Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Subcommittee on Naval History


The Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Subcommittee on Naval History was formally established in 1956 and is the second oldest of the historical advisory committee's within the United States Department of Defense.

History

Formally established as a committee of eleven civilians in 1956 as the Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Committee on Naval History, its direct and immediate antecedent was an ad hoc advisory committee that had met in 1952, 1954, and 1955. Its members are appointed by the Secretary of the Navy to review and advise on the current and future plans of both the Naval History and Heritage Command and the United States Marine Corps History Division of Marine Corps University. In 1996, the committee was made a subcommittee of the Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee and reports directly to the Secretary of the Navy, and also to the Secretary of Defense through the Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee.

Chairmen

The following, listed in chronological order, have served as chairmen of the committee. In those case where individuals have also served as individual members their names and dates are also shown separately for that service in the alphabetical list of members:
The following is an alphabetical list of committee members, who have served since 1952, with their dates of service as members. Committee chairs are listed above with their dates as chairmen:
CHARTER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY’S ADVISORY SUBCOMMITTEE ON NAVAL HISTORY
activities. The Secretary of the Navy may act upon the SNAS's advice and recommendations.
who are appointed by the Secretary of the Navy on the advice of the Assistant Secretary of
the Navy. The SNAS shall submit nominations to the
Assistant Secretary of the Navy. The Director of Naval
History and the President of the Marine Corps University shall make their recommendations
for membership to the SNAS, as a nominating committee. Nominees will include individuals
who have broad managerial experience, vision, and understanding in one or more of the
following areas: military and maritime history, archives, museology, art, library science,
information technology. Members may also include former senior civilian Department of the
Navy officials and retired Navy and Marine Corps personnel. Members appointed by the
Secretary of the Navy, who are not Federal officers or employees, shall serve as Special
Government Employees under the authority of 5 U.S.C. § 3109, and shall be appointed for a
term of four years with the possibility of a one- to two-year extension. With the exception of travel and per diem for official travel, Subcommittee Members shall serve without compensation. The SNAS shall elect its own Chair and Vice-chair from its appointed members.
Officer, in consultation with the Chairperson. The estimated number of SNAS meetings is
one per year. The Alternate Designated Federal Officer shall be a full-time or permanent part-time DoD employee, and shall be appointed in accordance with established DoD policies and
procedures. The Designated Federal Officer and/or Alternate Designated Federal Officer
shall attend all SNAS meetings.
years from the date this Charter is filed, whichever is sooner, unless it is extended by the
Secretary of the Navy or the Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee.
Records Schedule 26 and appropriate DoD policies and procedures. These records shall be
available for public inspection and copying, subject to the Freedom of Information Act of
1966.
Committee are authorized to approve their own charters but they cannot operate
independently of the DoD Historical Advisory Committee. Regardless of the charter, SNAS remains a subcommittee of the parent committee. This Subcommittee Charter was initially approved unanimously by all SNAS members present at the SNAS executive session that took place on 12 September 2008. Revisions may be made with the concurrence of a vote of two-thirds of the appointed members and will be forwarded for information by the SNAS to the DoD Historical Advisory Committee when such revisions are made.