Organizing OPNAV (1970 - 2009)
Published Date: January 1, 2010
Reorganization has been a conspicuous and continual phenomenon in OPNAV throughout the period examined in this study. Some reorganizations have been massive; some have been small; but some degree of organizational churn has been constant. Despite the plethora of reorganizations, large and small, their rationales have exhibited a certain consistency over time. As outlined above, all recent Chiefs of Naval Operations (CNOs) have changed the OPNAV staff organization in some way, to try to achieve their goals.
