Navy Assigns Force Protection Budget Duties To N7, N4 Offices

By Thomas Duffy / April 11, 2001 at 5:00 AM
Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. William Fallon has approved a plan that assigns budget responsibility for antiterrorism and force protection programs to two offices on the Navy staff, according to a senior service official. One office, N4, will handle all shore-based programs, while N7 will handle all afloat-based programs, Rear Adm. Daniel Bowler told an industry conference yesterday. A Navy antiterrorism/force protection task force formed after the October attack on the destroyer Cole has identified nine different offices on...

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