Editing Office of Naval Intelligence (section)

{{Short description|United States Navy agency}}
{{Distinguish|Office of National Intelligence}}
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|agency_name     = Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)
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|seal            = Final ONI seal.png
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|seal_caption    = Seal of the Office of Naval Intelligence
|formed          = {{Start date and age|1882|3|23}}<ref>U.S. Navy Public Web Page, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120904060224/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=45005 Naval Intelligence Training Gives Navy, Marine Corps Team Edge]</ref>
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|headquarters    = [[National Maritime Intelligence Center]], [[Suitland, Maryland]]
|employees       = ≈3,000 (civilian and military)
|budget          = [[Classified information|Classified]]
|chief1_name     = [[Rear admiral (United States)|RADM]] [[Michael A. Brookes]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Biographies|url=https://nmio.ise.gov/About-NMIO/Our-Leadership/|access-date=2021-06-29}}</ref>
|chief2_name     = Scott V. Chesbrough (acting)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oni.navy.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Article/3876163/scott-v-chesbrough/|title=Scott V. Chesbrough|publisher=[[United States Navy]] Office of Naval Intelligence Public Affairs|access-date=November 8, 2024}}</ref>
|chief2_position =Deputy Commander
|parent_agency   = [[United States Navy]]
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The '''Office of Naval Intelligence''' ('''ONI''') is the [[military intelligence]] [[List of federal agencies in the United States|agency]] of the [[United States Navy]]. Established in 1882 primarily to advance the Navy's modernization efforts,<ref name="Proud History">{{cite web|title=Proud History|url=https://www.oni.navy.mil/About/Heritage/|website=Office of Naval Intelligence|access-date=26 April 2016}}</ref> it is the oldest member of the [[United States Intelligence Community|U.S. Intelligence Community]] and serves as the nation's premier source of maritime intelligence.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hacker |first1=Barton C. |last2=Vining |first2=Margaret |title=American Military Technology |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a3KLJN5kigQC&pg=PA53 |year=2007 |page=53 |publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn=978-0-8018-8772-7}}</ref>

Since the [[First World War]], ONI's mission has broadened to include real-time reporting on the developments and activities of foreign [[Navy|navies]]; protecting maritime resources and interests; monitoring and countering transnational maritime threats; providing technical, operational, and tactical support to the U.S. Navy and its partners; and surveying the global maritime environment. ONI employs over 3,000 military and civilian personnel worldwide and is headquartered at the [[National Maritime Intelligence Center]] in [[Suitland, Maryland]].