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US Navy The Nations Global Engagement Force
UNCLASSIFIED
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Maritime Strategic Imperatives
Secure Our Homeland, Citizens, and Interests
around the World.

• Regionally Concentrated, Credible Combat Power
• Limit regional conflict with forward deployed,
  decisive maritime power
• Deter major power war
• Win our Nations wars
• Globally Distributed, Mission-Tailored Maritime
  Forces
• Contribute to homeland defense in depth
• Foster and sustain cooperative relationships with
  more international partners
• Prevent or contain local disruptions before they
  impact the global system

Preventing wars is as important as winning wars.
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Core Capabilities

• Forward Presence
• Deterrence
• Sea Control
• Power Projection
• Maritime Security
• Humanitarian Assistance / Disaster Relief

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Navy Boots on Ground
Contributing to the Joint force in Operation
ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) and Operation IRAQI
FREEDOM (OIF)

• Navy SEALs executing special operations
• Explosive Ordnance Disposal teams disabling
  Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs)
• Navy aircraft providing close air support and
  electronic attack
• Riverine forces securing key waterways
• Civil Construction Battalions building critical
  infrastructure
• Individual Augmentees augmenting ground forces

Ground Forces in Central Command Iraq - 4,619
Bahrain - 2,811 Kuwait - 1,976 Afghanistan -
3,602 Qatar - 566 Total in CENTCOM 13,922
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Counter-Piracy Operations
CTF 151 Turkey Singapore ROK Jordan U.S.
Pakistan Australia Saudi UK
Coordination Partners Canada India Japan Malaysia
Yemen Coast Guard
European Union Turkey Spain Greece Sweden
Netherlands Italy Portugal UK
Independent Operators China Russia Iran
CTF 150 Germany, France

• International response
• Prosecution agreements
• Commercial ships
• adopting best practices
• Continuing sanctuary ashore . . .

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Emerging Missions
Meeting high-end and low-end warfare challenges

• EW Spectrum control
• Anti-access
• Piracy
• Cyber Warfare
• BMD
• Unmanned vehicles
• Swarm tactics

• Riverine operations
• Littoral capability
• Joint operations
• Low-tech threats
• NEO
• Nuclear proliferation

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Maritime Ballistic Missile Defense

• Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense
• Sea-based mid-course component of the Ballistic
  Missile Defense System
• Intercepts and destroys short- to
  intermediate-range ballistic missile threats
• Sustainable
• Forward Deployed
• Can pulse additional forces to respond to
  emergent crises
• Defending against established and emergent
  threats from intl waters

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Humanitarian Assistance

• Operation Continuing Promise
• Latin America and Caribbean
• USNS COMFORT
• Pacific Partnership
• Oceana and East Asia
• USNS RICHARD E BYRD,
• USNS MERCY
• Africa Partnership Station
• East and West Coast of Africa
• LSD, DDG, HSV, USCGC
• Southern Partnership Station
• Latin America and Caribbean
• HSV SWIFT, USS OAK HILL

Using Maritime Power to Reach Out to Those In Need
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Building Partnership Capacity

• Partnership Deployments building maritime
  security
• Build partner Navy / Coast Guard capacity
• Maritime Security
• Resource Protection
• Seamanship / Engineering / Medical
• U.S. / Coalition Interoperability
• Africa Partnership Station
• Deployments to East and West Coast
• Southern Partnership Station
• Caribbean and South America

Trust and Cooperation Can Not be Surged
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Combating Irregular Challenges

• Maritime Security Force Assistance
• Navy Irregular Warfare Office established
• Global Maritime Partnerships established
• Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC)
  established
• Riverine squadrons re-established
• Global Fleet Stations

Irregular Warfare uses the core strengths of
seapower in innovative ways to add to the
collective knowledge and increase security for
our forces and international partners.
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Outreach Americas Navy

• Thanks for 2009 Navy Week support
• OKC, Chattanooga, Denver, Boston, Reno,
  Albuquerque, Houston, New Orleans
• www.navyweek.org NLUS/USN partnership
• 2010 schedule to be announced mid December
• More ¾-star engagement, per OAN
• WWW.CHINFO.NAVY.MIL