policies and procedures. The Administrative Office provides administrative services common to the Navy; coordinates administration of the civilian personnel program within the Navy Department; and coordinates Navy-wide management programs in such fields as printing and publications, reports control and records management. The Office of the Management Engineer provides advice and assistance in the field of Business Administration with particular reference to matters of organization, staffing and the utilization of personnel. PART IV THE SHORE ESTABLISHMENT The Shore Establishment organization (chart F) comprises the field activities of the bureaus and offices of the Navy Department and includes all shore activities not assigned to the Operating Forces. Collectively, their function is to supply, maintain and support the Operating Forces under the direction of the Navy Department. It is here that the responsibilities of the Civilian Executive and Naval Technical Assistants for "Producer Logistics" reach culmination through delivery of, or furnishing, the required materials, services and personnel to the Operating Forces, the ultimate "Consumer". Chart F indicates the types of activities which make up the Shore Establishment. They are distributed at strategic points along our coastal regions where they may best serve the needs of the Operating Forces. However, many activities in which such close proximity is not essential, notably, air, ordnance, procurement and supply, personnel and special service activities, are distributed at vantage points within the continental United States and the several territories. Administration General Order No. 19 (appendix H), among other things, sets forth the relationships between the bureaus and offices of the Navy Department and the field activities of the Shore Establishment. From an examination of this document it will be seen that administration, or Command as there used, of the Shore Establishment, includes the elements of Military Command, Coordination Control, Management Control, and Technical Control. Military Command stems from the CNO and is exercised over activities of the Shore Establishment through the Sea Frontier Commanders and the District Commandants, the Chief of Naval Air Training, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. It includes matters characteristic of a military organization as opposed to the non-military industrial or business type of matters provided for under Management Control. Coordination Control is a responsibility of the CNO, exercised through the Sea Frontier Commanders and the District Commandants over shore activities located within the several districts. It fulfills the twofold purpose of providing for orderly and complete service in support of the Operating Forces, and bringing about common local linkage between shore activities under different commands. Management Control is exercised by the designated bureau or office of the Navy Department over a field activity in the nonmilitary administration of its functions. Bureau management reflects the policies and procedures of the Civilian Executive Assistants in the fields of "Business Administration" and "Producer Logistics" and includes over-all responsibility for the work performed. It is to be noted that in the Operating Forces, Management Control is included in "Command" and is always the responsibility of the CNO. Technical Control is exercised by the bureaus and offices of the Navy Department according to their specialized technical responsibilities. This control extends throughout the Naval Establishment. The all inclusive term "Command", as exercised by the CNO over the Operating Forces includes Military Command, Coordination Control, Management Control and Naval The Naval District Headquarters organizations, under the District Commandants, are the media through which the CNO, via the Sea Frontier Commanders, exercises Coordination Control over shore activities. Likewise, the Commandants exercise Military Command over activities of the Shore Establishment located in the districts (except for field activities under the Chief of Naval Air Training, the Chief of Naval Airship Training and Experimentation and Marine Corps Supporting Establishments which are under the Commandant, Marine Corps). Thus, in large measure, the District Commandants have the important role of fulfilling for the CNO, his responsibilities over activities of the Shore Establishment. In addition, bureaus and offices of the Navy Department may from time to time delegate to a Commandant control over some of their specific functional responsibilities within a district, in which event, the Naval The establishment of Naval Bases had among its principal objectives the centralization under one head, for purposes of Military Command and Coordination Control, of those activities in close geographical proximity whose prime responsibility is to support, service, and maintain fleet components, as assigned. Under the Naval Base concept, the Commanders of Naval Shipyards are technically and professionally qualified officers skilled in industrial man 998350°-52- 5 Technical Control, and is exercised through the chain of command. However, in the relation of activities of the Shore Establishment to the Navy Department, these elements of control are allotted to the bureaus and offices in accordance with their basic responsibilities and their varied fields of specialization. These command relationships are illustrated by chart G (opposite). Districts 23 Commandant becomes a representative of such bureau or office for the function so delegated. Of equal importance is the Commandants' responsibility to the Secretary of the Navy and to the Chief of Naval Operations, through the Chief of Information, for public relations matters within their respective districts. They have the task of interpreting to the public the policies and acts of the Navy; and of keeping the people of their districts informed as to the role, ability, and readiness of the Navy to promote and defend national security. In addition to the foregoing, the Commandants are severally responsible for implementation and administration of the Naval Reserve Program within their districts with the single exception of those activities assigned to the Chief of Naval Air Reserve Training. Bases agement. Included among the logistic support activities comprising a Naval Base are certain specified air stations. These are also under the Naval Base Commander for Coordination Control in providing logistic support to the Operating Forces. Each Commander of a Naval Base has under his jurisdiction the Naval Shipyard and such other activities, including air stations, as may be directed by the Chief of Naval Operations. It is to be noted |