The e-book, initially printed as a digital version (508-compliant PDF) in 2021, was written by Dr. Thomas Hone, a former senior protection official, and Curtis Utz, a historian at NNHC, and offers a major historic account of the Workplace of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV), shedding gentle on the influential people who left an indelible mark on the U.S. Navy’s historical past and strategic evolution.
Drawing on 5 years of analysis, the e-book affords readers a charming narrative that goes past the battles at sea to uncover the bureaucratic battles which have formed the Navy’s group, planning, insurance policies, and methods over the previous century. It delves into the lives and legacies of admirals, particularly the Chiefs of Naval Operations (CNO), who performed pivotal roles within the growth of OPNAV and the Navy itself. It additionally explores cases when Secretaries of the Navy, Secretaries of Protection, and even Presidents intervened to drive coverage due to altering circumstances and their views of nationwide imperatives.
“This e-book examines the challenges that CNOs and OPNAV have confronted over a century, and it offers perception to how and why Navy management made coverage selections,” mentioned Utz. “Though the authority of the CNO and the group of OPNAV have modified over time, they’re nonetheless primarily accountable and accountable for shaping and fielding a naval power able to implementing nationwide technique.”
One constant theme all through the e-book is the unwavering dedication of CNOs to leaving the Navy stronger and higher managed than they discovered it. This e-book examines the methods and measures employed by these leaders to attain this aim and offers precious insights into efficient management throughout the U.S. Navy. Whereas Historical past of the Workplace of the Chief of Naval Operations: 1915-2015 will not be meant to be a guide of management, it affords readers an understanding of how management throughout the Navy developed in response to an ever-changing setting, each in Washington, D.C., and the world.
“As a scholar of historical past, I consider that so as to transfer ahead we must always look to the previous for insights and classes on how we, as a Navy and a Nation, have navigated comparable challenges,” mentioned the thirty third Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti. “Our Navy has been only at driving change and growing warfighting benefit when successive CNOs transfer with urgency and dedication towards the identical aim.”
To obtain a 508-compilant PDF model of the e-book go to: https://www.historical past.navy.mil/analysis/publications/publications-by-subject/opnav-100.html
To take a look at different publications from NHHC go to: https://www.historical past.navy.mil/analysis/publications.html
NHHC, situated on the Washington Navy Yard, is accountable for preserving, analyzing, and disseminating U.S. naval historical past and heritage. It offers the information basis for the Navy by sustaining traditionally related sources and merchandise that replicate the Navy’s distinctive and enduring contributions by way of our nation’s historical past and helps the fleet by aiding with and delivering skilled analysis, evaluation, and interpretive companies. NHHC includes many actions, together with the Navy Division Library, the Navy Operational Archives, the Navy artwork and artifact collections, underwater archeology, Navy histories, ten museums, USS Structure restore facility, and the historic ship Nautilus.
For extra information from NHHC, go to www.historical past.navy.mil.
