[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR700.404]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                   CHAPTER VI--DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
 
PART 700_UNITED STATES NAVY REGULATIONS AND OFFICIAL RECORDS--Table of 
Contents
 
                 Subpart D_The Chief of Naval Operations
 
Sec. 700.404  Statutory authority and responsibility of the Office of 
the Chief of Naval Operations.

    (a) The Office of the Chief of Naval Operations shall furnish 
professional assistance to the Secretary, the Under Secretary and the 
Assistant Secretaries of the Navy, and to the Chief of Naval Operations. 
Under the authority, direction and control of the Secretary of the Navy, 
the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations shall:
    (1) Subject to Sec. 700.311(a), prepare for such employment of the 
Navy, and for such recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipping 
(including those aspects of research and development assigned by the 
Secretary of the Navy), training, servicing, mobilizing, demobilizing, 
administering, and maintaining of the Navy, as will assist in the 
execution of any power, duty or function of the Secretary or the Chief 
of Naval Operations;
    (2) Investigate and report upon the efficiency of the Navy and its 
preparation to support military operations by combatant commands;
    (3) Prepare detailed instructions for the execution of approved 
plans and supervise the execution of those plans and instructions;
    (4) As directed by the Secretary or the Chief of Naval Operations, 
coordinate the action of organizations of the Navy; and
    (5) Perform such other duties, not otherwise assigned by law, as may 
be prescribed by the Secretary.
    (b) Except as otherwise specifically prescribed by law, the Office 
of the Chief of Naval Operations shall be organized in such manner, and 
its members shall perform such duties and have such titles as the 
Secretary may prescribe.