Week 8: Restricted
Line and Staff Corps Officers
I.
Fleet
Support Officers
A. Name originally the
Unrestricted Line
1. Changed to Restricted in
1994 and then back in 1999
B. Fleet Support Community
1. Two new communities
(Information Professional and Human Resources) (Oct 01)
a. Some Fleet Support officers
transferred to the Supply Corps
2. Officers fill primarily
shore billets to support the operational fleet
a. Expert managers of shore
facilities
b. Business-oriented command
of a mixed civilian-military staff
c. Routinely work in the joint
arena (expected to have the Joint Specialty Officer designation)
II.
Restricted
Line Communities
A. Aerospace Engineering Duty
Officer (AEDO)
1. Purpose: Manage air weapon
system design, production, acquisition, and improvements on aircraft,
spacecraft, and weapons
2. Bring operational
experience, leadership, technical excellence to design, acquisition, and
support of Naval weapon systems
3. Test and evaluate new
weapon systems
4. Billets 1/3 are flying
billets (require aviator skill and expertise of technical program managers); command
opportunity exceeds 50%
5. Four Types of Billets
1) Operational Support
2) HQ
3) Research, development,
test, and eval
4) Manufacturing and
production
B. Aerospace Maintenance Duty
Officer (AMDO) 500 officers
1. Purpose: Direct the dev,
establishment, and implementation of maintenance and material management policy
in support of naval air
2. Jobs: Material acquisition,
NAVAIR program managers, and COs of Naval Aviation Depots
3. Education: 10-week course
at
4. Duty: Sea/shore rotation continues
from ENS to CDR; compete with AEDOs for CAPT positions
C. Engineering Duty Officer
1. Purpose: Provide
engineering judgment and business acumen to the research, dev, design,
acquisition, construction, life-cycle maintenance, modernization, and disposal
of ships and subs
2. Jobs: Fleet Maintenance and
Industrial Management (50%), Systems Engineering (30%), Acquisition (20%)
3. Education: 6-week ED Basic
Course at
D. Cryptology 700 officers
1. Purpose
a. Crypto and Info Warfare
support to deployed units
b. Sig Int tasks by CNO and the
NSA Director
c. IW to minimize foreign
exploitation of the Navys electromagnetic system
2. Education: 16-week Crypto
Div-O Course (CDOC) at NTTC Corry Station,
3. Duty: 1st duty
ashore; later get sea duty, Joint Duty, NSA work, FLTCINC or other senior positions
at the Naval Security Group HQ
E. Human Resources 570 officers;
under direction of Chief of Naval Personnel
1. Purpose: Plans, programs,
and executes life-cycle management of personnel
2. Focuses on manpower,
personnel, training, and recruiting
3. Goals: more billets (flag,
limited duty, warrant officers, and possible inclusion of enlisted ratings)
F. Information Professionals
(IP) 535 officers; Information and knowledge elements essential to knowledge
superiority
1. Purpose: responsible for
off and def Navy info ops to support requirements of theatre, op CDRs, and
national policy makers
2. Expertise: info, command
and control, and space systems through planning, acquisition, operation, maintenance,
and security that supports Navy op and business processes
G. Naval Intelligence 1350 officers
(work ashore and at sea)
1. Purpose: provide tactical,
operational, and strategic intel support to friendly forces and executive
decision makers
2. Education:
H. Navy Oceanographers 430 officers;
1st on the scene (whether in survey ships or through computer
prediction progs)
1. Purpose: collect, analyze,
and distribute data about the ocean and atmosphere
2. Forecasting For: amphib
assault, flight, weather; electromagnetic (for radar performance), ocean
acoustics (sub hunting and concealing), electro-optic (visible and infra-red
detection), etc
I. Public Affairs Officers
(PAO) 190 officers; all joined through lateral transfer
1. Purpose: Telling the Navy
Story
2. 3 Functional Areas
a. Media Ops work with
local, natl. and intl. media to communicate to the public
b. Internal Comm produce publications
to comm with sailors and their families, reservists, retirees, and civilian
employees
c. Comm Relations hands-on
programs like tours, Congress/VIP visits and embarks, open houses, and speaking
engagements
3. Duty: sea, ashore, and
joint assignments
III. Staff Corps Communities
A. Chaplain Corps ordained ministers
of various religions; lateral transfers not allowed
1. Purpose: provide religious
ministries to personnel and family inc. worship services, education,
counseling, and spiritual/moral welfare
2. Duty: ships, shore, and in
the field
B. Civilian Engineer Corps
(CEC) senior engineers from the private sector who supervise and execute
construction projects, infrastructure repair, facility support contracts, real
estate management, nature resource management, environmental remediation, etc
Duties:
1. Contract Management
Officers (60%) technical, contractual, and business problems
2. Public Works operate and
maintain facilities ashore
3. Seabees schooled in
construction and defensive combat; We Build, We Fight
a. Deployed for contingency
construction, humanitarian relief, amphib op support, other construction tasks
C. Dental Corps purpose: surgery,
orthodontics, prevent and control dental disease, and supervise dental hygiene
D. JAG Corps est. 67; 730 lawyers
who provide legal service to commands and personnel and their families
1. Education: 9-week
2. Provide legal and policy
advise to SecNav
E. Medical Corps doctors to
provide med services and administer hospitals, sick bays, etc
1. Duty: serve small squadrons
and large ships
2. Organized under Bureau of
Med and Surgery headed by Vice Adm. Surgeon General of the Navy
F. Medical Service Corps diverse;
specialists in clinical / scientific (60%), and admin (40%) health care fields;
2,600 officers (ENS to RADM)
1. 22 specialties inc.
aerospace physiology, psychology, physical therapy, optometry, biochem, and
radiation health
2. Serve in over 250 commands
direct care facilities (65%) and operational units, etc (35%)
G. Nurse Corps 5,200
registered officer nurses (ENS to RADM); treat battle injury and normal health
problems
1. Duties:
H. Navy Band limited duty
officers who joined the band as enlisted members (at least an E-6 to apply)
1. Assigned to 1 of 14 bands;
rotate every 2-3 years
senior billets in the Navy Band in Washington and the
USNA Band
I. Supply Corps handle naval
logistics inc. data processing, inventory control, merchandising, financial
management, transportation, procurement, and personnel services (DIM FTP P);
2,900 officers
Naval Supply System is its most important responsibility
1. Education: 22-week Basic
Qualification Course at
IV. Differences
A. Unrestricted Line Officers
in all warfare communities and eligible for command billets ashore and at sea;
primary officer community
B. Restricted Line Officers
highly specialized, technical services that support USN missions; command auxiliary
vessels and ashore
C. Staff Corps Officers highly
specialized services to bases and personnel / families; command auxiliary
vessels and ashore and within their corps; where rank on right collar and corps
insignia on the left collar; insignia replaces the star worn by line officers
V. Articles:
Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo: Op Allied Force
VI. Graduate in Review RADM Quigley
(75); excelled in academics and graduated with distinction; intended to study
law eventually
A. First served on FFG-2
Ramsey; transferred to Public Affairs; promoted to RADM while serving as
Special Asst. of Public Affairs to SecNav
B. USNA Class president for 10
years
Week 8:
Platforms
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Platforms |
M-198 Medium Towed Howitzer |
M-109 Paladin Medium Howitzer |
MIM-104 Patriot (PAC-3)* |
DDX Land-Attack Destroyer |
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155mm field artillery support |
Armored combat support |
Surface-to-air
missile system; artillery |
Simultaneously
support land forces, and strike land targets, & counter maritime threats |
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Note |
Transported by CH-53E or C-130 |
Self-propelled; 35mph
for 217mi M284 cannon, 50cal machinegun |
Guided
by inertia / active radar 73kg
warhead travels at Mach 5 |
Weapons:
AEGIS System, SPY-1D Radar, VLS, Advanced Gun System (AGS), etc |
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Crew |
9 enlisted |
4 enlisted |
2
(not on FAS) |
Unknown |
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Rate of Fire |
2rpm (sustained); 4 (max) |
Max: 4rpm for 3min Sustained: 1rpm for 60min |
(carries
up to 8 missiles) |
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Range |
30,000 meters |
30,000 meters |
15km |
Land
strikes up to 100mi inland |
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Visual ID |
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Its the only ship J Info from navy.com and
navy.mil |
all information from www.fas.org
PAC = Patriot Advanced Capability