Books by Department of the Navy

NTTP 3-32.1, Maritime Operations Center, builds on the foundation established in NWP 3-32, Maritime Operations at the Operational Level of War, and describes the maritime operations center (MOC) philosophy and organization. It has been developed in recognition that today's fast-paced and multifaceted operational environment demands a more standardized approach across the full range of military operations. This publication should be considered a living document. It and each future revision should bring all United States Navy commands a step closer to common tactics, techniques, and procedures at the operational level. Success in the modern maritime operational environment requires working with elements of the joint force, multinational partners, and maritime commanders. The conduct of modern maritime operations requires a command and control (C2) system and processes that support planning and execution from the strategic, through operational, to tactical levels.

NTTP 3-50.1 (SEP 2013), NAVY SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR) MANUAL, provides guidance to units assigned SAR responsibilities. It is intended to promote and maintain standardization of SAR procedures, equipment, and techniques within the U.S. naval forces. It is essential that NTTP 3-50.1 be readily available to unit personnel who may engage in SAR operations. NTTP 3-50.1 is supplemental to the International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue Manual, which provides guidance for U.S. forces, military or civil, participating in combined SAR operations.

Summary. NWP 5-01 (DEC 2013), is the foundation for Navy planning. It establishes doctrine and puts forward the fundamental principles to guide Navy planning staffs within the framework of service, joint, or multinational operations.

The purpose of this publication is to highlight the unique aspects of stability operations in the maritime domain that must be addressed by the joint force commander and his planning staff. Its intent is to educate the broader elements of the joint force and other agencies on the role that naval forces play within Government solutions to stability operations. This publication satisfies the Department of Defense policy requirement to promulgate Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard doctrine for stability operations. It expands on doctrine contained in joint and Army publications on stability operations and emphasizes maritime planning considerations. As planning guidance for maritime stability operations, this doctrine is intended for eventual incorporation in future editions of Joint Publication 3-07, Stability Operations.

The information contained in NWP 4-01.4, Underway Replenishment, is directed toward preparing both the replenishment and customer ship for a replenishment evolution. Detailed rig make-up, requisite equipment, and standardized procedures are established to serve as specific guidelines for all aspects of replenishment at sea. NWP 4-01.4 has evolved over the years as a direct result of continuing fleet requirements to standardize procedures, furnish rig make-up guidance, and provide continuity in application and use. The highest degree of professional competence in UNREP evolutions is required for their safe and efficient conduct. Each ship shall ensure wide dissemination to all personnel involved in the planning of, supervision of, and participation in UNREP evolutions.

NWP 1-05 establishes the guiding principles for the provision of religious ministry to Navy forces and provides the framework for the religious ministry tasks and activities across the range of military operations.

This publication applies to the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. Also, it may be used by multi-Service and Service components of a joint force to conduct tactical radio training and operations. Procedures herein may be modified to fit specific theater command and control (C2) procedures and allied and foreign national electromagnetic spectrum management requirements.

Summary. The information contained in NTTP 4-01.4, Underway Replenishment, is directed toward preparing both the replenishment and customer ship for a replenishment evolution. Detailed rig make-up, requisite equipment, and standardized procedures are established to serve as specific guidelines for all aspects of replenishment at sea. Each ship shall ensure wide dissemination to all personnel involved in the planning of, supervision of, and participation in underway replenishment evolutions.

This publication provides tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) governing the conduct of physical security (PS) and law enforcement (LE) at Navy installations, within expeditionary forces and onboard Navy ships. It provides a basis for understanding Navy policies and objectives related to PS and LE. More important, it provides regional commanders (REGCOMs), regional security officers (RSOs), installation and ship commanding officers (COs), security officers (SO), administrative staffs, and the Navy security force (NSF) with needed tools to help organize, plan, train for, and implement effective and efficient PS and LE programs using the limited resources at their disposal. Both PS and LE programs include measures taken by a command, ship, or installation to protect against all acts designed to, or that may, impair its effectiveness. In other words, both PS and LE personnel provide security and are key to the protection construct. Within this document, installation security officers and...

NTTP 1-01 (APR 2005) defines relationships among commands and programs involved in tactics development (including all draft phases), assigns responsibilities for developing and maintaining tactical and doctrinal publications, and contains guidance for maintaining the Navy Warfare Library.

Summary. This revision updates and expands upon various topics regarding the law of the sea and law of war. In particular, it updates the history of U.S. Senate consideration of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, to include its 2012 hearings; emphasizes that islands, rocks, and low-tide elevations are naturally formed and that engineering, construction, and land reclamation cannot convert their legal status; provides more detail on U.S. sovereign immunity policy for Military Sealift Command chartered vessels and for responding to foreign requests for health inspections and medical information; removes language indicating that all USN/USCG vessels under command of a noncommissioned officer are auxiliary vessels; emphasizes that only warships may exercise belligerent rights during international armed conflicts; adds a description of U.S.-Chinese bilateral and multilateral agreements promoting air and maritime safety; updates the international law applicable to vessels seeking a place of refuge;...

NTTP 3-13.3M/MCTP 3-32B is the Department of the Navy comprehensive OPSEC guide that provides commanders a method to incorporate the OPSEC process into daily activities, exercises, and mission planning to assist Navy and Marine Corps commands, afloat and ashore, in practicing and employing OPSEC. Unless otherwise stated, masculine nouns and pronouns do not refer exclusively to men.

This publication provides general information for engineer personnel responsible for planning, designing, and drilling wells, focuses on techniques and procedures for installing wells, and includes expedient methods for digging shallow water wells, such as hand-dug wells. Summary. Military personnel assigned to well drilling teams must have a basic understanding of groundwater principles and well drilling mechanics and hydraulics to successfully install wells. A well driller enhances his skills primarily from experience in solving problems, overcoming obstacles in the field, and learning from failures. This publication reviews common experiences well drillers encounter in the field, including well installation and completion

Recognizing that religious identity is an integral part of the members of the armed services, Congress has established that the religious requirements of service members are to be accommodated by the respective services. The Department of the Navy (DON) tasks commanding officers (COs) with the establishment of a command religious program (CRP), which accommodates the religious needs, preferences, and rights of the members of their commands, eligible family members, and other authorized personnel. (See Secretary of the Navy Instruction (SECNAVINST) 1730.7 (series), "Religious Ministry Within the Department of the Navy.")

Navy Tactical Reference Publication (NTRP) 1-03.5, Defense Readiness Reporting System-Navy (DRRS-N) Reporting Manual, establishes DRRS-N readiness reporting procedures. Specifically, NTRP 1-03.5 provides the framework for specified Navy organizations to conduct Navy mission-essential task (NMET) assessments and readiness reporting via DRRS-N.