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Partners in Global Presence

Navy News Service

Story Number: NNS140409-07
Release Date: 4/9/2014 11:56:00 AM

By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jymyaka Braden, Defense Media Activity

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy League's Sea-Air-Space Exposition hosted a panel of maritime officers to discuss peace and prosperity in the maritime domain, April 8.

The panelists explained how today's maritime strategies will sustain and prepare the world for the future of the fleet.

In the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review, the Department of Defense highlighted the importance of partnership in defending the homeland, building global security through power projection and remaining ready should deterrence fail.

Global maritime security spans beyond individual services and nations.

According to top Navy officials global maritime partnership, that is self-regulating and without treaties is catching on with international navies.

'Water covers more than 70 percent of the world. That's just too much for one Navy,' Assistant Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Operations, Plans, and Strategy, N3/N5B, OPNAV Rear Adm. James G. Foggo said. 'Global partnerships are not just about war, but humanitarian aid and disaster relief as well.'

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Budget, Director, Fiscal Management Division, OPNAV (N82) Rear Adm. William K. Lescher reflected on advice from a former commanding officer who told him to get his division heads together to figure out solve a particular issue together.

'That same philosophy is just as effective internationally as it is on a ship,' Lescher said. 'This isn't like adding a friend on your Facebook. These partnerships have purpose. They enable us to be more effiecient and communicate globally that we are about maritime peace.'

The Navy League's Sea-Air-Space Exposition brings the U.S. defense industrial base, private-sector U.S. companies and crucial military decision makers together for an annual innovative, educational, professional and maritime networking event.