Navy Expeditionary Combat Command
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The U.S. Navy established the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) in January 2006 to serve as a single functional command to centrally manage current and future readiness, resources, manning, training and equipping of the Navy’s expeditionary forces.
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[edit] Purpose
NECC aligns disparate expeditionary capabilities to clearly articulate consistent and coordinated expeditionary practices, procedures and requirements in the joint battlespace. NECC integrates all warfighting requirements for expeditionary combat and combat support elements, consolidating and realigning the Navy’s expeditionary forces under a single command to improve fleet readiness. NECC’s enterprise approach will yield improved efficiencies and effectiveness through economies of scale.
NECC changes the way the U.S. Navy organizes, trains and equips its forces to meet the Maritime Security Operations and Joint contingency operations requirements. NECC is not a standalone or combat force, but rather a protection force that fills the gaps in the joint warfare arena and complements capabilities of foreign military partners. As an asset to operational commanders, NECC is designed to provide an array of capabilities that are unique to the expeditionary maritime environment as opposed to the blue water and land warfare environments.
NECC seamlessly operates with the other services and coalition partners to provide cooperative assistance as requested. This redistribution of support places naval forces where they are needed the most and establishes new capabilities in support of Maritime Security Operations.
[edit] Functions
NECC components offer functions such as command and control of expeditionary warfare operations, training, martime civil affairs, maritime and port security, logistics support, construction, littoral and coastal warfare and patrol, riverine warfare, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), expeditionary diving and combat salvage, and combat photography.
[edit] Individual Training and Qualifications
Members of most NECC Commands are generally expected to seek qualification for the Enlisted Expeditionary Warfare Specialist Insignia unless they belong to specialized communities which require them to qualify for the Seabee Combat Warfare Badge, Navy Diving Badge or Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge.
[edit] Component Commands of the NECC
NECC component commands include:
- Expeditionary Combat Readiness Center
- Expeditionary Training Command
- Maritime Civil Affairs Group
- Maritime Expeditionary Security Force
- Expeditionary Logistics Support Group
- 1st Naval Construction Division or "Seabees",
- Coastal Warfare Squadrons
- Conventional Riverine Squadrons 1, 2, and 3
- Combat Camera units, which deploy combat photographers
Special Program Commands supported by NECC:
- Mobile Diving and Salvage Units
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Units
[edit] Other entities sharing allied functions or similarities independent from NECC
Conventional United States Marine Corps and US Navy entities: 3rd Marine Battalion, a small component of which undertook a conventional riverine mission using the Riverine Assault Craft (RAC) as equipment until handing this function on to NECC.
- Fleet Marine Force, who operate amphibious beach landing craft in support of the Marine Corps.
Unconventional Naval Special Warfare entities:
- Special Boat Squadron (USN), who share the Navy's Coastal Warfare heritage
- Special Boat Teams, who share the Navy's coastal, littoral, and riverine warfare heritage
- Special Boat Team 12 and SBT-20, who share the Navy's Coastal and littoral warfare heritage
- Special Boat Team 22, who share the Navy's riverine warfare heritage
[edit] Naval Expeditionary Unit
There was a proposal within the USN to retain those SEAL Candidates who did not pass the SEAL training course and place them within a Naval Expeditionary Unit, possibly of battalion size. The justification was to retain these highly trained and motivated persons and employ them in an area that they were both needed and wanted and qualified for.
