Isikhundla sanikezwa kanye kuphela emlandweni wase-US kuGeorge Dewey ngo-1899 ngesenzo seCongress.
Izidakamizwa zigqoka izinkanyezi ezine zezinhlamvu ezinhlanu ezinamaphuzu namapulangwe ehlombe ezinezinhlamvu ezine zegolide ukukhombisa isikhundla sabo.
Umsebenzi omkhulu wempi yama-Navy (CNO), isikhulu esiphezulu sezinsizakalo zesevisi, ungumdlali wezinkanyezi ezine osebenza ngaphansi nje kongobhala weNavy. Ungumholi wezinsizakalo ezihlomile futhi uyilungu leziKhulu eziPhezulu zoMnyango, elixwayisa umengameli. Kanye nonobhala weNavy, i-CNO iqondisa ukulungela ukulwa, ukuqashwa nokuqeqeshwa, phakathi kwezinye izinto. I-Chief Vice Chief of Naval Operations nayo iyimemezelo yezinkanyezi ezine.
Izikhulu ezithunyelwe nge-Naval zikhokhwa ngokuhambisana nesigaba sabo esekelwe esikalini sokukhokha esivela ku-O-1 kubantu abaphansi kunabo bonke ku-O-10 ngezinga lokubonga. Izikhulu ngaphakathi kwe-O-7 kuya ku-O-10 zibhekwa ngokuthi "izikhulu zamaphephandaba." Ngaphansi kwamaphesenti angu-1 amaphoyinti emisebenzi ephakanyiswayo aphakanyiswa ukuba afake isikhundla, okuyiNavy Navy ehambisana nombukiso wezinkanyezi ezilandelayo, i-admiral yezinkanyezi ezintathu nezinkanyezi ezine ezinezinkanyezi.
Noma ubani ofanelekile isikhundla se-admiral kumele abe esebenze okungenani iminyaka engu-20.
Isistimu yokugqugquzelwa kwamaNavy isekelwe amandla okurekhoda komsebenzi kodwa futhi iqhutshwa ngezikhundla kanye neziphathimandla zefulegi yinkqubo enkulu yezombangazwe. Unyaka ngamunye, abahleli be-promotion-in-service babalazwe ngesidingo esilindelekile sezikhulu ebangeni ngalinye ngokusekelwe kwezingcaphuno ezenziwe yiCongress ngesigaba ngasinye.
Ibhodi yokukhetha ikhuthaza izikhulu kumengameli we-United States, ozokhetha kulolu hlu noma nini lapho isikhala senzeke esigabeni esifanele ngenxa yokukhuthazwa kwesinye isikhulu noma umhlalaphansi. Umongameli wenza isinqumo ngemibono evela kubalobi beNavy kanye noMnyango Wezokuvikela futhi ngokubonisana nomphathi wenkonzo / umphathi. I-Senate kumele iqinisekise ukuthi ukhetho lomongameli.
Amaphoyisa adluliselwe ukukhushulwa azokwazi ukuhlaziywa ngokucophelela amarekhodi abo okusebenza futhi azohlolwa ngokubili futhi asebenzise amandla okulinganisa ngaphambi kokuba abhekwe njengabafanelekayo ebhodini lokukhetha. Amakhono obuholi kubalulekile - indima ye-US Navy admiral ayifani neyomphathi omkhulu wezinkampani olawula amabhajethi amakhulu, kanye nabasebenzi abaningi. Isikhundla sidinga ukuxoxisana namakhono okuphatha kanye namanye amakhono okuphatha.
Ngalolu hlobo lwawo lwe-O-10, ama-admirals aneminyaka engama-20 atshalwe imali engu-$ 13,659 ngenyanga, kanti labo abaneminyaka engaphezu kwengu-38 enkonzweni bayakhokhwa u-$ 16,795 ngenyanga. Umthetho wase-Federal unqanda inani labaphathi abasebenza ngokusebenzayo, futhi iNavy ivinjelwe ku-216 izikhulu zezindiza, nezindawo eziyisishiyagalombili zigcinwe kulabo abanezikhundla zokubonga.
Umthetho uphinde uthi zonke izikhulu zezindiza zezempi zasemakhaya zihlala eminyakeni yobudala engama-62, nakuba lokhu kungabambezeleka kuze kufike eminyakeni engu-64 uma unobhala weNavy noma unobhala wezokuvikela enikeza isandiso, futhi izikhulu zephalamende zingasebenza kuze kufike eminyakeni engama-66 ekuqondeni komongameli.