{{Infobox military unit |unit_name=Naval Operations Branch |Image= |caption= |dates=1968–present |country=[[Canada]] |branch=[[Canadian Armed Forces]] |type=[[Personnel branch]] |role=Sea-going trades of the Canadian Armed Forces |size= |command_structure= |current_commander= |garrison= |ceremonial_chief= |colonel_of_the_regiment= |nickname= |patron= |motto= |colors= |march="[[Heart of Oak]]" |mascot= |battles= |notable_commanders= |anniversaries= }} The '''Naval Operations Branch''' ({{langx|fr|Branche des opérations navales}}) is a [[personnel branch]] of the [[Canadian Forces]]. The branch consists of most of the seagoing occupations and trades of the [[Royal Canadian Navy]].
Members of the branch wear an embroidered [[cap badge]] usually featuring a fouled anchor, though the exact badge depends on the wearer's rank and position.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dress instructions - Section 4 Environmental, branch and regimental insignia |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/services/defence/caf/military-identity-system/dress-manual/chapter-3/section-4.html |website=Military Identity System |date=11 September 2018 |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=5 December 2020}}</ref>
==Training== {{Citations broken|section|date=June 2023}} ===Naval Officers Training Centre (NOTC)=== HMCS Venture, the Naval Officers Training Centre (NOTC), is at Work Point in [[CFB Esquimalt]], in [[Esquimalt, British Columbia]]. The role of the NOTC is to encompass all aspects of junior naval officer training and development.<ref>http://www.rockymountainrangers.ca/?p=eductraining<nowiki/> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919110142/http://www.rockymountainrangers.ca/?p=eductraining |date=2009-09-19 }}</ref>
==Order of precedence==
{{s-start}} {{order of precedence | before= ''None. First in precedence of personnel branches'' | title= Naval Operations Branch| after= [[Royal Canadian Horse Artillery]] <br /> '''''or''''' <br /> Army elements of <br /> [[Royal Military College of Canada]] <br /> <small>'''''(see note below)'''''</small> }} {{s-end}} ''Note:'' When parading with their guns, the honour of "The Right of the Line" (precedence over other Army units) is held by the units of the [[Royal Canadian Horse Artillery]]; otherwise, the Naval Operations Branch is succeeded immediately by formed bodies of Officer Cadets of the [[Royal Military College of Canada]] representing their college.
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{{Canadian Forces Personnel Branches}} {{Canadian Forces Maritime Command}} {{Canadian Armed Forces}}
[[Category:Canadian Armed Forces personnel branches]] [[Category:Military history of Canada]]
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