Air Force Missions:
Combat
Transportation
Special Operations
Space

General Information

• Origin: The Navy was founded on 13 October 1775, and the Department of the Navy was established on 30 April 1798.
• Organization: The Department of the Navy has three principal components: The Navy Department, consisting of executive offices mostly in Washington, D.C.; the operating forces, including the Marine Corps, the reserve components, and, in time of war, the U.S. Coast Guard (in peace, a component of the Department of Transportation); and the shore establishment.
• Management: The Secretary of the Navy, currently Gordon R. Englande, is responsible for, and has the authority under Title 10 of the United States Code, to conduct all the affairs of the Department of the Navy.
• Navy Operations: The Chief of Naval Operations, currently Admiral Vern Clark, is the senior military officer in the Navy. He is a four-star admiral and is responsible to the Secretary of the Navy for the operating forces of the Navy and the Navy shore activities assigned by the Secretary.
• Marine Corp: General James L. Jones

	More information:

• Intelligence Agencies
• U.S. Forces in the Middle East

Highlights Related Sites: • MacDill AFB: Special report • Air Force Insider Aircraft: • F/A-18 Hornet • F/A-18 Super Hornet • RQ-1 Predator

Air Force Sites • MacDill AFB • Hurlburt Field • History • Thunderbirds • Air Force Symbol • Airman Magazine

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