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Headquarters Organisation
The chart below shows the RN's command organisation in
early 2005. It is basically taken from the official
Royal Navy
website and is included only for completeness. :
Elements
The Fleet Headquarters comprises: Fleet HQ Portsmouth;
Northwood Command Centre; Waterfront organisations – Devonport, Faslane,
Portsmouth;Air Stations – Culdrose, Prestwick, Yeovilton; Fleet Air Arm;
Royal Marines; and Maritime Warfare Centre.
Roles
The headquarters has three main roles:
Force Generation - the generation of forces at the appropriate
level of readiness to meet the required outputs. This includes manpower,
equipment, training and sustainability.
Resource Management - financial management of the Fleet HQ,
programming, planning, corporate communications, civilian management,
corporate governance and performance management.
Force Deployment - the Commander Operations manages maritime
operations from the Northwood command centre; operational command and
operational control of the great majority of Fleet units is delegated to
him by the Commander in Chief, Fleet.
Appointments
The Commander in Chief, Fleet, exercises full command of the
Fleet and is fully responsible for the Fleet element of military
operational capability.
The Deputy Commander in Chief, Fleet, through his staff,
directs the work of the Fleet Headquarters, deputises for the Commander
in Chief, Fleet, resources the Fleet programme, controls Fleet
expenditure and is a member of the sub-navy board committee
The Chief of Staff (Warfare) is responsible for the delivery
of operational capability,including the long term operational programme.
The Chief of Staff (Support) is responsible for the management
of Fleet availability and sustainability. He is also responsible for the
provision of communications systems, engineering, elements of the Naval
Air Command, the Maritime Warfare Centre and the administration of
service personnel.
The Command Secretary is responsible for planning, resource
management and external accountability.
The Commander (Operations) is responsible for the conduct of
Fleet operations. He is Head of the submarine arm, directs forces under
the operational command or operational control of Fleet, exercises
operational command of all national maritime operations on behalf of the
Commander in Chief Fleet, holds the following NATO posts – Commander
Submarines East Atlantic, Commander Submarine Allied Naval Forces North.
The Commander UK Amphibious Forces is Head of Service for the
Royal Marines, Commandant General Royal Marines and commander of 3
Commando Brigade.
The Commander UK Maritime Forces is commander of the UK Task
Group and commander of the Amphibious Task Group
The Flag Officer Sea Training is responsible for training all
RN ships and submarines and ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
New Headquarters Building The aim of the New HQ Building and
Infrastructure Programme is to deliver a modern Headquarters in a new
building which substantially improves the quality of our output,
operation and ability to respond to change, and which provides a high
quality working environment for all staff.
Additional Notes
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All operational Royal Navy ships and those engaged
in trails or training are always ultimately
under the 4* (i.e. Admiral) command of Commander in Chief Fleet (CINCFLEET),
based at the impressive new Fleet Headquarters (Fleet HQ) at Whale
Island, Portsmouth.
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There is also a Headquarters Royal Marine (HQRM).
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COMUKMARFOR and COMUKAMPHIBFOR share command of the
Battle Staff plot at Whale Island in Portsmouth. Their staffs
are collectively named FLEET BATTLE STAFF HQ.
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COMUKMARFOR, COMAMPHIBFOR, COMUKTG and their
respective staffs, together with Commander Amphibious Task Group (COMATG)
and Commander 3 Commando Brigade (3 Cdo Bde), are collectively named
FLEET BATTLE STAFF.
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The UK provides a NATO High Readiness Force
(Maritime) - HRF(M). The HRF(M) HQ staff are headquartered at
the COMUKMARFOR base but are at seven days notice to commence
operational planning and 20 days’ notice to deploy for a NATO
operation.
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RN and RM units are now frequently assigned to the
UK Joint Rapid Reaction Force (JRRF), and under the operational
command of the Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ) and the
Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ),
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