Navy Command (Royal Navy)
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Navy Command | |
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Active | 2010–present |
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Branch | Royal Navy |
Type | Naval "Hybrid" Headquarters |
Part of | Ministry of Defence |
Garrison/HQ | HMSExcellent,Whale Island, Hampshire 50°48′53.7″N1°5′59.1″W/ 50.814917°N 1.099750°W |
Commanders | |
Current commander | AdmiralSir Ben Key |
TheNavy Commandis the current headquarters body of theRoyal Navy,and as of 2012 its major organisational grouping.[1]It is a hybrid, neither acommand,nor simply an installation. Royal Navy official writings describe Navy Command Headquarters both as a physical site, onWhale Island, Hampshire,a collective formed of the most senior RN officers,[2]and as a budgetary grouping.
On 1 April 2006 the Fleet Top Level Budget was established.[3]A Top Level Budget (TLB) is the major financial accounting group of the MOD. On 1 April 2010 the Fleet TLB was renamed Navy Command. Navy Command is the Top Level Budget (holder) for the RN.[4]Navy Command supports theFirst Sea Lordin the management of the Command, and delivers the Service's current and future outputs as articulated in the Command Plan.[5]
History
[edit]The Royal Navy was historically divided into a number of fleets and ashore commands, prominent examples being theHome Fleet;Mediterranean Fleet;East Indies Station;andFar East Fleet.In the late 1960s the Home Fleet and Mediterranean Fleet were amalgamated intoWestern Fleet.In the 1970s Western Fleet and Far East Fleet were amalgamated into CINCFLEET.[6]At the same time, the post ofCommander-in-Chief, Plymouthwas merged with that of Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth to formNaval Home Command.As overseas bases continued to be reduced, the Navy'sshore establishmentsbecame more concentrated in the UK, under Naval Home Command.
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The purpose-built Headquarters atWhale Island, Portsmouthwas opened in 2002 was named after Admiral of the Fleet SirHenry Leach,theFirst Sea Lordduring theFalklands War.
As of 2017 official descriptions said that the headquarters was based at Whale Island, but also includes the Command Centre in Northwood, and support staff in Portsmouth Naval Base.[7] As of 2017 it included:
- Henry Leach Building and West Battery Building,HMSExcellent,Portsmouth– Senior Naval staff
- Moore Building,HMSExcellent– Fleet Battle Staff.
- Command Centre, Northwood– Maritime operations staff.
- HMNB Portsmouth:– Support Staff
- Maritime Warfare Centre
- Flag Officer Sea Training– training of warships for combat preparatory to deployments
- Royal Navy Chaplaincy Service– provision of religious ministry.
Structure
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TheFirst Sea Lordand Chief of Naval Staff, is the Royal Navy's professional head and chairman of the Navy Board. He is responsible to the secretary of state for the fighting effectiveness, efficiency and morale of the Naval Service, and supports theSecretary of State for Defencein the management and direction of the Armed Forces.
TheFleet Commanderexercises Full Command, on behalf of the First Sea Lord, over all Fleet Units, Battle Staffs, the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Fleet Auxiliary and the Royal Marines. He is responsible for the generation of units for tasking, and the operation of the Fleet in meeting standing commitments, conduct of current operations, and maintaining their contingent capability, as directed by Head Office and articulated in the Navy Command Plan.[8]
TheSecond Sea Lordleads Navy Command HQ and is responsible for the Development and Delivery of future and current capability in support of the Fleet Commander, as detailed in the Navy Command Plan.[8]
The previous office of theAssistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Submarines)and DeputyFlag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland,as of January 2017,[9]was disestablished under the Navy Command Transformation Programme, April 2020.[10]
Changes by 2020-2021 saw the Commander, UK Strike Force, take up command of the UKSTRKFOR Enterprise, including the Maritime Battle Staff. ** The Maritime Battle Staff appears to be a change of name for the previous Fleet Battle Staff. The Fleet Battle Staff, based in two locations (Portsmouth and Plymouth), was the operational planning department, that planned exercises and operations for large multinational naval and marine task groups across the globe.[11]But in actuality the Fleet Battle Staff was merely a collective name for the COMUKMARFOR, COMUKAMPHIBFOR, Commander UK Task Group (COMUKTG), and the3 Commando BrigadeHeadquarters.[12]
Office of the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff
[edit]Updated where possible to 2020-2021:[13][14]
- First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff– based at theMinistry of Defencein London as part of theChiefs of the Defence Staff.
- Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
- Fleet Commander
- Rear AdmiralIain Lower,Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy),directs and develops naval strategic policy and strategy for the Royal Navy.
- Commodore Paul S. Beattie,Director Naval Staffleads theNaval Staff Directoratein providing support to the First Sea Lord, ACNS (Policy) and theNavy Board;including the development of strategy and policy, and the delivery of strategic level engagement across Defence, including internationally.[13]Beattie was posted in as of 26 May 2021.[15]
- Head of Royal Navy Communications is the principal Navy Command advisor on RN communications and communications strategy.[13]
- Naval Regional Commander Eastern England (NRC EE)[13]
- Naval Regional Commander, Northern England (NRC NE)[13]
- Naval Regional Commander, Wales & Western England (NRC WWE)[13]
- Finance Director (Navy)[14][9]
- Responsible for Chief of Staff HQ;
- Chief Technical Officer; Chief Digital and Information Officer (all Commodores);
- Director Force Generation, a Rear Admiral;
- the three Naval Base Commanders;
- Assistant Chief of Staff Support;
- Assistant Chief of Staff Carrier Strike and Aviation;
- Commanding Officer RNAS Yeovilton;
- Deputy Director Maritime Warfare;
- Assistant Chief of Staff Land and DeputyCommandant General Royal Marines;
- Surface Flotilla;
- Deputy Director/Assistant Chief of Staff Ships;
- DDAS & CommodoreRoyal Fleet Auxiliary;
- Director Develop;
- Assistant Chief of Staff Maritime Capability;
- Deputy Director Navy Capability Sponsor;
- Director People and Training and Naval Secretary;
- Deputy Director Navy Transformation (SCS1);
- the Naval Assistant, Commodore Naval Legal Services (both Commodores);
- Commander Maritime Reserves;
- Assistant Chief of Staff Medical; reportedly ACOS Training/DFOST;
- Deputy Director People;
- Head of Nuclear Department (SCS1);
- Director Navy Acquisition;
- Assistant Chief of Staff Future Support and Engineering;
- Type 26 Frigate Programme Director and Head of Ship Acquisition.[13]
- Fleet Commander
- and subordinate senior officers
Director Navy Acquisition
[edit]- Director Navy Acquisition[14]
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Capability)/Director Develop
[edit]- Rear Admiral James Parkin,Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Capability)/Director Develop[14]
- Assistant Chief of Staff Maritime Capability (COS Mar Cap)[13]
- Deputy Director Navy Capability Sponsor
Director Naval (Support)
[edit]- Director Naval (Support) (Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Support))[9][16]
Director Force Generation
[edit]Responsible for the Royal Navy’s Scheduling Authority, In-Service Capability Management, Intelligent Customer function and, discharging legislative Duty Holding Responsibilities/Risk to Life management.Director Force Generation’s Portfolio includes Deputy Director Ships, Deputy Director Submarines, Deputy Director Naval Aviation, Deputy Director Logistics, Deputy Director LS. Naval Bases Clyde, Devonport and Portsmouth; Air stations Yeovilton and Culdrose, AFSUP and Logistics policy and wider.[13]
- Director Force Generation[14]
- Assistant Chief of Staff Carrier Strike and Aviation[13]
- Assistant Chief of Staff Land and DeputyCommandant General Royal Marines[13]
- Commanding Officer Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton[9]
- Commanding Officer, Culdrose[13]
- Naval Base Commander, Portsmouth[13]
- Naval Base Commander, Clyde[13]
- Naval Base Commander,Devonport[13]
Director People and Training and Naval Secretary
[edit]- Director People and Training and Naval Secretary (Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Personnel)merged into post of DP&T)[17][14]
- Naval Assistant[13](Previously titled Naval Assistant to the Naval Secretary)
- Surgeon-CommodoreFleur Marshall,Assistant Chief of Staff (Medical), Navy Command, Head of theRoyal Navy Medical Service.Marshall was in post as of 26 February 2019[18]
- Commodore Naval Legal Services[13]
- Deputy Director People[13]
- Commander Maritime Reserves[9][13]
- Deputy Director Future Training,[19]formerly known as Assistant Chief of Staff Training/Deputy Flag Officer, Sea Training,[9]also formerly had the separate post of Commander Core Naval Training.[9]
- Commanding Officer Maritime Warfare School – under a Navy captain, not a Commodore. Commanding Officer Operational Training, (COM OT) replaced by Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training.[19]
Chaplain of the Fleet
[edit]Commander Operations
[edit]- Commander Operations[13]
- Deputy Commander Operations, a Commodore responsible for ensuring the Royal Navy has the ability to observe and process all aspects of operational experience to learn lessons from previous operations and enhance fighting power.[13]
- Commander Surface Flotilla – merger of CommanderPortsmouth Flotilla(COMPORFLOT) and CommanderDevonport Flotilla,(COMDEVFLOT)[9][20]
- CommanderSubmarine Flotilla[21]
Commander United Kingdom Strike Force
[edit]- Commander United Kingdom Strike Force(COMUKSTRKFOR or CSF)
- Commander Littoral Strike Group[13]
- Commander United Kingdom Carrier Strike Groupand Deputy Commander UK Maritime Forces[13]
- Assistant Chief of Staff, Maritime Warfare (this function did supervise the Maritime Warfare Centre). Responsible for the setting, maintenance and monitoring of warfighting standards, policy and operational capability.[13]
- Commander3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines[13]
- Commander Fleet Operational Sea Training[13]
Finance Director Navy
[edit]- Finance Director (Navy)[9]is the chief financial officer of Navy Command's delegated budget and superintends the Command Secretariat, under the First Sea Lord & CNS.[14]
Assistant Chief of Staff Resources and Plans
[edit]- The Assistant Chief of Staff Resources and Plans supports the Finance Director Navy in delivering financial objectives and adhering to the framework of legal, political, financial and regulatory authorities.[9]
Command Secretary
[edit]- The Command Secretary is the senior civilian in Navy Command Headquarters responsible for civilian personnel, external accountability, resource management and certain aspects of planning.[9]
Deputy Finance Director, Navy
[edit]- The Deputy Finance Director is responsible overall financially managing Navy Command and the head of the Navy Command Finance department.[9]
Head of Navy Effectiveness and Strategy
[edit]- The Head of Navy Effectiveness and Strategy[9]superintends multidisciplinary project teams, specializing in policy, commercial and financial expertise he reports back to both the (FD(N) and ACNS(Pol).
Notes
[edit]- ^Office, Cabinet (January 2012). "Top Level Budgets(TLB): Navy Command: Major organisational grouping of the MOD.".The Civil Service Yearbook(48 ed.). Norwich, England: The Stationery Office Ltd. p. 108.ISBN9781905262496.
- ^"Navy Command senior, as of April 2017 - GOV.UK".gov.uk.Ministry of Defence UK. 30 April 2018.Retrieved20 October2018.
Unit:Navy Command
- ^"Civilian Workforce by Grade Equivalence and Budgetary AR"(PDF).assets.publishing.service.gov.uk.London England: Ministry of Defence, Defence Analytical Services & Advice. p. 5.Retrieved20 October2018.
- ^Hayman, Charles (2014).The Armed Forces of the United Kingdom 2014-2015.Barnsley, England: Pen and Sword. p. 14.ISBN9781783463510.
- ^Ministry of Defence UK (26 April 2018)."Section 2 – Defence Operating Model Context"(PDF).data.parliament.uk.Parliament, United Kingdom. p. 1.Retrieved20 October2018.
- ^"Royal Navy - Fleet Command and Organisation - Naval Home Command - Defence Equipment and Support - n2a2 - Armed Forces".armedforces.co.uk.R & F Defence Publications, 2017.Retrieved8 August2017.
- ^"Navy Command HQ, Royal Navy".royalnavy.mod.uk.Royal Navy, MOD, UK.Retrieved7 August2017.
- ^abParliament United Kingdom (26 April 2018)."Defence Operating Model"(PDF).data.parliament.uk.London UK: Ministry of Defence.Retrieved20 October2018.
- ^"Submariners Association Newsletter In Depth 68"(PDF).Submariners Association.1 April 2020.Retrieved13 June2020.
- ^Government, H.M."Fleet Battle Staff".webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk.National Archives, 17 April 2009.Retrieved8 August2017.
- ^"Commander UK Amphibious Force".Archived fromthe originalon 16 March 2011.
- ^abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzaaMinistry of Defence (9 March 2022)."Navy Command senior, as of March 2021".assets.publishing.service.gov.uk.Retrieved7 May2022.
- ^abcdefgMinistry of Defence 2020a,p. 28.
- ^"No. 63426".The London Gazette(Supplement). 30 January 2018. p. 13220.
- ^"Navy News March 2020 Integrating the Way We Work".Navy News.1 March 2020.Retrieved31 May2020.
- ^"No. 62648".The London Gazette(Supplement). 20 May 2019. p. 9041."The Arch Spring 2019 Old Reptonian news".The Arch Spring.6 May 2019.Retrieved7 November2020.
- ^abRoyal Navy (18 May 2020)."Royal Navy Training Appointments"(PDF).whatdotheyknow /.Whatdotheyknow.Retrieved20 May2020.
In response to all parts of your request, the post of Assistant Chief of Staff Training has ceased to exist... has endured in the new Position of Deputy Director Future Training
- ^Mackie, Colin (20 May 2020)."Admirals Current May 2020"(PDF).gulabin.Colin Mackie.Retrieved23 May2020.
Commodore Craig Wood: Commander, Surface Flotilla, April 2020
- ^Mackie, Colin (29 May 2020)."Admirals May 2020"(PDF).gulabin.Colin Mackie.Retrieved30 May2020.
Commodore James Le S. Perks: Commander, Submarine Flotilla, April 2020
References
[edit]- Beedall (Navy Matters)."Navy Matters - Headquarters Organisation".Archived fromthe originalon 26 December 2013.Retrieved25 December2013.
- Government, H.M. "The Navy List" (PDF). royalnavy.mod.uk. H.M. Stationery Office, January 2017.
- Ministry of Defence (2020a)."How Defence Works Version Version 6.0 September 2020"(PDF).assets.publishing.service.gov.uk.UK MOD.Retrieved3 November2020.
- "Ministry of Defence, Organogram".data.gov.uk.Ministry of Defence, 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 8 August 2017.Retrieved7 August2017.
- "MOD roles and salaries: Navy Command Senior, as of April 2017".gov.uk.Ministry of Defence, April 2016.Retrieved9 August2017.
- Navy Command Secretariat, FOI Section (11 March 2020)."Information regarding what is Commodore Edward Ahlgren new appointment promoted 20 January 2020"(PDF).assets.publishing.service.gov.uk.UK Ministry of Defence.Retrieved28 April2020.The current appointment of Commodore Ahlgren is Deputy Commander Operations.
- Royal Navy (2019)."The Navy Directory 2019 (published 1 January 2020)"(PDF).royalnavy.mod.uk.Royal Navy.Retrieved3 November2020.
- Royal Navy, "Navy Command HQ, Royal Navy". royalnavy.mod.uk. Royal Navy. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- Speller, Ian (2004).The Royal Navy and Maritime Power in the Twentieth Century.Routledge. p. 126.ISBN9781134269822.
- Stationery Office (1967).The Navy List (31 October 1967).Spink and Sons Ltd, London, England.
Further reading
[edit]- Grove. D. Philip and Redford. Duncan. (2014). "The Royal Navy: A History Since 1900". I.B.Tauris. IBAN: 9780857735072.