CHAPTER 2 ORGANIZATION OF NAVAL AVIATION INTRODUCTION You first learned about Navy organization in recruit training. Here, we deal primarily with the organization of naval aviation. You will become familiar with the overall picture of the organization of naval aviation. This knowledge will help you understand the importance of your job as an Airman. Naval aviation starts with the Secretary of the Navy, who is head of the Navy Department. The Navy Department is under the cabinet post of the Secretary of Defense. The training manual Basic Military Requirements, NAVEDTRA 12018, covers the organization of the Navy Department. Figure 2-1 shows the operational organization for naval aviation. The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) is the head of the military part of the Navy Department. He/she is usually the senior naval military officer in the Department. An organization does not remain static. Missions differ and change. Various missions and tasks influence the organization of a particular squadron, station, or ship. Whether you are assigned to a shore duty or shipboard billet, you are part of a division. There is a division officer in charge. The division officer is responsible for training personnel within the division. He/she makes sure that command policies are carried out. The division officer is responsible for seeing that the jobs assigned to the division are completed on time. You will probably be assigned to a smaller group called a  crew. A senior petty officer is in charge of the crew. These petty officers will help you with your on-the-job and in-service training. NAVAL AVIATION CHAIN OF COMMAND LEARNING OBJECTIVE:    Recognize the naval aviation chain of command and your position within the chain. Every organization in the Navy has a chain of command. Figure 2-1 shows a typical chain of command. The commanding officer of a squadron or ship must report to a superior officer. That superior officer must report to a superior, and this procedure is repeated all the way up to the CNO. You have a chain of command to follow. You report to your crew leader or supervisor. The crew leader or supervisor reports to the 2-1 ANF0201 COMMANDER WING ATLANTIC (CDRWINGLANT) OR CARRIER, WING, PATROL, HELICOPTER O OO COMMANDER WING PACIFIC (CDRWINGPAC) OR CARRIER, WING, PATROL, HELICOPTER O OO CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS (CNO) O O OO COMMANDER IN CHIEF U.S. PACIFIC FLEET (CINCPAC) O O OO COMMANDER IN CHIEF U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET (CINCLANT) O O OO COMMANDER NAVAL AIR FORCES U.S. PACIFIC FLEET (COMNAVAIRPAC) O O O COMMANDER NAVAL AIR FORCES U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET (COMNAVAIRLANT) O O O FUNCTIONAL WING COMMANDER CAPT (CDRWING) FUNCTIONAL WING COMMANDER CAPT (CDRWING) TYPE SQUADRON COMMANDER VA HSL VQ VAW VR VP VS VF VC HS VRC HC VX HM VAQ TYPE SQUADRON COMMANDER VA HSL VQ VAW VR VP VS VC HS VRC HC VX HM VAQ NOTE: STARS DENOTE FLAG RANK Figure 2-1.—Organizational chart of naval aviation.