United States Naval Forces Korea

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.^[1]

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^[2] 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. ^{[citation needed]}