Navy Expeditionary Combat Command
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The Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) serves as the single functional command to centrally manage current and future readiness, resources, manning, training and equipping of the United States Navy
's 40,000 expeditionary forces
who are currently serving in every theater of operation. The NECC was established in January 2006. NECC is a subordinate command of the Navy's Fleet Forces Command.
. NECC integrates all warfighting requirements for expeditionary combat and combat support elements, consolidating and realigning the Navy’s expeditionary forces under a single command to improve fleet readiness. NECC’s enterprise approach intends to improve efficiencies and effectiveness through economies of scale
.
NECC changed how the U.S. Navy organizes, trains and equips its forces to meet the Maritime Security Operations
and Joint contingency operations requirements. NECC is not a standalone or combat force, but rather a protection force that fills the gaps in the joint warfare
arena and complements capabilities of foreign military partners. As an asset to operational commanders, NECC is designed to provide an array of capabilities that are unique to the expeditionary maritime environment as opposed to the blue water and land warfare environments.
NECC seamlessly operates with the other services and coalition
partners to provide cooperative assistance as requested. This redistribution of support places naval forces where they are needed the most and establishes new capabilities in support of Maritime Security Operations.
), expeditionary diving and combat salvage, and combat photography.
Insignia unless they belong to specialized communities which require them to qualify for the Seabee Combat Warfare Badge
, Navy Diving Badge
or Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge
.
NECC component commands include:
and US Navy entities:
Unconventional Naval Special Warfare entities:
United States Coast Guard
entities:
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
's 40,000 expeditionary forces
Expeditionary warfare
Expeditionary warfare is used to describe the organization of a state's military to fight abroad, especially when deployed to fight away from its established bases at home or abroad. Expeditionary forces were in part the antecedent of the modern concept of Rapid Deployment Forces...
who are currently serving in every theater of operation. The NECC was established in January 2006. NECC is a subordinate command of the Navy's Fleet Forces Command.
Purpose
NECC aligns disparate expeditionary capabilities to clearly articulate consistent and coordinated expeditionary practices, procedures and requirements in the joint battlespaceJoint warfare
Joint warfare is a military doctrine which places priority on the integration of the various service branches of a state's armed forces into one unified command...
. NECC integrates all warfighting requirements for expeditionary combat and combat support elements, consolidating and realigning the Navy’s expeditionary forces under a single command to improve fleet readiness. NECC’s enterprise approach intends to improve efficiencies and effectiveness through economies of scale
Economies of scale
Economies of scale, in microeconomics, refers to the cost advantages that an enterprise obtains due to expansion. There are factors that cause a producer’s average cost per unit to fall as the scale of output is increased. "Economies of scale" is a long run concept and refers to reductions in unit...
.
NECC changed how the U.S. Navy organizes, trains and equips its forces to meet the Maritime Security Operations
Maritime Security Operations
Maritime Security Operations is a term for the actions of modern naval forces to "combat sea–based terrorism and other illegal activities, such as hijacking, piracy, and slavery, also known as human trafficking." Ships assigned to such operations may also assist seafaring vessels in distress...
and Joint contingency operations requirements. NECC is not a standalone or combat force, but rather a protection force that fills the gaps in the joint warfare
Joint warfare
Joint warfare is a military doctrine which places priority on the integration of the various service branches of a state's armed forces into one unified command...
arena and complements capabilities of foreign military partners. As an asset to operational commanders, NECC is designed to provide an array of capabilities that are unique to the expeditionary maritime environment as opposed to the blue water and land warfare environments.
NECC seamlessly operates with the other services and coalition
Coalition
A coalition is a pact or treaty among individuals or groups, during which they cooperate in joint action, each in their own self-interest, joining forces together for a common cause. This alliance may be temporary or a matter of convenience. A coalition thus differs from a more formal covenant...
partners to provide cooperative assistance as requested. This redistribution of support places naval forces where they are needed the most and establishes new capabilities in support of Maritime Security Operations.
Functions
NECC components offer functions such as command and control of expeditionary warfare operations, training, maritime civil affairs, maritime and port security, logistics support, construction, littoral and coastal warfare and patrol, riverine warfare, explosive ordnance disposal (EODEOD
EOD may refer to:* Explosive Ordnance Disposal, the disposal of bombs* End Of Day, a financial markets term* Evolve Or Die, A Political Party, started in Montana, with the beliefs that humanity must move forward or die out...
), expeditionary diving and combat salvage, and combat photography.
Individual training and qualifications
Members of most NECC Commands are generally expected to seek qualification for the Enlisted Expeditionary Warfare SpecialistEnlisted Expeditionary Warfare Specialist
The EXW qualification is a warfare qualification awarded to enlisted United States Navy personnel, and select United States Coast Guard personnel temporarily assigned to the U.S. Navy, who satisfactorily complete the required qualification course and pass a qualification board hearing...
Insignia unless they belong to specialized communities which require them to qualify for the Seabee Combat Warfare Badge
Seabee Combat Warfare Badge
The Seabee Combat Warfare Specialist insignia is a military badge of the United States Navy. The warfare pin recognizes the training and qualifications of members who serve in Construction Battalions , or other construction units, in the United States Navy.To be awarded the insignia, a service...
, Navy Diving Badge
Diving Badge
The Diver Insignia are qualification badges of the Uniformed Services of the United States which are awarded to servicemen qualified as divers...
or Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge
The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge is a military badge of the United States armed forces which recognizes those service members, qualified as explosive ordnance disposal technicians, who are specially trained to deal with the construction, deployment, disarmament, and disposal of high explosive...
.
Component commands of the NECC
- 1st Naval Construction DivisionSeabeeSeabees are members of the United States Navy construction battalions. The word Seabee is a proper noun that comes from the initials of Construction Battalion, of the United States Navy...
or "SeabeeSeabeeSeabees are members of the United States Navy construction battalions. The word Seabee is a proper noun that comes from the initials of Construction Battalion, of the United States Navy...
s" - Expeditionary Combat Readiness CenterExpeditionary Combat Readiness CenterThe Expeditionary Combat Readiness Center is a component command of the United States Navy which falls under the larger umbrella of the Naval Expeditionary Combat Command....
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 1 & 2United States Navy EODUnited States Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians render safe all types of ordnance, including improvised, chemical, biological, and nuclear. They perform land and underwater location, identification, render-safe, and recovery of foreign and domestic ordnance...
- Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training CommandMaritime Civil Affairs and Security Training CommandThe Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command provides personnel, trains, equips and deploys U.S. Navy Sailors for a Task Force Commander to establish and enhance relations between military forces, governmental and nongovernmental organizations and the civilian populace...
- Maritime Expeditionary Security Group 1 & 2
- NECC Detachment Combat Camera, Norfolk
- Navy Expeditionary Intelligence Command (NEIC)
- Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group (United States)Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group (United States)The Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group is a reserve command in the United States Navy and part of the Naval Expeditionary Combat Command .-Purpose:...
- Maritime Expeditionary Security ForceMaritime Expeditionary Security ForceThe Maritime Expeditionary Security Force is a unit of the United States Navy within the organizational structure of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command. The MESF stems from the Naval Coastal Warfare community which is transitioning to the MESF, Naval units affected range from mobile inshore...
- Expeditionary Logistics Support Group
- Riverine Squadron Group OneUnited States Navy Riverine SquadronThe Riverine Squadrons of the United States Navy are elements of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command . According to the Navy: “The Navy’s Riverine force focuses on conducting Maritime Security Operations and Theater Security Cooperation in a riverine area of operations or other suitable area...
- Mobile Diving and Salvage Units
Other entities sharing allied functions or similarities independent from NECC
Conventional United States Marine CorpsUnited States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
and US Navy entities:
- Fleet Marine ForceFleet Marine ForceThe United States Fleet Marine Forces are combined general and special purpose forces within the United States Department of the Navy that are designed in engaging offensive amphibious or expeditionary warfare and defensive maritime employment...
(FMF), a component maritime military force that provides expeditionary and amphibious warfareAmphibious warfare (United States)The United States has a long history in amphibious warfare from the landings in the Bahamas during the American Revolutionary War, to some of the more massive examples of World War II in the European Theater of Operation on Normandy, and in Africa and Italy, as well as the constant island warfare...
(ship-to-shore beach landings), supported by appropriate U.S. Navy operational forces. Subordinate commands of the FMF, comprising the Marine Expeditionary ForceMarine Expeditionary ForceA Marine Expeditionary Force or MEF is the largest type of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force...
s (MEF)—and its subordinate Marine Expeditionary UnitMarine Expeditionary UnitA Marine expeditionary unit , formerly called Marine amphibious unit , is the smallest Marine air-ground task force in the United States Fleet Marine Force...
s (MEU)—are responsible in conflicts pertaining to littoralLittoralThe littoral zone is that part of a sea, lake or river that is close to the shore. In coastal environments the littoral zone extends from the high water mark, which is rarely inundated, to shoreline areas that are permanently submerged. It always includes this intertidal zone and is often used to...
, and its adjacent areas (green-water navalGreen-water navyA Green-Water Navy is a naval term that refers to a naval force whose power projection capability is regional in nature. This is a relatively new terminology, as earlier non blue-water navies used to be collectively referred to as brown-water navy....
support); the MEFs no longer provides conventional riverine missions (brown-water navalBrown-water navyBrown-water navy is a term that originated in the United States Navy, referring to the small gunboats and patrol boats used in rivers, along with some of the larger ships that supported them as "mother ships," from which they operated...
support), as it handed this function on to NECC.
Unconventional Naval Special Warfare entities:
- Special Boat Squadron (USN), who share the Navy's Coastal Warfare heritage
- Special Boat Teams, who share the Navy's coastal, littoral, and riverine warfare heritage
- Special Boat Team 12 and SBT-20, who share the Navy's Coastal and littoral warfare heritage
- Special Boat Team 22, who share the Navy's riverine warfare heritage
United States Coast Guard
United States Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven U.S. uniformed services. The Coast Guard is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission and a federal regulatory agency...
entities:
- Deployable Operations GroupDeployable Operations GroupThe Deployable Operations Group is a United States Coast Guard command that provides properly equipped, trained and organized Deployable Specialized Forces to Coast Guard, DHS, DoD and inter-agency operational and tactical commanders...
See also
- USCG Deployable Operations GroupDeployable Operations GroupThe Deployable Operations Group is a United States Coast Guard command that provides properly equipped, trained and organized Deployable Specialized Forces to Coast Guard, DHS, DoD and inter-agency operational and tactical commanders...
External links
- Navy Expeditionary Combat Command official website