The Navy is working to bolster existing partnerships and forge new ones in Asia and the Pacific, an initiative that supports U.S. Pacific Command’s overarching goals in implementing the new defense strategic category_idance, the service’s top officer said here yesterday.<\/p>\n
Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, chief of naval operations, told a forum at the Center for a New American Security that the Navy will focus largely on relationships — rather than a naval buildup in the region — to support President Barack Obama’s strategic category_idance.<\/p>\n
The new strategic category_idance, announced last week to category_ide the military through 2020, underscores the growing strategic importance of Asia and the Pacific.<\/p>\n
Greenert noted that the Navy will need to review its numbers of ships, aircraft and equipment and how they are distributed around the world in light of the new category_idance.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut my first assessment is we’re in good shape in the Navy where we stand in the Western Pacific,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He noted the strong naval presence already there. \u201cOn any given day, \u2026 we have 50 ships underway in the Western Pacific,\u201d he said, with about half of those forward-deployed naval forces in and around Japan.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe put our best in the Western Pacific,\u201d he said. This includes not only \u201cthe most advanced air wing we have, the most advanced cruisers and destroyers, ordnance [and] anti-submarine warfare,\u201d he said, but also carefully screened commanders and sailors.<\/p>\n
Emphasizing the need for the U.S. Navy to be \u201ctangibly present out there,\u201d Greenert said it enhances that presence by continuing to nurture partnerships and potential partners.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are many out there, and they are growing, through a range of missions that we will have to foster,\u201d he said, some through closely integrated operations and some in a more ad hoc manner.<\/p>\n
Greenert also expressed a need to continue dialogue and work toward a relationship with China.<\/p>\n
Navy Adm. Robert F. Willard, U.S. Pacific Command commander, struck these same notes earlier this week during an address to the Hawaii Military Partnership Conference.<\/p>\n
U.S. relationships with Asian allies and key partners will remain critical to the region’s future stability and growth, he said. So while strengthening existing alliances that have provided a vital foundation for regional security, Willard said, the United States also will strive to forge closer ties with emerging regional partners.<\/p>\n
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