United States Department of the Navy

United States Navy, United States Marine Corps

The Department of the Navy ( DON; German: Department of the Navy, also: Naval Office ) was created by a federal law on April 30, 1798 to provide for the civil administration of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. The Navy Department is led by the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Navy ( SecNav ). The Ministry had until 1947 Cabinet rank, but was subordinate together with the Ministry of War as part of the National Security Act, the Department of Defense.

Highest military commander, the Chief of Naval Operations for the U.S. Navy and the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. Both are not the SECNAV, but the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff assumed (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ).

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Today, the Navy Department for the recruitment of civilian and military personnel and for the organization, procurement, equipment, training and mobilization of the Navy and its personnel and material is responsible. The Ministry also controls the construction, renovation and repair of all members of the Navy ships, aircraft, tools and equipment.

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The Department of the Navy is headed by the Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus.

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