OPNAV Resource Sponsors

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) ensemble includes assistants in various positions such as the Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VNCO), the Deputy Chiefs of Naval Operations (DCNOs), the Assistant Chiefs of Naval Operations (ACNOs), and other ranking officers. Collectively, these officers and their staffs are known as the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, or OPNAV.^[1]OPNAV functions are split between resource sponsors and requirement sponsors. Resource sponsors, which include six DCNOs, represent specific programs and navigate through the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution System (PPBES). Requirement sponsors, in coordination with the resource sponsor where separately assigned, perform as the user representative and gives specific direction pertaining to mission and operational requirements development and changes, program funding, and preparation and approval of required program documentation.

OPNAV Resource Sponsors and leadership as of December 2021:

DCNO for Personnel, Manpower and Training (N1): VICE ADMIRAL RICK CHEESEMAN, JR.
DCNO for Information Dominance (N2/N6): VICE ADMIRAL JEFFREY E. TRUSSLER
Reserve Deputy, Operations, Plans and Strategy Operations, Plans, and Strategy (N3/N5): REAR ADMIRAL W. GRANT MAGER
DCNO for Fleet Readiness and Logistics (N4): VICE ADMIRAL RICKY L. WILLIAMSON
DCNO for Warfighter Development (N7): VICE ADMIRAL JEFFREY HUGHES
DCNO for Integration of Capabilities and Resources (N8): VICE ADMIRAL RANDY B. CRITES
DCNO for Warfare Systems (N9): VICE ADMIRAL SCOTT CONN

Source: USNI, 2015^[3]

*This organizational chart depicts the command structure of the Chief of Naval Operations. Command changes have most likely occurred since the chart’s publication and those listed may have been replaced.

Additional Senior Navy Leadership, As of December 2021

Secretary of the Navy

Carlos Del Toro

Under Secretary of the Navy

Erik K. Raven

Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)

Frederick J. (Jay) Stefany

General Counsel Department of the Navy

John P. Coffey

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller)

Russell Rumbaugh

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment)