Military Requirements
for Petty Officers
Third and Second Class
Chapters 5-8
HM1 (SW/AW) Alburg
Military Requirements
for Petty Officers
Third and Second Class
NAVEDTRA 14504
Chapter 5
NAVEDTRA 14504
With regards to the Military
(you and me), what title does
the President of the United
States hold?
Hail to the chief we have chosen for the Nation
NAVEDTRA 14504
Commander In Chief
NAVEDTRA 14504
What article and section of the
Constitution provides that the
executive power shall be vested
in a President of the United
States?
NAVEDTRA 14504
Article II, section 1, of the
Constitution provides that the
executive power shall be vested
in a President of the United
States of America
Crazy Question!!!!
How long is the President’s term
of office?
How many terms can he/ she
serve?
Crazy Question!!!!
4 years
2
Commander In Chief
• The President, as the Commander
In Chief, heads the military
chain of command within the
Department of Defense (DoD)
• The Commander In Chief is kept
abreast of all matters affecting
the ability of the DoD to defend
the United States and its allies
Military Forces
• As of 1999, the major elements
of these forces are the Army,
Navy, Marine Corps, and Air
Force, consisting of
approximately 1.4 million men
and women on active duty
Department of Defense
• The DoD is comprised of the
offices of the Secretary of
Defense (SECDEF), the Joint
Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and their
supporting establishments (the
Departments of the Army, Navy,
and Air Force), and various
unified and specified commands.
• The DoD carries out the military
policies of the United States
DoD
President
(Commander in Chief)
Department
of the Army
Department
of the Navy
Secretary of Defense
Deputy Secretary
of Defense
Department
of the Air Force
Office of the
Secretary of Defense
CNO
Navy Major Commands
and Agencies
You
Inspector General
Joint Chiefs of Staff
DoD
DoD’s function, simply stated, is to
maintain and employ armed forces to
accomplish the following:
• Support and defend the Constitution of the
United States against all enemies
• Protect the United States, its possessions,
and areas vital to its interests
• Advance the policies and interests of the
United States
• Safeguard the internal security of the United
States
Secretary of Defense
(SECDEF)
• Heads the DoD
• Is appointed to the President’s
cabinet and the National
Cabinet Security Counsel
Recap Question….
As of 1999, what are the four
(4) major elements of the
military forces?
Recap Question….
Army, Navy, Marine Corps and
Air Force
Recap Question….
Who heads the Dod?
Recap Question….
SECDEF
NAVEDTRA 14504
• Under the President, the SECDEF, by
virtue of an executive order, has
responsibility for all the
President’s functions involving the
DoD.
• Those functions include the
President‘s powers, duties and
authorities
Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Consists of the Chairman, the Vice
Chairman the Chief of Staff US Army,
the Chief of Naval Operations, the
Chief of Staff US Air force, and the
Commandant of the Marine Corps.
• The Chairman is the principal
military advisor to the President.
• The Chairman holds the rank of
general or admiral and outranks all
other officers of the armed forces.
Department of the Air Force
• Established on Sept 18, 1947
• They are responsible for
defending the United States
through control and
exploitation of air and
space
Department of the Army
• Established by the
Continental Congress on
June 14, 1775
• The Army focuses on land
operations
Department of the Navy
United States Marine Corps
• Established on Nov 10,
1775
• The Marines are able to
fight on land, air or sea
Which of the following is the most
senior officer in the armed forces?
1) Commandant of the Marine Corps
2) Chief of Naval Operations
3) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff
4) Secretary of Defense
3) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff
Who serves as the spokesman for the
commanders of the unified combatant
command?
1) Commander of the U.S. Joint
Forces Command
2) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff
3) Secretary of the Army
4) Secretary of the Air Force
2) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff
What rank does the Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff hold?
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff holds the rank of
General or Admiral and outranks
all other officers in the
military
Other Department of Defense Agencies
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Defense Commissary Agency
Defense Contract Audit Agency
Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Defense Information Systems Agency
Defense Intelligence Agency
Defense Legal Service Agency
Defense Logistics Agency
Defense Security Service
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
Department of the Navy
• Primary mission is to protect the
United States, as directed by the
President or the SECDEF, by the
effective prosecution of war at sea
including, with its Marine Corps
component, the seizure or defense of
advanced naval bases; to support, as
required, the forces of all military
departments of the United States; and
to maintain freedom of the seas
Chief of Naval Operations
• The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO),
under the direction of SECNAV, takes
precedence above all other officers of
the naval service
• The CNO is the Navy member of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff
• The CNO, under the Secretary of the
Navy, exercises command over certain
central executive organizations,
assigned shore activities, and the
Operating Forces of Navy
Master Chief Petty Officer of
the Navy (MCPON)
• Serves as the senior enlisted
representative of the Navy.
Started in 1966 by the CNO to
help with retention. The office
was formally set up on 1 March
1967 with a tour length of four
years
• The MCPON reports directly to the
CNO regarding matters on active
duty and retired enlisted members
and their dependents
Commandant of the Marine Corps
• The Commandant of the Marine
Corps (CMC) commands the Marine
Corps
• The commandant is directly
responsible to SECNAV for the
administration, discipline,
internal organization, training
requirements, efficiency,
readiness, and total performance
of the Marine Corps
The Master Chief Petty Officer
of the Navy is assigned to
what immediate office?
1) Chief of Naval Personnel
2) Chief of Naval Operations
3) Secretary of the Navy
4) Assistant Secretary of the
Navy
2) Chief of Naval Operations
The Pacific Fleet’s area of
responsibility includes which
of the following area?
1)
2)
3)
4)
Southeast Asia
Arctic Ocean
U.S. west coast
Both 2 and 3
4) Both 2 and 3
Safety and Hazardous Materials
Information for the Petty Officer
Chapter 6
Safety and Hazardous Materials
Information for the Petty Officer
Ultimate responsibility for the
safety of the unit lies with the
commanding officer, and each
individual plays a part in that
safety
Safety and Hazardous Materials
Information for the Petty Officer
SAFETY IS AN ALL-HANDS
RESPONSIBILITY
Division Safety Petty Officer
is responsible for mishap
prevention training and
maintaining appropriate records
Master-at-arms/Safety Force
• The master-at-arms (MAA)/safety
force is a vital link in the
unit safety
• The MAA/safety force acts as a
roving inspector for hazards
and risks (unsafe work
practices) that could result in
injury to personnel or damage
to equipment
Random Question….
Which of the following items
promotes safety awareness?
1. Posters
2. Caution signs
3. Inspections
4. All of the above
Random Question….
1.
2.
3.
4.
Posters
Caution signs
Inspections
All of the above
The objective of any safety program
is to improve operational readiness.
1) True
2) False
1) True
Who is responsible for mishap prevention
training and maintaining appropriate
records?
1)
2)
3)
4)
Executive Officer
Command master chief
Division Safety Petty Officer
All hands
3) Division Safety Petty Officer
Safety Council
• Large commands may have a
safety organization
• As the Division Safety Petty
Officer, you may serve as the
representative of your division
• Meets monthly
Tag-out Logs
• Used to control the entire tagout procedure.
• It is a record of authorization
of each effective tag out action.
• Contains a copy of the main tagout instruction, a DANGER/CAUTION
tag-out index and a cleared
DANGER/CAUTION tag-out record.
After the tags are cleared and
the record sheet is filled
out, where would you place the
sheet?
At the back of the tag-out
log in the cleared section
Hazardous Materials
(HAZMATS)
• Any material that, because of its
quality, concentration, or physical or
chemical characteristics, may pose a
real hazard to human health to the
environment
• Includes: Flammable and Combustible
Materials, Toxic Materials, Corrosive
Materials, Oxidizers, Aerosols,
Compressed Gases
• Hazardous Materials Information
System(HMIS) is a computerized
database of material safety data
sheets (MSDSs)
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration passed a
regulation that requires all
civilian and military
employees of the federal
government to comply with what
regulation?
Hazard Communication Standard
MISSION ORIENTED PROTECTIVE
POSTURE
• procedures are used to establish
levels of readiness for a chemical
agent attack
• The procedures are flexible
• They allow the commanding officer (CO)
to adapt the requirements for
protective clothing and equipment to
the degree of the threat and working
conditions at any given time
RISK ASSESSMENT
defined as the assessed difference
between the threat level and the
activation of appropriate levels of
shipboard countermeasures
MISSION ORIENTED PROTECTIVE
POSTURE
How many levels of MOPP
are there?
MISSION ORIENTED PROTECTIVE
POSTURE
4
MISSION ORIENTED PROTECTIVE
POSTURE
MOPP procedures used to
establish levels of readiness
for a chemical agent attack
are flexible.
1. True
2. False
MISSION ORIENTED PROTECTIVE
POSTURE
True
CBR threat can be categorized into
four levels of probability:
SUSPECTED
• An adversary who has CBRcapable delivery systems within
the operations area (OPAREA)
presents a suspected threat
• Implementation of MOPP-1
countermeasures is indicated
CBR threat can be categorized into
four levels of probability:
POSSIBLE
• The expressed affirmation or
assessed political will of an
adversary to use CBR warfare
increases the threat potential
to a possible involvement in a
CBR environment
• Implementation of MOPP-2
countermeasures is indicated
CBR threat can be categorized into
four levels of probability:
PROBABLE
• Statements of intent to employ CBR warfare,
directed at U.S. forces or allies, changes in
political or military posture of an adversary
possessing CBR capabilities, or use of CBR
warfare within the OPAREA present a chance of
probable involvement in a CBR environment
• This threat level requires an estimate of the
earliest time the CBR environment will be
encountered
• This estimate must be based on the strike
ranges of delivery systems and the time it
takes the strike to arrive at the nearest
range limits
• Implementation of MOPP-3 countermeasures is
indicated
CBR threat can be categorized into
four levels of probability:
IMMINENT
• Confirmation of increased
activity involving delivery
systems, recognized platform
attack patterns, electronic or
visual indication of employment
of delivery systems, or the
immediate proximity of known CBR
hazard areas present an imminent
danger of contamination and/or
casualties
• Implementation of MOPP-4
countermeasures is essential
Readiness condition III (wartime steaming)
is set during what MOPP level?
1)
2)
3)
4)
1
2
3
4
1) 1
Damage Control Petty Officer
• Makes damage control closure
log entries.
• Maintains damage control
fittings and equipment.
Damage Control Closure Log
• The closure log is maintained at
all times, whether the ship is in
port or underway
• Shows the location where the
existing material condition has
been modified. The type of
fitting; the name of who requested
permission to open or close the
fitting, the date and time the
fitting was opened or closed and
the name and rate/rank of the
person granting the permission.
• The damage control closure log is
normally kept on the quarterdeck in
port, on the bridge at sea, and in
damage control central (DCC) during
general quarters.
Stand and Stretch….
Supply Procedures
Chapter 7
Basic Supply Terms
•
•
•
•
•
•
Controlled Equipage - Items requiring special management
control because the material is essential to protection of
life or is relatively valuable and can be converted easily
for personal use.
Logistics - The science of planning and carrying out the
movement and maintenance of military forces.
Material - All items necessary to equip, operate, maintain,
and support an activity.
Supplies - All items necessary to equip, maintain, and
operate a military command, including food, clothing,
equipment, arms, ammunition, fuel, materials, and machinery
of all types.
Supply - The procurement, distribution, maintenance (while in
storage), and salvage of supplies, including the
determination of the type and quality of supplies.
Supply Control - The process by which an item of supply is
controlled within the supply system, including
requisitioning, receipt, storage, stock control, shipment,
disposition, identification, and accounting.
Stock and Control Numbers
• Stock and control numbers are used to
identify and order material in the
supply system
• The identification numbers are known
as:
-national stock numbers (NSNs),
-NATO stock numbers (a variation of
the NSN)
-Navy item control numbers, and
-local item control numbers.
National Stock Numbers
• Is a 13-digit number consisting of a 4-digit
federal supply classification (FSC) code number
and a 9-digit national item identification
number (NIIN)
• Most commonly used
• The federal supply classification (FSC) number
identifies an item by commodity or description;
the first two digits of the FSC are called the
FSC group (denoting the group or major division
of the commodities; ex: hardware and abrasives),
and the last two digits of the FSC are called
the FSC class (denoting the class or subdivision
within a group; ex: screws are a subdivision of
the FSC group, hardware and abrasives).
• The national item identification number (NIIN)
identifies each item of supply used by the DoD
and NATO.
Important Definitions
• Master Repairable Item List (MRIL) provided to identify Navy-managed
mandatory turn-in repairable items.
Consists to two basic parts; Part I Listing of items, Part II - Shipping
addresses.
• Coordinated Shipboard Allowance List
(COSAL) - Lists the equipment required for
the ship to perform its operational
assignments; Repair parts and special
tools required for the operation of these
equipment's; Miscellaneous portable items
needed for the care and upkeep of the
ship.
How many digits in the NSN designate
the FSC?
1)
2)
3)
4)
2
4
9
13
2) 4
What is the most common number used
to identify material?
1)
2)
3)
4)
Navy item control number
Local item control number
National stock number
NATO stock number
3) National stock number
Casualty Reporting
(CASREP)
• Designed to support the CNO and
fleet commanders in the
assignment of assigned forces.
• Provides up-to-date, accurate
operational status for units.
• Not a substitute for, but are
in addition to and complement,
3-M data.
• Four types
4 Types of CASREPS
• Initial Casualty Report (INITIAL) identifies status of the casualty and any
parts or assistance needed. Sets
priorities.
• Update Casualty Report (UPDATE) - used to
submit changes.
• Correction Casualty Report (CORRECT) used when equipment that has been repaired
and is back in operational status.
• Cancellation Casualty Report (CANCEL) used when equipment is scheduled to be
repaired during an overhaul or some other
scheduled availability.
ALMOST THERE!!!!
Military
Responsibilities and
Duties
Chapter 8
Petty Officer of the Watch
(POOW)
the primary enlisted assistant
to the
officer of the deck (OOD) when
the ship is in port
SIGNATURE AUTHORITY
The commanding officer (CO), officer in charge
(OIC), or person “acting” in either position must
personally sign the following documents:
• Those which establish policy
• Those which center on changes to the command’s
mission and are addressed to higher authority
• Those which deal with certain aspects of
military justice (The acting CO or acting OIC
may sign these documents only if a staff legal
officer finds that the commanding officer’s
signature is unnecessary.)
• Those required by law or regulation (e.g.,
ship’s deck log)
DELEGATING SIGNATURE
AUTHORITY
• The CO may delegate signature
authority to military and civilian
subordinates and may authorize those
subordinates to further delegate
signature authority
• Sub delegated signature authority may
be delegated to the lowest responsible
person whose position is reasonably
related to the function involved
• Must be in writing
Questions and Answers
Section…..
What is the minimum number of paragraphs
for a unit of information in naval
correspondence?
1)
2)
3)
4)
One
Two
Three
Four
1) One
The CO, OIC, or person acting in either
position is not required to personally
sign which of the following documents?
1)
2)
3)
4)
Those which establish policy
Those which change policy
Ship’s deck log
Special liberty chit
4) Special liberty chit
When is the POOW the primary enlisted
assistant to the OOD?
1)
2)
3)
4)
At
In
On
On
sea
port
watch on the bridge
watch in battle conditions
2) In port
At times deck logs may be used in
which of the following legal actions?
1)
2)
3)
4)
Naval courts
Admiralty proceedings
Civilian courts
All of the above
4) All of the above
The overall responsibility for the
deck log belongs to the
1)
2)
3)
4)
OOD
JOOD
POOW
CDO
4) OOD
Definitions
• SQUAD: A squad at full strength normally
consists of 12 persons
• SECTION: A section consists of two or more
squads
• PLATOON: A platoon consists of two or more
squads, a platoon headquarters, and a guide
• PLATOON HEADQUARTERS: A platoon
headquarters consists of a platoon petty
officer and one or more assistants
• COMPANY: A company consists of two or more
platoons
• HEAD: The head is the leading element of a
column
• CADENCE: Cadence is a rhythmic rate of
march at a uniform step
COMMANDS- 2 basic types
• the preparatory command, such as
Forward, which indicates the type
of movement to be made
• the command of execution, such as
MARCH, which causes the desired
movement to be made
Any Questions?????
HM1 (SW/AW) T Alburg
Timothy.alburg@med.navy.mil