Week 8: Restricted Line and Staff Corps Officers
I. Fleet Support Officers
A. Name – originally the Unrestricted Line
1. Changed to Restricted in 1994 and then back in 1999
B. Fleet Support Community
1. Two new communities (Information Professional and Human Resources) (Oct ’01)
a. Some Fleet Support officers transferred to the Supply Corps
2. Officers fill primarily shore billets to support the operational fleet
a. Expert managers of shore facilities
b. Business-oriented command of a mixed civilian-military staff
c. Routinely work in the joint arena (expected to have the Joint Specialty Officer designation)
II.
Restricted Line Communities
A. Aerospace Engineering Duty Officer (AEDO)
1. Purpose: Manage air weapon system design, production, acquisition, and improvements on aircraft, spacecraft, and weapons
2. Bring operational experience, leadership, technical excellence to design, acquisition, and support of Naval weapon systems
3. Test and evaluate new weapon systems
4. Billets – 1/3 are flying billets (require aviator skill and expertise of technical program managers); command opportunity exceeds 50%
5. Four Types of Billets
1) Operational Support
2) HQ
3) Research, development, test, and eval
4) Manufacturing and production
B. Aerospace Maintenance Duty Officer (AMDO) – 500 officers
1. Purpose: Direct the dev, establishment, and implementation of maintenance and material management policy in support of naval air
2. Jobs: Material acquisition, NAVAIR program managers, and COs of Naval Aviation Depots
3. Education: 10-week course at Aviation Maintenance Officers School, NAS Pensacola
4. Duty: Sea/shore rotation continues from ENS to CDR; compete with AEDOs for CAPT positions
C. Engineering Duty Officer
1. Purpose: Provide engineering judgment and business acumen to the research, dev, design, acquisition, construction, life-cycle
maintenance, modernization, and disposal of ships and subs
2. Jobs: Fleet Maintenance and Industrial Management (50%), Systems Engineering (30%), Acquisition (20%)
3. Education: 6-week ED Basic Course at Port Hueneme, CA after initial tours and warfare qualification
D. Cryptology – 700 officers
1. Purpose
a. Crypto and Info Warfare support to deployed units
b. Sig Int tasks by CNO and the NSA Director
c. IW to minimize foreign exploitation of the Navy’s electromagnetic system
2. Education: 16-week Crypto Div-O Course (CDOC) at NTTC Corry Station, Pensacola, FL
3. Duty: 1st duty ashore; later get sea duty, Joint Duty, NSA work, FLTCINC or other senior positions at the Naval Security Group HQ
E. Human Resources – 570 officers; under direction of Chief of Naval Personnel
1. Purpose: Plans, programs, and executes life-cycle management of personnel
2. Focuses on manpower, personnel, training, and recruiting
3. Goals: more billets (flag, limited duty, warrant officers, and possible inclusion of enlisted ratings)
F. Information Professionals (IP) – 535 officers; Information and knowledge elements essential to knowledge superiority
1. Purpose: responsible for off and def Navy info ops to support requirements of theatre, op CDRs, and national policy makers
2. Expertise: info, command and control, and space systems through planning, acquisition, operation, maintenance, and security that
supports Navy op and business processes
G. Naval Intelligence – 1350 officers (work ashore and at sea)
1. Purpose: provide tactical, operational, and strategic intel support to friendly forces and executive decision makers
2. Education: Navy-Marine Corps Intel Training Center in VA Beach, VA
H. Navy Oceanographers – 430 officers; 1st on the scene (whether in survey ships or through computer prediction progs)
1. Purpose: collect, analyze, and distribute data about the ocean and atmosphere
2. Forecasting For: amphib assault, flight, weather; electromagnetic (for radar performance), ocean acoustics (sub hunting and
concealing), electro-optic (visible and infra-red detection), etc
I. Public Affairs Officers (PAO) – 190 officers; all joined through lateral transfer
1. Purpose: “Telling the Navy Story”
2. 3 Functional Areas
a. Media Ops – work with local, natl. and intl. media to communicate to the public
b. Internal Comm – produce publications to comm with sailors and their families, reservists, retirees, and civilian employees
c. Comm Relations – “hands-on” programs like tours, Congress/VIP visits and embarks, open houses, and speaking engagements
3. Duty: sea, ashore, and joint assignments
III. Staff Corps Communities
A. Chaplain Corps – ordained ministers of various religions; lateral transfers not allowed
1. Purpose: provide religious ministries to personnel and family inc. worship services, education, counseling, and spiritual/moral welfare
2. Duty: ships, shore, and in the field
B. Civilian Engineer Corps (CEC) – senior engineers from the private sector who supervise and execute construction projects, infrastructure
repair, facility support contracts, real estate management, nature resource management, environmental remediation, etc … Duties:
1. Contract Management Officers (60%) – technical, contractual, and business problems
2. Public Works – operate and maintain facilities ashore
3. Seabees – schooled in construction and defensive combat; “We Build, We Fight”
a. Deployed for contingency construction, humanitarian relief, amphib op support, other construction tasks
C. Dental Corps – purpose: surgery, orthodontics, prevent and control dental disease, and supervise dental hygiene
D. JAG Corps – est. ’67; 730 lawyers who provide legal service to commands and personnel and their families
1. Education: 9-week Naval Justice School in Newport, RI
2. Provide legal and policy advise to SecNav
E. Medical Corps – doctors to provide med services and administer hospitals, sick bays, etc
1. Duty: serve small squadrons and large ships
2. Organized under Bureau of Med and Surgery headed by Vice Adm. Surgeon General of the Navy
F. Medical Service Corps – diverse; specialists in clinical / scientific (60%), and admin (40%) health care fields; 2,600 officers (ENS to RADM)
1. 22 specialties inc. aerospace physiology, psychology, physical therapy, optometry, biochem, and radiation health
2. Serve in over 250 commands – direct care facilities (65%) and operational units, etc (35%)
G. Nurse Corps – 5,200 registered officer nurses (ENS to RADM); treat battle injury and normal health problems
1. Duties: COs, staff/ship nurse, Quality Improvement Coordinator, health care planner, and primary health care providers
H. Navy Band – limited duty officers who joined the band as enlisted members (at least an E-6 to apply)
1. Assigned to 1 of 14 bands; rotate every 2-3 years … senior billets in the Navy Band in Washington and the USNA Band
I. Supply Corps – handle naval logistics inc. data processing, inventory control, merchandising, financial management, transportation,
procurement, and personnel services (DIM FTP P); 2,900 officers … Naval Supply System is its most important responsibility
1. Education: 22-week Basic Qualification Course at Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, GA
IV. Differences
A. Unrestricted Line Officers – in all warfare communities and eligible for command billets ashore and at sea; primary officer community
B. Restricted Line Officers – highly specialized, technical services that support USN missions; command auxiliary vessels and ashore
C. Staff Corps Officers – highly specialized services to bases and personnel / families; command auxiliary vessels and ashore and within their
corps; where rank on right collar and corps insignia on the left collar; insignia replaces the star worn by line officers
V.
Articles: Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo: Op Allied Force
VI. Graduate in Review – RADM Quigley (’75); excelled in academics and graduated with distinction; intended to study law eventually
A. First served on FFG-2 Ramsey; transferred to Public Affairs; promoted to RADM while serving as Special Asst. of Public Affairs to SecNav
B. USNA Class president for 10 years
Week 8: Platforms
Platforms
Mission
M-198 Medium Towed Howitzer
155mm field artillery support
M-109 Paladin Medium Howitzer
Armored combat support
MIM-104 Patriot (PAC-3)*
Surface-to-air missile system; artillery
Note
Transported by CH-53E or C130
9 enlisted
2rpm (sustained); 4 (max)
Self-propelled; 35mph for 217mi
M284 cannon, 50cal machinegun
4 enlisted
Max: 4rpm for 3min
Sustained: 1rpm for 60min
30,000 meters
Guided by inertia / active radar
73kg warhead travels at Mach 5
2 (not on FAS)
(carries up to 8 missiles)
Crew
Rate of Fire
Range
Visual ID
30,000 meters
15km
DDX Land-Attack Destroyer
Simultaneously support land forces, and
strike land targets, & counter maritime threats
Weapons: AEGIS System, SPY-1D Radar,
VLS, Advanced Gun System (AGS), etc
Unknown
Land strikes up to 100mi inland
It’s the only ship 
Info from navy.com and navy.mil
all information from www.fas.org … PAC = Patriot Advanced Capability