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Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea Commander, Navy Region Korea
The current seal of the Commander of United States Naval Forces Korea, adopted in 2010.
Founded	July 1, 1957; 67 years ago (1957-07-01)
Country	United States
Branch	United States Navy
Type	Regional command / shore staff
Part of	U.S. Pacific Fleet United Nations Command Navy Installations Command
Nickname(s)	CNFK
Website	cnrk.cnic.navy.mil
Commanders
Current commander	RDML Neil A. Koprowski
Insignia
Former seal (used until 2010)

The U.S. Naval Forces Korea is a major shore command of the United States Navy that serves as the shore support agency for all U.S. naval activity in South Korea. Known by the initials "CNFK", an abbreviation of the address format of the unit ("Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea"), its headquarters are at Busan Naval Base, Busan.

CNFK is jointly under the command of the operational command of United States Seventh Fleet, responsible for the support of all U.S. naval forces on the Korean peninsula, and United States Forces Korea. CNFK is also CNIC's assigned Region Commander with administrative control over what are two naval installations in South Korea which are Fleet Activity Chinhae and Busan Naval Base. CNFK is commanded by a rear admiral (lower half) who serves as the Navy liaison to the Commander of the United States Forces Korea. In times of war, CNFK becomes a ground-based task force of United States Seventh Fleet.

History

U.S. Naval Forces, Korea, was established on 1 July 1957, with headquarters in Seoul. The command was created by the reorganization of the Naval Forces, Far East Command into the separate commands of Naval Forces Japan and Naval Forces Korea. Commander, Naval Forces Korea, assumed the following additional duties:

• Commander, Naval Component Command, United Nations Command
• Chief, U.S. Naval Advisory Group, Korea, and Navy Advisor to the Republic of Korea
• Commander, Naval Component Command, U.S. Forces Korea
• On-Call Member, United Nations Military Armistice Commission

The principal mission of CNFK was acting as part of the United Nations Command. In this regard, the commander exercised command of U.S. Naval Forces assigned or attached, and operational control over the Republic of Korea Navy.

Rear Admiral Neil A. Koprowski assumed command of CNFK in June 2023.

Bases

• Busan Naval Base
• Chinhae Naval Base

List of commanders

References

1. "US naval command's new South Korea headquarters nears completion". Stars and Stripes. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
2. "Standard Navy Distribution List Shore Chain of Command" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2015.
3. US Navy Korea (19 February 2015). "Rear Adm. Lisa Franchetti congratulates ROK Naval Academy Class of 2015". Archived from the original on 19 December 2021 – via YouTube.
4. "Rear Admiral Ranks Grow: SD's Lisa Franchetti Joins Upper Crust - Times of San Diego". 17 March 2016.

External links

• CNFK official website
• CNFK on Navy.mil
• U.S. 7th Fleet
• United States Forces Korea
• United States Naval Forces Korea on Facebook

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