters facility in Falls Church with DHA, again as a result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure. The commanding officer of BUMED is the Surgeon General of the United States Navy ,

441-697: Was renamed and realigned into the Navy Medicine Education and Training Command, with its non-training units becoming independent under BUMED. Navy Medicine National Capital Area's largest component, the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland , was merged in 2011 with Walter Reed Army Medical Center to form the joint Walter Reed National Military Medical Center as a result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission . The merged facility came under

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