Chief of Naval Operations

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flag officer position four-star admiral billet military office

The Chief of Naval Operations is the highest-ranking officer in the U.S. Navy, responsible for overseeing naval operations, readiness, and strategic planning.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf flag officer position ⓘ
four-star admiral billet ⓘ
military office ⓘ
advises National Security Council of the United States ⓘ
surface form: National Security Council

President of the United States ⓘ
United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
surface form: Secretary of Defense

Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States Navy ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
confirmedBy United States Senate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
deputy Vice Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
firstHolder Admiral William S. Benson ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Office of the Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
hasNoOperationalCommandOver combatant commands ⓘ
highestRankIn United States Navy ⓘ
inception 1915 ⓘ
isSeniorTo Vice Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
legalBasis Title 10 of the United States Code ⓘ
location Arlington, Virginia ⓘ
memberOf Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
militaryRankRequired Admiral ⓘ
nominatedBy President of the United States ⓘ
officeHolderTitle Admiral ⓘ
oversees Navy budget planning ⓘ
Navy capability development ⓘ
Navy personnel policy ⓘ
Navy staff ⓘ
partOf Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense

United States Navy ⓘ
positionHeldBy Admiral Lisa M. Franchetti ⓘ
precededByOffice Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet ⓘ
rank four-star admiral ⓘ
reportsTo President of the United States ⓘ
United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
surface form: Secretary of Defense

Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
residence Washington, D.C. ⓘ
responsibleFor administration of the Navy ⓘ
equipping of naval forces ⓘ
naval operations ⓘ
naval readiness ⓘ
naval strategic planning ⓘ
organization of the Navy ⓘ
training of naval forces ⓘ
seat Pentagon ⓘ
surface form: The Pentagon
style Admiral ⓘ
Chief ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

General Counsel of the Navy → advises → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
MCPON → appointedBy → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy → appointedBy → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Secretary of the Navy → commandsThrough → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Joint Chiefs of Staff → composedOf → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations → hasHead → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Department of the Navy → hasMilitaryAdvisor → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Vice Chief of Naval Operations → isInferiorTo → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Vice Chief of Naval Operations → isPrincipalAdvisorTo → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Vice Chief of Naval Operations → isPrincipalDeputyOf → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Admiral → oftenHoldsPosition → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
United States Naval Academy → overseenBy → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Chester W. Nimitz → positionHeld → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Nimitz → positionHeld → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
subject surface form: Chester W. Nimitz
Chester → positionHeld → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
subject surface form: Chester W. Nimitz
Ernest King → positionHeld → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Admiral Lisa M. Franchetti → positionHeld → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
subject surface form: Lisa M. Franchetti
William D. Leahy → positionHeld → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Admiral William S. Benson → positionHeld → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
subject surface form: William S. Benson
Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet → relatedPosition → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Chief of Naval Personnel → reportsTo → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Chief of Navy Reserve → reportsTo → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet → reportsTo → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
MCPON → reportsTo → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy → reportsTo → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
U.S. Fleet Forces Command → reportsTo → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Vice Chief of Naval Operations → reportsTo → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
United States Navy → seniorMilitaryOfficerTitle → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Atlantic Fleet → subordinateTo → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Military Sealift Command → subordinateTo → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Office of Naval Intelligence → subordinateTo → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Vice Chief of Naval Operations → subordinateTo → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
ASN(RD&A) → worksWith → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Chief of Staff of the Air Force → worksWith → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Commandant of the Marine Corps → worksWith → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Under Secretary of the Navy → worksWith → Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ