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What We Do

We deliver specialized training in Force Protection, Expeditionary Warfare, Code of Conduct (SERE), Law Enforcement, and Small Craft Operations.

Students undergo an intense practical training exercise, part of the U.S. Navy's Non-Compliant Boarding Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure course. U.S. Navy photo by Master-at-Arms 1st Class Adrianna Begonia
NORFOLK, Va. 12 Mar 2024
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Lapse in Appropriations: The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EDT on Sept. 30, 2025.
Military personnel will continue in normal duty status, without pay, until such time as a continuing resolution or appropriations are passed by Congress and signed into law. Civilian personnel not engaged in excepted will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status.
For more information please refer to the following link:
https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/display-news/Article/4319360/fy26-lapse-of-appropriations-department-of-the-navy-resources-for-sailors-marin/
 

Our mission is to develop and deliver force protection, Navy security force, Code of Conduct, small boat and expeditionary warfare training, which generates tactical forces necessary to achieve maritime superiority. Our vision is to lead the Navy in the development and delivery of world-class individual and small unit tactical training. NETCINST 5450.15C - Mission, Functions, and Tasks of CENSECFOR

  • Captain Joseph M. Bromley

    Captain Joseph M. Bromley

    Commanding Officer, Center for Security Forces

    Capt. Bromley, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia, graduated from Old Dominion University in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and was commissioned through the Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida. Following commissioning, he attended Surface Warfare Officers School in Newport, Rhode Island, for training as a Division Officer.  
  • Mr. Larry A. McFarland

    Mr. Larry A. McFarland

    Executive Director, Center for Security Forces

    Mr. Larry McFarland was born and raised in Colorado, graduated from Jacksonville University, and was commissioned through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program in 1984.  He has a Bachelor of Science in Biology and in Marine Science, and he has a Master of Science in Community Health/Occupational Medicine.  He completed twenty years of military service in 2004.
  • Commander Andrew D. Babakan

    Commander Andrew D. Babakan

    Executive Officer, Center for Security Forces

    Commander Andrew Babakan, a native of Grove City, Ohio, is a 2003 graduate from Concordia College New York with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies. He is also a 2016 graduate from Regent University with a master’s degree in business administration. He received his commission through Officer Candidate School in October 2004.
  • Command Master Chief Howard E. Robinson

    Command Master Chief Howard E. Robinson

    Command Master Chief, Center for Security Forces

    Command Master Chief Robinson, a native of Chicago, Ill, enlisted in the Navy in 1996, attending basic training at the Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, IL He attended Builder “A” or Apprenticeship School in Gulfport, Miss, and he is a graduate of the Senior Enlisted Academy (Class #189 Brown). Robinson holds a Bachelor of Arts in Justice Administration and an Associate of Arts in Construction Technology.
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