Under Secretary of the Navy

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United States federal government position civilian office

The Under Secretary of the Navy is the second-highest-ranking civilian official in the U.S. Department of the Navy, responsible for overseeing its day-to-day management, policy implementation, and major programs.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Under Secretary of the Navy (The Under Secretary of the Navy is the second-highest-ranking civilian official in the U.S. Department of the Navy, responsible for overseeing its day-to-day management, policy implementation, and major programs.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Under Secretary of the Navy canonical 16
United States Under Secretary of the Navy 2
Secretary of the Navy (through the Chief of Naval Operations) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal government position ⓘ
civilian office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States Department of the Navy ⓘ
linked to: Department of the Navy

United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
appointmentRequiresConsentOf United States Senate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
eligibleFor membership on Department of Defense councils and boards ⓘ
hasAbbreviation UNSECNAV ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver civilian employees of the Department of the Navy (subject to law and higher authority) ⓘ
policy guidance to uniformed leadership of the Navy and Marine Corps ⓘ
hasStyle The Honorable ⓘ
isCivilian true ⓘ
isPartOfChainOfCommand civilian leadership of the Department of Defense (for administrative matters) ⓘ
isRankedAbove Assistant Secretaries of the Navy ⓘ
linked to: Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
isRankedBelow Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
legalBasis 10 U.S.C. § 5015 (and related sections) ⓘ
Title 10 of the United States Code ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
memberOf Office of the Secretary of Defense (by statute for certain councils and boards) ⓘ
linked to: Office of the Secretary of Defense

Office of the Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
linked to: Secretary of the Navy
nominatedBy President of the United States ⓘ
officeCreatedBy Act of Congress ⓘ
officeHoldersMustMeet U.S. citizenship requirement ⓘ
presidential appointment and Senate confirmation requirements ⓘ
officeType subordinate to Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
oversees Assistant Secretaries of the Navy (subject-matter portfolios) ⓘ
financial management of the Department of the Navy ⓘ
infrastructure and installations policy (at the departmental level) ⓘ
naval acquisition and modernization programs (at the departmental level) ⓘ
personnel and readiness policies (at the departmental level) ⓘ
partOf United States Department of the Navy ⓘ
linked to: Department of the Navy
positionInOrganization second-highest-ranking civilian official in the Department of the Navy ⓘ
reportsTo Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
responsibleFor business operations of the Department of the Navy ⓘ
civilian oversight of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps ⓘ
day-to-day management of the Department of the Navy ⓘ
implementation of policies of the Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
oversight of major programs of the Department of the Navy ⓘ
policy development for naval and Marine Corps matters ⓘ
resource allocation within the Department of the Navy ⓘ
strategic planning for the Department of the Navy ⓘ
termLength serves at the pleasure of the President ⓘ
workLocation The Pentagon ⓘ
linked to: Pentagon
worksWith Assistant Secretaries of the Navy ⓘ
linked to: Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)

Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Commandant of the Marine Corps ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition → reportsTo → Under Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
Secretary of the Navy → canDelegateTo → Under Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
Secretary of the Navy → assistedBy → Under Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
ASN(RD&A) → reportsTo → Under Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
Department of the Navy → hasPosition → Under Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
James V. Forrestal → positionHeld → Under Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
Vice Chief of Naval Operations → isMilitaryDeputyTo → Secretary of the Navy (through the Chief of Naval Operations) ⓘ
linked to: Under Secretary of the Navy
General Counsel of the Navy → advises → Under Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment) → reportsTo → Under Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
Under Secretary of the Air Force → equivalentTo → Under Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
UNSECNAV → standsFor → Under Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
UNSECNAV → refersTo → Under Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
Assistant Secretaries of the Navy (subject-matter portfolios) → reportsTo → Under Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
ASN(FM&C) → reportsTo → Under Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
ASN (M&RA) → reportsTo → Under Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
John L. Sullivan → positionHeld → Under Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
Assistant Secretary of the Navy of the United States → worksWith → Under Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
Ralph Bard → positionHeld → United States Under Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
linked to: Under Secretary of the Navy
United States Under Secretary of War → distinctFrom → United States Under Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
linked to: Under Secretary of the Navy
United States Marine Corps → commandStructure → under Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
subject linked to: United States Marine Corps (through Donnie Fenn)
linked to: Under Secretary of the Navy