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• Rhumb Lines: Be Ready, October 31, 2012

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  This issue of "Rhumb Lines" expands on the recent release of the Chief of Naval Operations' Navigation Plan.

  United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information

  2012-10-31
• CNO's Position Report: 2012

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  "As stated in 'Navigation Plan 2013-2017,' this is our 'Position Report' for 2012, which describes our progress toward the vision identified in 'Sailing Directions.' CNO [Chief of Naval Operations] Sailing Directions are sound and remain the foundation for our planning and decision making. Similar to what we do at sea (for example, the Eight O' Clock Report), this Position Report 'takes a fix' on where we are today and identifies 'course and speed' changes to keep us on track and counter the effects of 'set and drift' -- emerging challenges that will tend to take us off our track. Due to the amazing performance of our Sailors, Civilians and their Families, our Navy is, for the most part, on track. However we'll have to remain focused to stay there in the face of evolving technology, global security concerns and fiscal challenges. Our three tenets -- Warfighting First, Operate Forward, and Be Ready -- remain the framework through which we view our progress."

  United States. Department of the Navy

  2012-10?
• Rhumb Lines: Executing the Maritime Strategy, August 9, 2012

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  "Around the world, the Navy is executing the core capabilities of the Maritime Strategy; operations from July include: "USS Enterprise (CVN 65) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1 flew 1,522 sorties, totaling 5,004 hours in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, counterpiracy and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations (AOO)"; "USS McFaul (DDG 74) supported maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. Naval Forces Africa AOO"; "USS Buffalo (SSN 715) arrived at Changi Naval Base, Singapore, as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Singapore 2012"; "The U.S. Navy's first afloat forward staging base-interim, USS Ponce (AFSB-I), arrived in Bahrain to support maritime security operations in U.S. Central Command AOO"; "USNS Grasp (T-ARS 51) supported joint training with U.S. Navy divers and the Ukrainian Navy during Exercise Sea Breeze 2012"; and "Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 23 worked with Peruvian soldiers to build a new medical clinic in Independencia, Peru, as part of New Horizons 2012."

  United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information

  2012-08-09
• Rhumb Lines: Great Green Fleet to Demonstrate During RIMPAC, July 17, 2012

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  This issue of "Rhumb Lines" highlights the "five energy goals to reduce the Department of the Navy's (DoN's) energy consumption, decrease its reliance on foreign sources of oil and significantly increase its use of alternative energy." The "Great Green Fleet" is a "carrier strike group powered by fuels produced from non-petroleum sources, including nuclear power and advanced biofuel blends."

  United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information

  2012-07-17
• Rhumb Lines: Executing the Maritime Strategy, July 13, 2012

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  "RIMPAC [Rim of the Pacific Exercise], the world's largest international maritime exercise, is yet another example of the Navy's standing commitment to our maritime strategy. It is the culmination of many months of preparation and planning by the 22 participating nations, and is spearheaded by leadership that for the first time includes non-U.S. component commanders."

  United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information

  2012-07-13
• Rhumb Lines: Strengthening International Partnerships, July 5, 2012

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  "Our Maritime Strategy has included international collaboration since the earliest days of the United States, beginning with French assistance during the American Revolution. Today's Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower emphasizes the need to foster and sustain joint relationships with maritime partners as one of six strategic imperatives. Our partnerships are defined by a wide range of actions including leadership and staff dialogue, at-sea operations and exercises, cooperative and security cooperation programs, and other maritime initiatives."

  United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information

  2012-07-05
• Rhumb Lines: Law of the Sea Convention, June 14, 2012

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  This issue of "Rhumb Lines" highlights the Law of the Sea Convention, which "supports implementation of the National Security Strategy, provides legal certainty in the world's largest maneuver space, and preserves essential navigation and overflight rights for the U.S. military."

  United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information

  2012-06-14
• Rhumb Lines: Partnerships - Combined Maritime Forces, June 11, 2012

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  This issue of "Rhumb Lines" highlights the U.S. Navy's "Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) [that] was established in February 2002 and is a naval partnership consisting of 26 nations. CMF's mission is to promote security, stability and prosperity across 2.5 million square miles of international waters in the Middle East, which encompasses some of the world's most important shipping lanes. It is comprised of three combined task forces (CTF) -- 150, 151 and 152 -- conducting maritime security operations (MSO) in accordance with international law and relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions."

  United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information

  2012-06-11
• Rhumb Lines: Executing the Maritime Strategy, June 8, 2012

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  This issue of "Rhumb Lines" highlights the U.S. Navy's operations "executing the core capabilities of the Maritime Strategy" for the month of May. "'Partnership and cooperation are paramount to maintaining security and stability in this region. Working with coalition and regional partners who share a common cause is what gets the job done.'"

  United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information

  2012-06-08
• Rhumb Lines: Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), June 5, 2012

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  "The LCS [Littoral Combat Ship] is a major part of our Navy's future and our ability to execute the new defense strategy. Its speed, agility and flexibility are designed to defeat growing littoral threats and provide access and dominance in coastal waters."

  United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information

  2012-06-05
• Rhumb Lines: U.S. Fleet Forces - Contributing to Global Operations, May 31, 2012

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  This issue of "Rhumb Lines" highlights how the "U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFF) trains, certifies and provides combat-ready Navy forces to combatant commanders (COCOM) that are capable of conducting prompt, sustained naval, joint, and combined operations in support of U.S. national interests."

  United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information

  2012-05-31
• Rhumb Lines: U.S. 7th Fleet-Contributing to Global Operations, May 29, 2012

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  This issue of "Rhumb Lines" highlights the U.S. 7th Fleet's area of operations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans "to include critical sea lines of communications; more than 50% of the world's populations; five of the world's largest armed forces and two of the largest economies."

  United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information

  2012-05-29
• Maritime Stability Operations [Draft]

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  This is the draft publication of Marine Corps Information Publication, MCIP 3-33.02 / Navy Warfare Publication, NWP 3-07 / Commandant, United States Coast Guard Instruction, COMDTINST M3120.11 entitled, "Maritime Stability Operations". From the document's foreword: "The purpose of this publication is to highlight the unique aspects of stability operations in the maritime domain that must be addressed by the joint force commander and his planning staff. Its intent is to educate the broader elements of the joint force and other agencies on the role that naval forces play within Government solutions to stability operations. This publication satisfies the Department of Defense policy requirement to promulgate Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard doctrine for stability operations. It expands on doctrine contained in joint and Army publications on stability operations and emphasizes maritime planning considerations. As planning guidance for maritime stability operations, this doctrine is intended for eventual incorporation in future editions of Joint Publication 3-07, 'Stability Operations.'"

  United States. Department of the Navy

  2012-05-25
• SECNAV Instruction 5000.34E: Oversight and Management of Intelligence Activities, Intelligence-Related Activities, Special Access Programs and Sensitive Activities Within the Department of the Navy, May 17, 2012

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  "In accordance with reference (a), the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) is responsible to the Secretary of Defense for all matters within DON [Department of the Navy], which includes the effective supervision and control of intelligence activities, intelligence-related activities, SAPs [Special Access Programs], and sensitive activities. This oversight role includes oversight of all component and department intelligence and intelligence-related activities and programs. In accordance with reference (c), the Under Secretary of the Navy (UNSECNAV) is designated as the deputy and principal assistant to the SECNAV, and acts with the full authority of the SECNAV in managing the effective supervision and control of intelligence activities, intelligence-related activities, SAPs and sensitive activities within the Department of the Navy."

  United States. Department of the Navy

  2012-05-17
• Rhumb Lines: U.S. 4th Fleet - Contributing to Global Operations, May 15, 2012

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  "U.S. 4th Fleet (C4F) supports U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) by providing naval forces to operate forward to ensure freedom of maneuver in the maritime domain and foster and sustain cooperative relationships with international partners in order to enhance security and promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the Caribbean, Central and South American region."

  United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information

  2012-05-15
• Rhumb Lines: Executing the Maritime Strategy, May 8, 2012

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  "Around the world, the Navy is executing the core capabilities of the Maritime Strategy; operations from April include:" "The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group anchored off the coast of Chennai, India, for a port visit as part of Exercise Malabar 2012"; "USS Elrod (FFG 55), along with embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment 407, recovered 89 bales of cocaine in support of Operation Martillo in the western Caribbean Sea"; "USS Michigan (SSGN 727) arrived at Stirling, Australia, as part of its deployment to the western Pacific"; "The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group flew 709 sorties, totaling more than 4,181 hours, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and counter-piracy efforts"; "USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), USS Chafee (DDG 90) and USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50) conducted exchange activities with the Vietnamese People's navy in Da Nang, Vietnam"; and "A P-3 Orion from Patrol Squadron (VP) 1, in conjunction with the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam, assisted in the rescue of nine Taiwanese fishermen, 700 miles off the west coast of Guam."

  United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information

  2012-05-08
• Rhumb Lines: Military Commissions, May 8, 2012

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  The key messages from this edition of "Rhumb Lines" are: "1) The military is taking steps to ensure that victims and their families who desire to observe military commission trial proceedings have the opportunity to do so. 2) A military commission is a military court of law historically used to try violations of the law of war and other offenses. 3) Individuals subject to trial by military commission have a right to counsel and are innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. 4) The Navy JAG [Judge Advocate Genera] Corps is engaged in the prosecution, defense, administration and adjudication of fair, just and transparent military commission trials. "

  United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information

  2012-05-08
• Naval Amphibious Capability in the 21st Century: 'Strategic Opportunity and a Vision for Change', Report of the Amphibious Capabilities Working Group

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  "Now, more than ever, the rapid-responsiveness, readiness, flexibility, precision and strategic mobility of maritime forces are essential to ensuring continued access and security in the global commons and the littoral regions that border them. As the Nation prepares for an uncertain future, its maritime and amphibious capabilities are essential to deterrence, building alliances, denying sanctuary, projecting influence and, when required, projecting power against increasingly lethal and asymmetric adversaries. Rapidly evolving security and fiscal environments, however, demand corresponding changes in our forward-deployed, crisis response force to include operational thinking, concepts, education, training, capabilities, and partnerships. Increasingly more capable and irregular threats to our national interests require an integrated, multidomain approach informed by continuous innovation in naval warfighting, littoral maneuver, and amphibious operations. Amphibious capability has an aggregate utility across the range of military operations that is reflected in combatant commander demand. Approaches such as single naval battle, an integrated naval expeditionary system, broadened combined arms, and special operations integration are an effective counter to increasingly capable anti-access and area denial (A2AD) threats that seek to limit our freedom of action."

  United States. Department of the Navy

  2012-04-27
• Rhumb Lines: Executing the Maritime Strategy, April 10, 2012

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  "Around the world, the Navy is executing the core capabilities of the Maritime Strategy; operations from March include: "The Enterprise Carrier Strike Group made port visits in Spain, France, Italy and Greece in support of U.S. 6th Fleet's maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts." "USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) conducted maritime security operations in the Arabian Gulf with the Royal Navy HMS Daring (D32), assigned to Combined Maritime Forces, Combined Task Force 152." "USS Connecticut (SSN 22) arrived at Fleet Activities Yokosuka during its deployment to the western Pacific." "The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group flew 1,085 sorties, totaling 6,600 hours, and dropped 6,640 lbs of bombs, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom." "Sailors from U.S. Naval Forces Africa facilitated a tactical combat casualty care course with the Tanzanian People's Defense Force in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania." "USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Baranof (WPB 1318) rescued 24 Filipino mariners in Arabian Gulf."

  United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information

  2012-04-10
• From Wounded Warrior to Civilian Employee: A Workplace Reference Guide for Managers and Supervisors

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  This guide assists with wounded warrior transition to the civilian workplace. From the guide: "Medical advances have allowed combat wounded service members to obtain medical treatment faster and closer to the point of injury which has resulted in increased survival rates for our servicemen and women. This means more men and women are returning home, and some are returning with disabilities. Many are reintegrating to civilian life and seeking employment. Some are living with visible and invisible wounds due to the unconventional nature of our current conflicts. Today, employers are looking for individuals who are mission-and team-oriented leaders with a variety of skills and experience gained from their military service. Our veterans bring this to the civilian workplace. This quick reference guide for employers, managers, and supervisors provides information on how to successfully support veterans who have transitioned to the civilian workplace. Specific areas addressed in this guide include the Department of the Navy's (DON) commitment to individuals with disabilities and Wounded Warriors, as well as Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), suicide prevention and response, disability etiquette for the workforce, handling leave requests, retention strategies, workplace accommodations, and additional resources. Equality of opportunity is recognized as an essential element of readiness and is vital in retaining a top-quality workforce in order to accomplish the DON's strategic mission. DON's policy is to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees and applicants with disabilities. An effective reasonable accommodation policy is an important aspect of DON's commitment to create employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities."

  United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information

  2012-03-12?
• Rhumb Lines: Executing the Maritime Strategy, March 6, 2012

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  This issue of "Rhumb Lines" provides examples of how the U.S. Navy is "executing the core capabilities of the Maritime Strategy." This issue offers examples of naval readiness from February 2012 in the following areas: Forward Presence, Power Projection, Maritime Security, Deterrence, Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Response, and Building Maritime Partnerships. A section on the status of the Navy as of March 2, 2012 is also included.

  United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information

  2012-03-06
• Rhumb Lines: Executing the Maritime Strategy

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  This issue of "Rhumb Lines" provides a review of the Maritime Strategy for 2012. In the words of Admiral Cecil D. Haney, Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet: "Together with our allies and partners, we will continue our commitment to maritime security and freedom of the seas in the Asia-Pacific region. We tangibly demonstrate this commitment through credible, purposeful forward presence. Our presence must prioritize the current warfighting readiness necessary to operate as an effective force across the full range of our Maritime Strategy."

  United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information

  2012-02-07
• Department of the Navy Cyber Range Policy Guidance

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  "The Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Information Assurance (IA) Range initiative supports IA, Computer Network Defense (CND) and other DoD cyber requirements derived from the strategy of Net-Centricity and the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI), to increase the security of networks and to expand cyber education. The DoD Cyber (IA) Range provides an operationally realistic environment to support exercises, training, testing, and evaluation with no risk to operational networks. It also offers Network Operations (NetOps), CND, IA, exploitation, and attack cyber events. DoD Cyber (IA) Range supports the testing and evaluation of new capabilities, immersive training with rapid experience building, tactics techniques and procedures (TTP) development and validation, system interoperability and integration testing, operational and developmental testing, and certification and accreditation processes."

  United States. Department of the Navy

  2012-02-01
• Rhumb Lines: Navy SEALs - 50 Years of Service, January 13, 2012

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  "This year, Naval Special Warfare (NSW) celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first two SEAL Teams. In the late 1950s and early 1960, Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy determined a need for developing an unconventional warfare capability to counter the Soviet threat. In a letter dated Dec. 11, 1961, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Arleigh A. Burke officially authorized creation of the SEAL Teams in the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets, effective Jan. 1, 1962. SEALs are conducting some of our nation's most critical missions, proving they are as relevant today as they were when they were first created. NSW forces work jointly and with U.S. allied and coalition partner nation forces to ensure security and stability throughout the world."

  United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information

  2012-01-13
• Rhumb Lines: Executing the Maritime Strategy: 2011 in Review, January 11, 2012

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  The "Key Messages" of this edition of Rhumb Lines are as follows: "1) America's Navy is 'A Global Force for Good,' protecting this nation's vital interests even as it joins with others to promote security and prosperity across the globe. 2) Although our forces can surge when necessary, trust and cooperation cannot be surged. 3) Sailors demonstrate daily that our Navy is flexible, adaptable, and ready to respond globally."

  United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information

  2012-01-11
• Rhumb Lines: The Status of Shipbuilding, January 10, 2012

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  This edition of Rhumb Lines provides information of the following key messages: "1) Competition is a critical factor for affordable shipbuilding programs. We aim to compete in every element of our programs ---- not just at the prime contractor or shipbuilder level, but through the entire supply chain. 2) With budget constraints, we must lower the cost of business by not driving toward the high end on requirements; holding our requirements stable; stabilizing the rate at which we buy; and improving the way we contract for systems, such as using fixed price contracting, multiyear and block buys. "

  United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information

  2012-01-10
• Rhumb Lines: Defense Strategic Guidance Rollout for 2012, January 6, 2012

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  "After 10 years of war, the United States and our military are at a strategic inflection point that requires transitioning from today's conflicts to tomorrow's challenges. Passage of the Budget Control Act of 2011 Aug. 2, 2011, required the Department of Defense to cut more than $450 billion from the Defense Base Budget over 10 years. The Department of Defense worked with the White House to develop strategic guidance, 'Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for the 21st Century,' which was presented Jan. 5. 2012 by President Obama and Defense Secretary Panetta to guide the size and shape of the defense force over subsequent program and budget cycles. The strategy outlines how the leaner, technologically superior force of the 21st century will remain capable across the spectrum of missions, focusing on areas including counter terrorism and irregular warfare; electronic and cyber warfare; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; missile and air defense; and retaining our ability to conduct counterinsurgency operations. The U.S. will use innovative methods to maintain a global presence such as rotational deployments and training exercises, with a premium on our special operations forces."

  United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information

  2012-01-06
• Navy Information Dominance Corps Human Capital Strategy 2012-2017

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  "Information Dominance is the operational advantage gained when the Navy's informational functions, capabilities, resources, and people are integrated to the extent that decision-making and its corresponding warfighting effects are not only optimized, but superior to our adversaries. To attain this advantage, the Navy must succeed in three core areas: Assured Command and Control, Battlespace Awareness, and Integrated Fires. The challenge of succeeding in this complex and dynamic operating environment has never been greater. Moreover, the challenge is compounded by exponential increases in information and computing capabilities, and the near universal availability of these technologies around the globe and at comparatively low cost. As a consequence, our customary technological advantage is constantly at risk. Maintaining our operational and technological advantages depends directly on the sustainment of our human capital advantage. We require an elite workforce that is recruited, trained, and educated to pace technology, understand the maritime environment, and deliver integrated warfighting effects on demand. It is a formidable challenge, but one we are uniquely prepared to face. […] Developing and sustaining a viable and responsive IDC [Information Dominance Corps] requires a commitment to workforce planning and management processes, delivery of a Corps-wide learning continuum, and cultivation of an identifiable, inclusive Information Dominance culture and ethos. This Human Capital Strategy constitutes the first installment on that commitment and provides a structured, balanced and deliberate approach for ensuring the Navy's IDC is qualified, ready and sustainable. It is framed on four strategic goals, each supported by a set of measurable objectives, which drive their implementation: manage the Corps as a total force, build competencies through training, education, and experience, strategically integrate and align the IDC workforce with mission and capability requirements, and create a warfighting culture"

  United States. Department of the Navy

  2012
• Navy Strategy for Achieving Information Dominance 2013-2017

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  "The continuing evolution in information technology presents both opportunities and challenges for the U.S. Navy. Information is becoming increasingly central to all aspects of maritime warfighting and is core to the Navy's strategic, operational and tactical missions of sea control, power projection, deterrence and forward presence. Whether characterized as intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, networks, communications, space, cyber, meteorology, oceanography, or electronic warfare, the Navy is inextricably and irreversibly dependent on information. Information provides a source of power but can also be an incapacitating weakness if not protected. Mastering the information domain is critical to the Navy's future success. […] Defined as the operational advantage gained from fully integrating the Navy's information functions, capabilities and resources to optimize decision making and maximize warfighting effects, Navy Information Dominance has become a leading Service priority. In 2009 the Navy consolidated information-related programs, resources, and manpower in order to organize, unify and concentrate its information capabilities. This Strategy for Achieving Information Dominance provides the framework through which the Navy's information capabilities will be mainstreamed into the Navy's culture as a distinct warfighting discipline. The strategy focuses on the three fundamental Information Dominance capabilities of Assured Command and Control, Battlespace Awareness, and Integrated Fires, and sets forth the following major goals for the 2013--2017 timeframe: 1) Strong and Secure Navy Command and Control; 2) Persistent, Predictive Battlespace Awareness; 3) Integrated Combat Information; 4) Integrated Kinetic and Non-kinetic Fires; 5) Information Dominance as a Warfighting Discipline."

  United States. Department of the Navy

  2012
• Rhumb Lines: Executing the Maritime Strategy, December 6, 2011

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  "Around the world, the Navy is executing the core capabilities of the Maritime Strategy; examples from November include: "The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group flew 133 sorties totaling 606 hours in support of operations New Dawn and Enduring Freedom and maritime security operations (MSO) in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR). [...] Guided missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) continued to serve as Combined Maritime Forces' Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 flagship. CTF 151 is led by Pakistani Rear Adm. Kaleem Shoukat. [...] The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked Marines of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) entered the U.S. 7th Fleet AOR. Command ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) is on its maiden deployment. [...] U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) hosted the Naval War College's Combined Force Maritime Component Commander (CFMCC) Course for senior international military officers on board Naval Support Activity Bahrain."

  United States. Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Information

  2011-12-06