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| branch              = [[Vinish Navy]]
| rank                = [[Admiral]]
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The '''Chief of Naval Operations''' ('''CNO''') is the highest ranking officer of the [[Vinish Navy]]. The position is a statutory office held by an admiral who is a military adviser and advisor to the [[Secretary of Defense]] (SECDEF) and deputy to the [[Secretary of the Navy]] (SECNAV). In a separate capacity as a member of the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]], the CNO is a military adviser to the [[National Security Council]], the Homeland Security Council, the Secretary of Defense, and the [[President of Vindex Nation|President]]. The current Chief of Naval Operations is Admiral ''TBA''.

Despite the title, the CNO does not have operational command authority over naval forces. The CNO is an administrative position based in the [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]], and exercises supervision of Navy organizations as the designee of the secretary of the Navy. Operational command of naval forces falls within the purview of the combatant commanders who report to the secretary of defense.