Editing Chief of Naval Operations (section)

===Department of the Navy===
The CNO also performs all other functions prescribed under {{UnitedStatesCode|10|8033}}, such as presiding over the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV), exercising supervision of [[Structure of the United States Navy|Navy organizations]], and other duties assigned by the secretary or higher lawful authority, or the CNO delegates those duties and responsibilities to other officers in OPNAV or in organizations below.<ref name="a">{{cite web |publisher= United States Navy |title= Chief of Naval Operations |url= http://www.navy.mil/navydata/leadership/cno_resp.asp |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060402220158/https://www.navy.mil/navydata/leadership/cno_resp.asp |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2 April 2006 |access-date= 31 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="authority"/>

Acting for the secretary of the Navy, the CNO also designates naval personnel and naval forces available to the commanders of [[unified combatant command]]s, subject to the approval of the secretary of defense.<ref name="authority">{{cite web| url = https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/5013-#f| title = 10 USC 5013(f). Secretary of the Navy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/165-| title = 10 USC 165. Combatant commands: administration and support}}</ref>