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Building the Navy FAO Community

RADM LemmonsOPNAV N52

Director of International Engagement25 JAN 2011

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Maritime Foreign Area Officers

Community Distribution by AOR today161 Operational Billets

AOR Distribution fails to approach 1:2:3 ratio of O6 / O5 / O4, lacks capacity

CENTCOM PACOM SOUTHCOM EUCOM

CAPT

CDR

LCDR/LT

3

12

7

11

14

26

7

13

11

5

17

11

4

7

13

AFRICOM

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Community Distribution by AOR desired end-state300 Operational Billets

CENTCOM PACOM SOUTHCOM EUCOM

CAPT

CDR

LCDR/LT

10

21

31

13

26

40

8

16

24

10

20*

30

9

17

25

AFRICOM

*Shown with 8 CDR roll-down by FY15

Sustains FAO Community – Requires Growth of 139 Billets(82 already planned - 57 not yet planned)

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FAO Source Communities

Aviation

Info. Dom.HR M. Marine Staff and Seabee

Surface

Submarine

Special Warfare

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SDO/Defense Attachés

Naval Attachés

Security Cooperation

Major Staffs

Country Desks

Interagency Staffs

The FAO Community

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Reserve Component

(in 2011)

Active Component

INPUT DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING OUTPUT

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28

LCDR CDR CAPT RDML

1) FAO CDR Milestone tour2) Maintained language proficiency

1) FAO CAPT tour2) Maintained language proficiency3) JQO

1) FAO tour 2) Demonstrated language proficiency 3) FAO Masters or waiver4) 1710 Designator5) JPME 1

CDR CAPTLCDR

Cumulative FAO requirements to complete as a:

** FAO MSR (Minimum Service Requirement) – 1 FAO tour following completion of Initial FAO Training

FAO CAREER PATH

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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

COCOMNCCOPNAVNIPO

DAOSAOLNO

SAODAOLNO

COCOMNCCOPNAVNIPO

Assignments listed are provided as examples and are not all inclusive

FAO MSR**

FAO CDR tour

FAO CAPT toursSource Community Qualification / MSRFlag tour

FAO LCDR tour

Initial FAO tour

FAO CDR Milestone Screenings

FAO Training ModuleDLI or Graduate Education, plus ICT

FAO Training ModuleDLI or Grad Ed as required, plus ICT

FAO Training ModuleJFSSP or JPME II

FAO Language Distribution

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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)

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FAO Global Presence

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)

CENTCOM- Egypt (2)- Kuwait (1)- Saudi Arabia (3)- Qatar (1)

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)

AFRICOM- Cameroon (1)- Gabon (1)- Liberia (1)- Madagascar (1)- Morocco (1)- Senegal (1)- South Africa (1)- Tunisia (2)

NORTHCOM- Canada (1)- Mexico (2)

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)

• 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

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Reserve FAO Update

Community Size TargetsOne to Two Years = 30In Four Years = 100+

Overall – On Track to meet both this year’s goals and desired end state by FY15

1111

3 MPP Units3 MPP Units

1 MPP Unit1 MPP Unit

2 MPP Units2 MPP Units

3 MPP Units3 MPP Units

1 MPP Unit1 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 eachMPP unit

• Become country/region Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and assist in development of Country Action Plans (CAP)

Already in Place!

Already in Place!

Maritime Partnership Program Future

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International Engagement Professionals

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