Commander, Navy Installations Command

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Commander, Navy Installations Command
Navy Installations Command (UIC - 00052)
U.S. Navy Installations Command logo.png
CNIC Seal
Active1 October 2003 - present
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
BranchFlag of the United States Navy (official).svg  United States Navy
TypeEnterprise Command
RoleManages, operates, controls and supports naval installations and activities
Headquarters Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC
Nickname(s)CNIC
Motto(s)"Sustaining the fleet, enabling the fighter, supporting the family"
Website cnic.navy.mil
Commanders
Commander VADM Christopher S. Gray
Deputy Commander
Mr. Timothy K. Bridges, SES

The Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) is an Echelon II shore command responsible for all shore installations under the control of the United States Navy. As an Echelon II command, it reports directly to the Chief of Naval Operations. It is responsible for the operation and management of all Naval installations worldwide through eleven Navy regions.

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Mission

Prior to the creation of CNIC, all of the Navy's major shore echelon II commanders (BUMED, NAVSEA, NAVSUP) operated their own installations independently. This led to a hodgepodge of operating procedures, that, when installations operated in close proximity to one another, resulted in sometimes incompatible and significant policy differences. Thus, it was the intent of CNIC to establish a single shore installation management organization that will focus on installation effectiveness and improve the shore installation management community's ability to support the fleet. When it was established October 1, 2003, the stand up of CNIC was an effort in the continuation of fleet and regional shore installation management organizational alignment that began in 1997 with the reduction of installation management claimants from 18 to 8. [1]

Operations

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Logo of CNIC

CNIC has overall responsibility and authority for all installation support programs and is the lead for Navy installation policy and program execution oversight. CNIC works to coordinate services across the Naval Enterprises (aka shore Echelon II commands), and best provide the installations, services and programs in their support. These services include installation management and operations, such as port operations, airfields, security, utilities, land use planning, environmental aspects, planning and real estate, and emergency management, as well as fleet support services such as base housing, weapons storage, MWR (Morale, Welfare and Recreation) recreational programs, child care and youth programs.

Its mission is summed up as supporting the three 'F's: "Fleet, Fighter and Family".

Regions

Historically, each region was a part of one or other United States naval districts from their inception in the early 1900s until their disestablishment in the late 1970s and 1980s. At that point, individual installations were typically operated independent of any true centralized command structure. In 1998, the Navy embarked on a new era in shore management, with San Diego leading the way. As the Navy reduced its operational forces, it became essential for the shore establishment supporting those forces to be realigned.

As part of the new command structure, each naval installation or supported command now reports to one of eleven regional commanders who are responsible for the operation and management of the installations within their regional jurisdiction. Each regional commander is a one-star rear admiral (RDML) with the exception of the commanders of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, Navy Region Japan and Navy Region EURAFCENT, who can be two-star rear admiral (upper half) (RADM).

RegionHeadquartersCommanderJurisdiction
Naval District Washington DC.jpg Naval District Washington Washington Navy Yard,

Washington, D.C.

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RADM Nancy Lacore [2]

Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and the Maryland counties of Prince George's, Montgomery, St. Mary's, Calvert, and Charles
Navy Region Northwest.jpg Navy Region Northwest Naval Base Kitsap,

Silverdale, Washington

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RDML Mark B. Sucato [3]

Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Iowa
Navy Region Southwest.jpg Navy Region Southwest Broadway Complex,

San Diego, California

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RDML Bradley N. Rosen

California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico
Navy Region Southeast.gif Navy Region Southeast Naval Air Station Jacksonville,

Jacksonville, Florida

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RDML Ian L. Johnson

Kansas,  Oklahoma,  Texas,  Missouri,  Arkansas,  Louisiana, Tennessee,  Mississippi, Alabama,  Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina
Navy Region Mid-Atlantic.jpg Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Naval Station Norfolk,

Norfolk, Virginia

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RDML Wesley R. McCall

Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine
Navy Region Hawaii.jpg Navy Region Hawaii Naval Station Pearl Harbor,

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

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RDML Stephen D. Barnett [4]

Hawaii
Seal of the Commander, Navy Region Europe Africa Central.png Navy Region Europe, Africa, Central Naval Support Activity Naples,

Naples, Italy

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RDML Brad J. Collins

Europe, Africa, and Southwest Asia
Naval Region Japan.png Navy Region Japan

Commanded by Commander Naval Forces Japan

Fleet Activities Yokosuka,

Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

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RADM Carl A. Lahti [5]

Japan, the   Indian Ocean, and Singapore.
Navy Region Korea.jpg Navy Region Korea

Commanded by Commander Naval Forces Korea

Yongsan Army Garrison,

Yongsan, Seoul, South Korea

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RDML Neil A. Koprowski

Commander Fleet Activities Chinhae
Joint Region Marianas.jpg Joint Region Marianas

Commanded by Commander Naval Forces Marianas

Nimitz Hill, Guam US-O8 insignia.svg

RADM Gregory C. Huffman

Northern Mariana Islands  and  Guam
Navy Region Center Singapore.jpg Navy Region Center Singapore

Commanded by Commander, Task Force 73/Logistic Group Western Pacific

PSA Sembawang, Singapore US-O7 insignia.svg

RDML Philip E. Sobeck

U.S. Naval forces in Singapore

Former regions

Navy Region Midwest was disestablished on September 30, 2014 as part of a reorganization of Navy flag billets assets in the wake of the United States budget sequestration in 2013. [6] Formerly headquartered in  Great Lakes, Illinois, it included installations in 16 states. These are now split between the Northwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast regions.

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