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The Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) is an echelon III command of the United States Navy, which serves as the single functional command to centrally manage current and future readiness, resources, manning, training and equipping of the
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's 21,000 expeditionary forces who are currently serving in every theater of operation. The NECC was established in January 2006. NECC is a subordinate command of the Navy's Fleet Forces Command. NECC components offer functions such as command and control of expeditionary warfare operations, training, maritime and port security, logistics support, construction, littoral and coastal warfare and patrol, coastal riverine warfare, explosive ordnance disposal ( EOD), expeditionary diving and combat salvage, and combat photography.


Purpose

NECC aligns disparate expeditionary capabilities to coordinate 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 goal is to improve efficiencies and effectiveness through
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. NECC changed how 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 stand-alone 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
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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.


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 and training which require them to qualify for their respective badge such as Seabee Combat Warfare Badge, Navy Diving Badge or Navy
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Component commands of the NECC

The NECC's component commands included in January 2007: * Naval Construction Forces (NCF) or "
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" * Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group (EOD) * Maritime Expeditionary Security Force (MESF) * Expeditionary Combat Camera, Norfolk (COMCAM) *
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(NEIC) provides tactical force protection/indications and warning intelligence collection, enabling Navy commanders to conduct missions across the full spectrum of expeditionary operations. * Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group * Mobile Diving and Salvage Units * Expeditionary Warfighting Development Center (EXWDC) prepares expeditionary warriors for a wide array of missions from major combat operations to Defense Support to Civil Authorities. On the 2007 "Navy Times" list of component commands was Maritime Civil Affairs. In May 2014 the Navy disestablished its only civil affairs formation, the
Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command The Maritime Civil Affairs and Security Training Command (MCAST) provides personnel, trains, equips and deploys U.S. Navy sailors for a task force commander to establish and enhance relations between military forces, governmental and nongovernment ...
(MCAST). McFate, writing in 2020, argued that the disestablishment of MCAST illustrated the Navy's relative prioritisation of partnerships and partnership building as opposed to combat capability.Montgomery McFate, "Being there: US Navy organisation culture and the forward presence debate,"
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, Vol. 36, No. 1, 55.


NECC in War on Terrorism

The
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s of the
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are elements of the NECC that have taken active part in the land operations in support of the Army and USMC units. According to the Navy: "The Navy's Riverine force focuses on conducting Maritime Security Operations and Theater Security Cooperation in a riverine area of operations or other suitable area. The force is capable of combating enemy riverine forces by applying fires directly, or by coordinating supporting fires. It will share battle space with the other Services in an effort to close the seams in Doctrine, Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures, and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance."U.S. Navy Expeditionary Combat Command: “Riverine: About Us”
/ref> As of 2008, three riverine squadrons are active in the Navy, all under the command of Riverine Group 1, located in
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. Riverine Squadron 1 (RIVRON 1) deployed to Iraq in April 2007 and was relieved by Riverine Squadron 2 (RIVRON 2) in October 2007.Navy NewsStand: “RIVRON 1 Sailors Return Home”, Story Number: NNS071023-24, date: 2007-10-23
/ref> Riverine Squadron 3 (RIVRON 3) was established in July 2007Navy NewsStand: “NECC Establishes Riverine Squadron 3”, Story Number: NNS070710-13, date: 2007-07-10
/ref> and will presumably relieve RIVRON 2 in Iraq when their deployment is completed.


Other forces that NECC supports

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: transporting, ship-to-shore and across the beach, personnel, weapons, equipment, and cargo of the assault elements of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. * Naval Beach Group One ** Assault Craft Unit 1, over the horizon amphibious assaults ** Assault Craft Unit 2, over the horizon amphibious assaults. ** Naval Beach Unit Seven, various amphibious assault capabilities Amphibious Naval beach units: * Beachmaster Unit One * Beachmaster Unit Two LCAC Units: *Assault Craft Unit 4 * Assault Craft Unit 5 Naval Special Warfare entities: * Naval Special Clearance Team (NSCT) consisting of SEALs, SWCC, Divers, and EOD.navy.mil
Conventional
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and US Navy entities: *
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(FMF), a component maritime military force that provides expeditionary and
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(ship-to-shore beach landings), supported by appropriate U.S. Navy operational forces. Subordinate commands of the FMF, comprising the
Marine Expeditionary Force A Marine expeditionary force (MEF), formerly known as a Marine amphibious force, is the largest type of a Marine air-ground task force. A MEF is the largest building block of United States Marine Corps combat power. __TOC__ Structure A MEF is l ...
s (MEF)—and its subordinate
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zones, and their adjacent areas ( green-water naval support); the MEFs no longer provide conventional riverine missions ( brown-water naval support), as it handed this function on to NECC.
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entities: * Deployable Specialized Forces, various units within Deployable Specialized forces can be sent under NECC Command or augment the forces. ** Port Security Unit, PSU’s are the Reserve element under Maritime Expeditionary Security Forces (MESFs), Within the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command structure. These Coast Guard units are part of an interoperable force and are part of the Department of Defense international and domestic security. They provide anti-terrorism / force protection / security for forward deployed base camps and ports around the world where needed.


See also

* Deployable Operations Group, the U.S. Coast Guard equivalent of the NECC. Many Coastguardsmen are also attached to NECC.


References


External links

* {{US Navy navbox Commands of the United States Navy Deployable Operations Group Military units and formations established in 2006