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The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is a Department
of State, headed by the Secretary of State for
Defence (SofS) who creates Defence Policy and
plans the spending of the Defence Budget. The
MoD is the highest level of headquarters for
the Armed Forces, both Administrative and
Operational. All major issues of policy are
referred to the Secretary of State or to one
of his three Ministerial colleagues:
1.
Minister for the Armed Forces Min(AF)
responsible for Operational and Policy Issues
2. Minister for Defence Procurement Min (DP)
responsible for all Procurement Matters
3. Under Secretary of State for Defence (USofS)
responsible for Personnel, Estate Matters and
Veterans Issues.
Under
the Defence Council, management of the
Services is the responsibility of the Service
Boards, in the case of the Royal Navy the
Admiralty Board.
THE ADMIRALTY BOARD
The routine management of the Royal Navy is
the responsibility of The Admiralty Board, the
composition of which is as follows:
The Secretary of State for Defence
Minister of State (Armed Forces)
Minister of State (Defence Procurement)
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for
Defence
Chief of the Naval Staff and First Sea Lord
Commander-in-Chief Fleet
Second Sea Lord and Commander-In-Chief Naval
Home Command
Naval Member for Logistics
Controller of the Navy Permanent
Under-Secretary of State and Secretary of the
Admiralty Board
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff
The Admiralty Board meets formally twice a
year
THE
NAVY BOARD
The
First Sea Lord's responsibilities (delivery of
naval capabilities, maintaining the strategic
deterrent, planning and operational advice,
management, overall efficiency and morale of
the service) are exercised through the Service
Executive Committee of the Admiralty Board,
known as the Navy Board (NAVB). The First Sea
Lord is the chairman of NAVB; its membership
is the same as the Admiralty Board, but
without Ministers. NAVB meets formally on a
regular basis.
SUB
NAVY BOARD COMMITTEE
Many
routine Navy decisions are taken by the Sub
Navy Board Committee (SNBC) which is chaired
by the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (ACNS)
with the NAVB members' deputies; Deputy
Commander in Chief Fleet (DCINCFLEET),
COS/2SL/CNH, Chief of the Strategic Systems
Executive (CSSE), Capability Manager
(Strategic Deterrent CM(SD) and Director
General Resources and Plans (DGRP).
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