DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
2000 NAVY PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, DC 20350-2000
OPNAVINST 3501.395
N95
12 Feb 2014
OPNAV INSTRUCTION 3501.395
From: Chief of Naval Operations
Subj: REQUIRED OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES AND PROJECTED
OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR LHA 6 (AMERICA) CLASS
AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP
Ref: (a) OPNAVINST C3501.2K (NOTAL)
(b) NTTP 1-03.5 (Rev. A)
(c) OPNAVINST 3501.360
Encl: (1) Projected Operational Environment (POE) for LHA 6
(America) Class Amphibious
Assault Ship
(2) Required Operational Capabilities (ROC) for LHA 6
(America)
Class Amphibious Assault Ship
1. Purpose. To issue the required operational capabilities
(ROC) and the projected operational environment (POE) for the LHA
6 class amphibious assault ship.
2. Discussion. Enclosures (1) and (2) have been prepared per
reference (a). The ROC and POE provide the necessary details to
describe the mission areas, environment and operational
capabilities for which the LHA 6 class was designed. This
instruction provides resource agencies information concerning the
LHA 6 class mission requirements, capabilities, and the types and
locations of expected operations. Together, the ROC and POE
statements establish tasking that produces a measureable workload
used to compute manpower requirements for fleet manpower
documents.
3. Action. Request fleet commanders periodically review
enclosures (1) and (2) and recommend changes through the
appropriate administrative chain of command to the Office of the
Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV), Director, Expeditionary Warfare
OPNAV (N95) (Attention: Amphibious Warfare Branch (N953)) when
mission or capabilities of the LHA 6 c
lass are significantly
altered. Change r
ecommendations should include comments on the
expected ship manpower document and activity manpower document
impacts.
