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. 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…

Community Distribution by AOR today 161 Operational Billets CENTCOM PACOM SOUTHCOM EUCOM 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

Community Distribution by AOR desired end-state 300 Operational Billets CENTCOM PACOM SOUTHCOM EUCOM 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)

FAO Source Communities 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.

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

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

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)

FAO Global Presence EUCOM SOUTHCOM PACOM AFRICOM CENTCOM NORTHCOM 9 4/22/2017 11:45 PM 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 9

Reserve FAO Update Community Size Targets One to Two Years = 30 In Four Years = 100+ 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 Overall – On Track to meet both this year’s goals and desired end state by FY15

10 Total MPP Unites Supporting the Global Force Apr-17 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 11

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