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handle is hein.crs/govency0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ,enCon ress:nal Research Servi e If rrnng th leg itie debate since 1914 Defense Primer: Department of the Navy One Military Department with Two Military Services The Department of the Navy (DON) is a single military department that includes two military services-the Navy and the Marine Corps. As such, DON has a single civilian leader, the Secretary of the Navy, and two four-star military service chiefs-an admiral whose title is the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), and a general whose title is the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Although the title Secretary of the Navy includes only the term Navy, the secretary serves as the civilian leader for both the Navy and Marine Corps. The CNO and the Commandant of the Marine Corps are members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). As of October 10, 2023, the Secretary of the Navy is Carlos Del Toro, the acting CNO (and the nominee to become CNO) is Admiral Lisa Franchetti, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps is General Eric Smith. Naval Refers to Both the Navy and Marine Corps togh Nayth te navalysotndt refer sphtecifially to te av y it mre p re rly sfe r t o bot te Navy and y Marine Corps, because bot the Navy and Marine Corps are naval services. Even though the Marine Corps sometimes operates for extended periods as a land fighting force (as it did, for example, in Afghanistan and Iraq), and is often thought of as the country's second land army, it nevertheless is, by law, a naval service. 10 U.S.C. 8001(a)(3) states that The term 'member of the naval service' means a person appointed or enlisted in, or inducted or conscripted into, the Navy or the Marine Corps. DON officials sometimes refer to the two services as the Navy-Marine Corps team. See also the section below entitled The Naval Service. Navy in DOD Budget Documents Can Mean DON D cm tsDOD budget documents that divide the DOD budget into four military departments often label those departments as Army, Navy, Air Force, and Defense-Wide. In using data from such documents, it is important to remember that the category called Navy in these cases refers to the Department of the Navy, and thus includes funding for both the Navy and Marine Corps. Blue Dollars and Green Dollars in DON Budget People who work with the DON budget sometimes refer to blue dollars, meaning funding in the DON budget for the Navy, and green dollars, meaning funding in the DON budget for the Marine Corps. Of the more than two dozen appropriation accounts that form DON's budget, many contain funding specifically for either the Navy or Marine Corps. For example, the Operation and Maintenance, Navy (OMN), appropriation account contains operation and Updated October 10, 2023 maintenance funding primarily for the Navy, while the Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps (OMMC), appropriation account contains operation and maintenance funding for the Marine Corps. A few DON appropriation accounts include funding for both the Navy and Marine Corps, even though their titles refer only to the Navy. For example, the Aircraft Procurement, Navy (APN) appropriation account funds the procurement of both Navy and Marine Corps aircraft, and the Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy (RDTEN) account includes research and development funding for both the Navy and Marine Corps. The Procurement of Ammunition, Navy/Marine Corps (PANMC) account includes funding for procuring both Navy and Marine Corps ammunition. The Navy's shipbuilding account, known formally as the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy (SCN) appropriation account, funds the procurement of various types of ships, including amphibious ships. Although amphibious ships are Navy ships operated by Navy crews, the primary function of amphibious ships is to transport Marine Corps personnel and equipment and support Marine Corps ship-to-shore movements and Marine Cowps operations ashore. The Navy's amphibious ships are sometimes referred to informally as the Gator Navy, a shortening of the term alligator, an animal that, like the Marine Corps, can move from the water to land, and then back into the water. DON Budget DON's proposed FY2024 budget requests $255.8 billion, of which, DON states, $202.5 billion (79.2%) is for the Navy and $53.2 billion (20.2%) is for the Marine Corps. In terms of appropriation groups, about 23.7% of DON's proposed FY2024 budget is for military personnel, about 33.1% is for operations and maintenance, about 30.0% is for procurement, about 10.5% is for research and development, and about 2.7% is for military construction and family housing. DON Personnel DON's proposed budget for FY2024 requests a total of 837,055 personnel, including 519,300 active-duty uniformed personnel (62.0%), 90,800 reserve personnel (10.8%), and 226,955 civilian personnel (27.1%). The budget requested a total of 608,950 Navy personnel (347,000 active-duty, 57,200 reserve, and 204,750 civilian), or about 72.7% of the total requested for DON, and a total of 228,105 Marine Corps personnel (172,300 active-duty, 33,600 reserve, and 22,205 civilian), or about 27.3% of the total requested for DON. Coast Guard in Relation to DON Unlike DON, which is part of DOD and is covered (along with the Departments of the Army and Air Force) in the

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