DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
2000
NAVY PENTAGON
W
ASHINGTON DC 20350-2000
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OPNAVINST 3111.17B
N3/N5
13 Nov 2020
OPNAV INSTRUCTION 3111.17B
From: Chief of Naval Operations
Subj: STRATEGIC LAYDOWN AND DISPERSAL PLAN FOR THE OPERATING
FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY
Ref: (a) DoDD 4715.21
(b) OPNAVINST 5400.44A
(c) OPNAVINST 5090.1E
(d) SECNAVINST 5030.8C
(e) 10 U.S.C. §5032 and §5013
(f) OPNAVINST 5430.48E
(g) SECNAVINST 5450.4G
Encl: (1) Criteria for Inclusion into Strategic Laydown and Dispersal Plan
(2) Strategic Laydown and Dispersal Working Group
(3) Homeporting, Home basing, and Hubbing Criteria
(4) Basis for the Annual Strategic Laydown and Dispersal Plan
(5) Basing Decision Process for New Platforms
(6) Definition of Terms
1. Purpose. To set policy and establish responsibility for the design and the assessment phases
of the annual Navy Strategic Laydown and Dispersal (SLD) plan as required per references (a)
through (g).
a. Summary of Changes:
(1) Updated Timeline in Figure 1
(2) Deleted enclosure 1 and moved into section 5 SLD Policy
(3) Deleted section 7 Policy and merged into section 5, SLD Policy
(4) Added Foreign Navy/ USCG/NOAA vessels utilizing USN bases for SLD inclusion
(5) Added N72 Strategy, N41 Logistics, and USCG
(6) Replaced Fleet Commanders with NAVEUR/AF, NAVCENT, and NAVSOUTH
(7) Changed signature from DNS to N3/N5
2. Cancellation. OPNAVINST 3111.17A.
