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Maritime Foreign Area Officers

Building the Navy FAO Community RADM Lemmons OPNAV N52 Director of International Engagement 25 JAN 2011. Maritime Foreign Area Officers. The World’s oceans and seas have historically played a singularly important role in the spread of language and culture.

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Maritime Foreign Area Officers

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  1. Building the Navy FAOCommunityRADM LemmonsOPNAV N52Director of International Engagement25 JAN 2011

  2. Maritime Foreign Area Officers The World’s oceans and seas have historically played a singularly important role in the spread of language and culture. The Navy FAO has a unique focus that is maritime in nature, a world view that is less focused on continents: Asia, Europe, Africa… but rather a view focused from and towards oceans and seas: Indian, Pacific, Mediterranean…

  3. Community Distribution by AOR today161 Operational Billets PACOM CENTCOM EUCOM SOUTHCOM AFRICOM CAPT 3 11 7 5 4 CDR 12 14 13 17 7 LCDR/ LT 7 26 11 11 13 AOR Distribution fails to approach 1:2:3 ratio of O6 / O5 / O4, lacks capacity

  4. Community Distribution by AOR desired end-state300 Operational Billets PACOM CENTCOM EUCOM SOUTHCOM AFRICOM CAPT 10 13 8 10 9 CDR 21 26 16 20* 17 LCDR/ LT 31 40 24 30 25 *Shown with 8 CDR roll-down by FY15 Sustains FAO Community – Requires Growth of 139 Billets (82 already planned - 57 not yet planned)

  5. FAOSourceCommunities HR M. Marine Staff and Seabee Info. Dom. Surface Special Warfare Aviation Submarine Lateral transfer to the FAO Community typically happens after 8 to 12 years of commissioned service. Most come from Aviation and Surface warfare.

  6. The FAO Community INPUT DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING OUTPUT URL Communities The FAO’s Repertoire FAO Placement SDO/Defense Attachés Naval Attachés Security Cooperation Major Staffs Country Desks Interagency Staffs Language, Regional, Cultural, Expertise Active Component In-Country Training FAOQualification Pol-Mil Graduate Education Reserve Component (in 2011) - The Navy’s Community of International Engagement Professionals -

  7. CDR CAPT RDML LCDR 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 CAPT LCDR CDR 1) FAO tour 2) Demonstrated language proficiency 3) FAO Masters or waiver 4) 1710 Designator 5) JPME 1 1) FAO CDR Milestone tour 2) Maintained language proficiency 1) FAO CAPT tour 2) Maintained language proficiency 3) JQO FAO CAREER PATH FAO Training Module DLI or Grad Ed as required, plus ICT FAO Training Module JFSSP or JPME II FAO Training Module DLI or Graduate Education, plus ICT Source Community Qualification / MSR Initial FAO tour FAO LCDR tour FAO CDR tour FAO CAPT tours Flag tour FAO CDR Milestone Screenings FAO MSR** SAO NCC Staff DAO OPNAV LNO NIPO Language\ Masters Education\ Immersion DAO SAO LNO COCOM NCC OPNAV NIPO SAO DAO LNO COCOM NCC OPNAV NIPO Assignments listed are provided as examples and are not all inclusive FAO Assignments shall provide for a blend of experience between In Country and Staff tours. In Country: SAO, DAO, LNO Staff: NCC / Numbered Fleets, DC, COCOMs *Staff assignments listed are examples and are not all inclusive Cumulative FAO requirements to complete as a: ** FAO MSR (Minimum Service Requirement) – 1 FAO tour following completion of Initial FAO Training

  8. FAO Language Distribution • Over 26 Different Foreign Languages Spoken • - Including 12 of the 14 “immediate investment” languages on the 2010 DoD Strategic Language List: Arabic, Chinese, French, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkic, and Urdu. Currently, we have no FAOs who are proficient in Pashto or Hindi (or other Languages of India)

  9. FAO Global Presence • EUCOM • - Bulgaria (1) • - Greece (2) • - Israel (1) • - Russia (2) • Turkey (2) • Albania (1) • Denmark (2) • France (3) • Germany (2) • Italy (1) • Malta (1) • Netherlands (2) • Poland (1) • Portugal (2) • Spain (1) • Sweden (1) • - UK (1) • SOUTHCOM • - Argentina (1) • - Brazil (1) • - Chile (4) • Colombia (1) • - Ecuador (2) • - Panama (1) • Peru (2) • Venezuela (1) • - Bahamas (1) • - Canada (1) • - Dominican Rep (1) • - El Salvador (1) • Honduras (1) • - Jamaica (1) • Suriname (1) • Uruguay (1) • PACOM • China PRC (1) • China HK (1) • - India (4) • - Indonesia (1) • - Malaysia (2) • - Philippines (4) • - Singapore (2) • - South Korea (8) • - Taiwan (1) • Thailand (2) • Australia (1) • - Japan (1) • Sri Lanka (1) • AFRICOM • - Cameroon (1) • - Gabon (1) • - Liberia (1) • - Madagascar (1) • - Morocco (1) • - Senegal (1) • South Africa (1) • Tunisia (2) • CENTCOM • - Egypt (2) • - Kuwait (1) • - Saudi Arabia (3) • Qatar (1) NORTHCOM - Canada (1) - Mexico (2) 9

  10. Reserve FAO Update • Program Authorization was signed 13 OCT, 2010 • Conducting billet acquisition. Anticipate ~30 billets will be changed to RC FAO in FY11 • Conduct first accession board of ~30 Officers concurrently with AC lateral transfer board in June 2011 • RC FAOs will serve in the Maritime Partnership Program units and units supporting Major, Navy, and COCOM staffs • Community Size Targets • One to Two Years = 30 • In Four Years = 100+ Overall – On Track to meet both this year’s goals and desired end state by FY15

  11. Maritime Partnership Program Future Already in Place! 1 MPP Unit • 10 total MPP units each with 40 or more billets, supporting specific geographic areas • Global Reach • 2 to 5 RC Foreign Area Officers (FAOs) in each • MPP unit • Become country/region Subject Matter Experts • (SMEs) and assist in development of Country Action Plans (CAP) 1 MPP Unit 3 MPP Units Already in Place! 3 MPP Units 2 MPP Units 11 11 10 Total MPP Unites Supporting the Global Force

  12. International Engagement Professionals

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