From: CLFPAO@nctamslant.navy.mil (CINCLANTFLT PAO)
Newsgroups: soc.veterans
Subject: Navy Reorganization Plan
Date: 24 Jul 1992 07:15:41 -0500
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The following news release was issued in Washington on July 22 by
the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public
Affairs). 

                                        No. 332-92  
                                        697-5342 (Info) 
                                        697-3189 (Copies) 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   July 22, 1992   697-5737 (Pub./Industry)
 
                    NAVY REORGANIZATION PLAN
 
    Acting Secretary of the Navy Sean O'Keefe today approved a
plan which will reorganize the Office of the Chief of Naval
Operations (OPNAV), the staff assigned to support the CNO, by
January 1, 1993.  The plan, developed by Chief of Naval
Operations Admiral Frank B. Kelso, II, aligns the OPNAV staff
along the lines of its counterpart in the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 
 
    The plan will allow better interface with the Joint Staff;
improve coordination among the OPNAV staff, the Navy Secretariat
and the Office of the Secretary of Defense; place warfare
community leadership roles at the fleet level; improve
coordination among warfare communities on program planning
decisions; reduce the number of flag officer billets in the Navy
without cutting senior leadership in the fleet; allow
requirements to be generated from the fleet level; and reduce
personnel and funding requirements for Washington headquarters. 
 
    The reorganization will eliminate four three-star flag
billets and cut a total of about 150 officer, enlisted and
civilian billets from the OPNAV rolls.  Exact personnel cuts and
dollar savings will be determined in the coming weeks.  Under the
new organization, staffs of the current Assistant Chiefs of Naval
Operations for Submarine Warfare (OP-02), Surface Warfare (OP-03)
and Air Warfare (OP-05) and the Director of Naval Warfare (OP-07)
will merge into one staff under the Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations for Resources, Warfare Requirements and Assessment, a
three-star flag officer.  This change supports Secretary
O'Keefe's stated objectives to improve coordination among warfare
communities in program planning decisions and to achieve a truly
qualified and capable base force within the Navy which will
support the President's national security strategy. 

    The current Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Plans,
Policy and Operations (OP-06) will become the Deputy Chief of
Naval Operations for Policy, Strategy and Plans, with a one-star
in charge of Operations and Plans and a two-star in charge of
Strategy and Policy.  The Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for
Manpower, Personnel and Training (OP-01) will become the Deputy
Chief of Naval Operations for Manpower and Personnel.  The Chief
of Naval Education and Training will assume responsibilities as
Director of Naval Training and Doctrine.  Staffs of the current
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Logistics (OP-04); Director
of Space and Electronic Warfare (OP-94); and Director of Naval
Intelligence (DNI) will essentially maintain their current
responsibilities.

    Individual staff assignments, including those for flag
officers, will be announced in the coming weeks.  Personnel
losses will occur largely as a result of normal rotation and
attrition. 
 
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