DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
1000 NAVY PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20350-1000
SECNAVINST 4000.37B
ASN (RD&A)
13 AUG 2018
SECNAV INSTRUCTION 4000.37B
From: Secretary of the Navy
Subj: NAVAL LOGISTICS INTEGRATION
Ref: (a) SECNAVINST 5400.15C
(b) 10 U.S.C. §5013a
(c) 14 U.S.C. Chapter 1
(d) DoD Instruction 4140.01 of 14 December 2011
(e) DoD Directive 4151.18 of 31 March 2004
1. Purpose. To provide Department of the Navy (DON) policy and
assign responsibilities for implementing Naval Logistics
Integration (NLI) within the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast
Guard.
2. Cancellation.
SECNAVINST 4000.37A.
3. Applicability. Per reference (a), this directive applies to
the Offices of the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), the Chief of
Naval Operations (CNO), and the Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Applicability extends to the Office of the Commandant of the
Coast Guard when the Coast Guard operates as a specialized
service in the DON per references (b) and (c).
4. Background.
The importance of Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast
Guard interdependency in both naval and joint warfighting
environments and the continued need to transform naval logistics
requires integrated logistics processes to obtain greater
efficiency and effectiveness in supporting the warfighter.
These logistics processes must be aligned with naval operating
concepts and strategies.
5. Policy
a. This instruction directs all levels of command to
actively pursue appropriate courses of action to improve naval
logistics to the fullest extent possible by integrating Navy,
Marine Corps, and Coast Guard logistics capabilities and
processes.
