WEBVTT 00:00.276 --> 00:01.514 - [M.C.] It's my pleasure to introduce 00:01.514 --> 00:03.870 our next speaker: Rear Admiral John Wade, 00:03.870 --> 00:04.850 commander Naval Service 00:04.850 --> 00:07.467 and Mine Warfighting Development Center. 00:07.467 --> 00:09.819 John is a 1990 graduate of the United States 00:09.819 --> 00:12.282 Naval Academy and holds a masters degree in 00:12.282 --> 00:13.769 national security strategy from 00:13.769 --> 00:17.436 the National War College in Washington, D.C. 00:17.792 --> 00:19.836 John has served on destroyers, cruisers, 00:19.836 --> 00:23.796 and commanded USS Firebolt PC, USS Preble, 00:23.796 --> 00:26.487 and DESRON 28. 00:26.487 --> 00:28.433 We're sure he served on the OpNav staff, 00:28.433 --> 00:31.696 the joint staff, the Quadrennial Defense Review Team, 00:31.696 --> 00:33.029 I pity you that, 00:33.186 --> 00:34.283 (laughter) 00:34.283 --> 00:36.023 and the SURFPAC Staff. 00:36.023 --> 00:38.599 He also served as a commanding officer 00:38.599 --> 00:41.071 of a provincial reconstruction team 00:41.071 --> 00:44.988 under the 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan 00:46.184 --> 00:50.351 and if you don't know what that means, go look it up. 00:51.132 --> 00:52.410 A young guy that used to work for me 00:52.410 --> 00:54.122 came and talked to me one time about 00:54.122 --> 00:56.493 being in fire fights on the land 00:56.493 --> 00:59.315 and that's not something we train our folks for, so 00:59.315 --> 01:02.065 (audio cuts out) 01:12.943 --> 01:15.193 (applause) 01:18.888 --> 01:20.052 - Good afternoon. 01:20.052 --> 01:21.173 Can everyone hear me okay? 01:21.173 --> 01:22.006 Alright; good. 01:22.006 --> 01:24.377 Thank you very much for the kind introduction. 01:24.377 --> 01:26.823 Ladies and gentlemen, as Admiral said, my name 01:26.823 --> 01:29.572 is Rear Admiral John Wade, and I assumed command 01:29.572 --> 01:32.479 of Naval Service and Mine Warfighting Development Center, 01:32.479 --> 01:35.896 otherwise known as SMDC, this past August 01:36.071 --> 01:38.988 and it's an honor to be here today. 01:40.102 --> 01:42.035 We just heard from the SWO boss 01:42.035 --> 01:44.618 and his guidance is very clear. 01:45.407 --> 01:48.274 But there's also alignment with the CNO 01:48.274 --> 01:50.681 and our fleet commanders Admiral Davidson, 01:50.681 --> 01:54.065 Admiral Swift, and that is there's an imperative 01:54.065 --> 01:58.232 to increase lethality and the tact proficiency of the force 01:58.706 --> 02:02.539 and also, to rededicate ourselves to achieving 02:04.064 --> 02:06.397 and maintaining sea control. 02:07.295 --> 02:11.041 Now, in the near-term, it's clearly obvious that to do this, 02:11.041 --> 02:14.201 we have to do it here today with the people, 02:14.201 --> 02:17.242 with the platforms, the weapons and the sensors 02:17.242 --> 02:20.143 that we have currently in our inventory. 02:20.143 --> 02:24.310 And so for that, we need to enhance our warrior ethos. 02:25.280 --> 02:27.229 We have to shift our mindset 02:27.229 --> 02:29.896 from the defense to the offense. 02:31.073 --> 02:35.073 I contend that we as a force need to be tougher. 02:35.212 --> 02:37.084 Admiral Rowden refers to this as 02:37.084 --> 02:40.417 carrying a knife in our teeth mentality. 02:41.098 --> 02:45.265 We also have to find ways to reduce gaps and seams 02:45.615 --> 02:46.513 and to better integrate, 02:46.513 --> 02:49.087 mutually support our other communities 02:49.087 --> 02:52.004 and the joint force. 02:52.214 --> 02:56.091 But most importantly, we need to make tactical thinking, 02:56.091 --> 03:00.258 tactical training, and tactical readiness a priority. 03:02.900 --> 03:06.176 As we look to the mid- and the longer-term, 03:06.176 --> 03:09.404 we need to innovate, experiment, war game, 03:09.404 --> 03:12.071 conduct modeling and simulation, 03:12.129 --> 03:14.831 we need to iterate and learn our way forward, 03:14.831 --> 03:18.998 create a concept to capabilities, to programmatics linkage, 03:19.092 --> 03:20.996 to build the fleet of the future. 03:20.996 --> 03:22.684 There are a lot of stakeholders 03:22.684 --> 03:25.434 who are involved in this process. 03:25.454 --> 03:27.681 The surface four strategy will align 03:27.681 --> 03:30.461 and syncronize our actions to do this. 03:30.461 --> 03:34.628 For SMDC, and specifically our warfare tactics instructors, 03:35.096 --> 03:38.346 our WTIs, we're involved in all four Ts 03:38.859 --> 03:41.390 that Admiral Rowden just referred to. 03:41.390 --> 03:44.330 But the most significant, the most impact we have 03:44.330 --> 03:46.747 is with tactics and training. 03:46.885 --> 03:49.249 And we do it through four lines of effort. 03:49.249 --> 03:51.050 It's about advanced training, 03:51.050 --> 03:52.760 it's about tactical development, 03:52.760 --> 03:56.464 it's about operation support to our commanders forward, 03:56.464 --> 04:00.137 and then lastly, it's to do capabilities analysis 04:00.137 --> 04:01.804 and experimentation. 04:02.284 --> 04:05.860 Now I'm gonna go into a brief update on where we are 04:05.860 --> 04:08.757 and where we're going in those four lines of effort, 04:08.757 --> 04:12.056 but what I'd like to do is just take a step back, 04:12.056 --> 04:14.719 and I'd like to share with all of you 04:14.719 --> 04:17.788 how I see the world; what drives me every day 04:17.788 --> 04:21.050 and how I communicate, and how I message 04:21.050 --> 04:25.090 when I speak to our WTIs, when I speak to ward rooms, 04:25.090 --> 04:29.257 to the commanding officers when I walk into classrooms. 04:29.843 --> 04:31.760 And this is what I say. 04:32.696 --> 04:35.678 That I've served on a number of ships, 04:35.678 --> 04:38.798 numerous deployments, but I have 04:38.798 --> 04:42.965 no combat experience in the maritime domain. 04:46.045 --> 04:49.212 But I do on the ground in Afghanistan, 04:50.656 --> 04:53.331 when I commanded a joint inter-agency team 04:53.331 --> 04:55.664 on the border with Pakistan. 04:57.371 --> 05:00.013 There are differences between the maritime 05:00.013 --> 05:01.846 and the ground domain, 05:02.444 --> 05:06.194 but there are also similarities and constants 05:06.399 --> 05:10.566 which have application to what we do in the surface force. 05:13.880 --> 05:15.954 When I was in Afghanistan, 05:15.954 --> 05:20.121 my team and I operated daily in a contested environment. 05:21.801 --> 05:24.134 We faced continuous threats, 05:24.682 --> 05:28.849 both symmetric force-on-force, direct and indirect fires, 05:30.936 --> 05:34.519 but also asymmetric, IEDs, suicide bombers, 05:35.702 --> 05:39.869 vehicle-borne IEDs from a learning and an evolving enemy. 05:43.783 --> 05:46.556 My team and I used rules of engagement 05:46.556 --> 05:48.889 to determine hostile intent. 05:50.873 --> 05:55.040 We used graduated force procedures to defend ourselves. 05:58.137 --> 05:59.887 And I've been scared. 06:00.978 --> 06:04.728 I've been so scared that my jaw hurt for days 06:04.907 --> 06:08.489 because I was clenching my teeth so tightly 06:08.489 --> 06:10.739 under stressful conditions. 06:10.790 --> 06:12.774 I've had difficulty breathing 06:12.774 --> 06:14.683 because of elevated heart rates. 06:14.683 --> 06:16.594 I have had diminished motor skills 06:16.594 --> 06:19.261 because of rushes of adrenaline. 06:19.630 --> 06:23.034 And when things happen, they happen fast, 06:23.034 --> 06:26.034 it's chaotic, and it can be violent. 06:31.400 --> 06:34.983 The only thing that we have to fall back on 06:35.996 --> 06:38.567 when we're place under such conditions, 06:38.567 --> 06:41.484 is our procedures and our training. 06:45.367 --> 06:49.534 Having the right TTP, training to them, understanding them, 06:50.853 --> 06:53.724 knowing them, repeating them, repeat, repeat, repeat, 06:53.724 --> 06:55.313 we refer to it as sets and reps, 06:55.313 --> 06:59.480 the blocking and tackling, gives us the confidence 07:00.395 --> 07:02.812 and the competence to execute 07:03.009 --> 07:06.592 under stressful conditions and uncertainty. 07:08.076 --> 07:10.100 It makes us a stronger, a better, 07:10.100 --> 07:14.183 a more deterring force, in that a potential enemy 07:14.765 --> 07:18.015 may have second thoughts to take action 07:18.851 --> 07:21.837 because they know there will be consequences. 07:21.837 --> 07:25.352 And then, if we must, we're better prepared 07:25.352 --> 07:28.269 to fight and win. 07:28.774 --> 07:32.941 Ladies and gentlemen, tactics and training really do matter. 07:34.976 --> 07:37.636 Now look, I've had command of a couple of ships, 07:37.636 --> 07:40.881 been the DESRON commander, I've worked at the Ticom, 07:40.881 --> 07:44.464 material readiness is critically important. 07:45.161 --> 07:48.495 It's the foundation from which everything builds upon. 07:48.495 --> 07:50.662 Our equipment has to work. 07:51.541 --> 07:54.185 Certifications and inspections, they're critical 07:54.185 --> 07:57.435 because it makes us hold to a standard. 07:57.458 --> 08:00.936 But what I'm trying to say is that although important, 08:00.936 --> 08:05.103 they should not dominate our complete focus and intention. 08:06.975 --> 08:10.892 Tactical thinking, tactical training and tactical readiness 08:10.892 --> 08:12.892 must also be a priority. 08:14.775 --> 08:16.726 I was in this very room two years ago 08:16.726 --> 08:19.304 when Admiral Rowden introduced the concept 08:19.304 --> 08:20.989 to distribute lethality. 08:20.989 --> 08:22.434 He then talked about the importance 08:22.434 --> 08:24.434 of tactics and training. 08:25.085 --> 08:27.002 That resonated with me. 08:27.669 --> 08:31.511 Then Jim Kilby stood up with the announcement of SMDC 08:31.511 --> 08:33.770 and what his attack plan was gonna be. 08:33.770 --> 08:34.688 Last year in this room, 08:34.688 --> 08:37.003 Admiral Kilby talked about where we were, 08:37.003 --> 08:40.353 where the priorities were, where the progress was. 08:40.353 --> 08:43.032 In five months after taking command, 08:43.032 --> 08:45.551 I just have to commend Jim Kilby 08:45.551 --> 08:47.072 for his inspirational leadership, 08:47.072 --> 08:51.239 his hard work, also those who're the plank owners in SMDC, 08:51.960 --> 08:54.824 and I'm proud to tell all of you today, 08:54.824 --> 08:58.792 that SMDC has reached initial operational capability, 08:58.792 --> 09:02.362 and we're already making a difference in the fleet. 09:02.362 --> 09:04.609 What I like to do is, I'll just start with our, I think, 09:04.609 --> 09:07.304 most important progress, and that's in 09:07.304 --> 09:10.804 our Warfare Tactics Instructors, our WTIs. 09:11.868 --> 09:14.472 Our WTIs are the one who are engaged 09:14.472 --> 09:17.382 in all four of our lines of effort. 09:17.382 --> 09:19.237 I call it our center of gravity. 09:19.237 --> 09:22.195 They're the engines that make everything possible. 09:22.195 --> 09:25.195 A year ago, entering into last year, 09:25.361 --> 09:27.111 we had their training 09:27.687 --> 09:30.665 for integrated air missile defense WTIs. 09:30.665 --> 09:34.441 In this past year, we piloted, 09:34.441 --> 09:37.984 and then started up our baseline WTI course, 09:37.984 --> 09:40.171 which every WTI now goes to before 09:40.171 --> 09:43.055 they go to their robust and disciplined trainings 09:43.055 --> 09:45.036 in each of the mission areas. 09:45.036 --> 09:48.212 This past year, we also piloted and stood up 09:48.212 --> 09:49.926 our surface and sub-surface, 09:49.926 --> 09:53.343 and our amphibious warfare WOTI programs. 09:53.733 --> 09:57.900 We produce 72 WTIs, and we now have a current inventory 09:58.354 --> 10:02.104 of 125 in our surface Navy. 10:02.602 --> 10:05.435 105 of those WTIs are on my staff, 10:06.735 --> 10:09.068 distributed at our division, 10:09.508 --> 10:11.751 and also in fleet concentration areas 10:11.751 --> 10:15.251 at ATG, Center of Combat Systems, at SWOS, 10:16.323 --> 10:19.019 also at the other Warfare Development Centers 10:19.019 --> 10:20.614 for the other communities, 10:20.614 --> 10:22.479 and they're also in a number of one-offs, 10:22.479 --> 10:24.410 like at ONI and at Denver at the 10:24.410 --> 10:27.732 Aerospace Data Facility where we're creating a 10:27.732 --> 10:30.815 maritime targeting cell. 10:31.692 --> 10:34.658 This past year, we worked with all stakeholders 10:34.658 --> 10:36.719 and PERS 41 in particular, 10:36.719 --> 10:40.886 and we identified close to 200 distinct WTI billets, 10:41.012 --> 10:42.819 and those WTI billets will expand 10:42.819 --> 10:44.802 beyond where I just told you 10:44.802 --> 10:47.001 and moving out into the training strike groups 10:47.001 --> 10:50.918 to CSG 4 and 15, to Tactree Group Pac in Landt, 10:51.006 --> 10:53.089 our to our strike groups, 10:54.085 --> 10:58.252 we were looking to train 85 to 90 WTIs in 2017, 11:00.015 --> 11:03.598 and we are on track to meet our goal of 110 11:03.620 --> 11:05.953 every year starting in 2018. 11:07.210 --> 11:09.984 Our selection rate is holding at 75 percent 11:09.984 --> 11:12.073 and the quality of our WTIs 11:12.073 --> 11:14.118 is just absolutely phenomenal. 11:14.118 --> 11:17.701 As I look at 2017, our goal is improvement. 11:18.598 --> 11:21.179 We're gonna take feedback from the major commanders, 11:21.179 --> 11:23.774 the COs, the strike group commanders, 11:23.774 --> 11:26.808 our other communities, our international partners, 11:26.808 --> 11:29.423 we need to get the feedback on how our WTIs are doing 11:29.423 --> 11:31.660 and what do we need to do better 11:31.660 --> 11:33.894 to inject that for high-velocity learning 11:33.894 --> 11:36.066 into our courses of curriculum. 11:36.066 --> 11:39.310 And also, we're gonna get feedback from our WTIs 11:39.310 --> 11:41.866 as the execute these four lines of effort, 11:41.866 --> 11:44.730 what they need to better do their jobs 11:44.730 --> 11:47.365 and continuously iterate and learn. 11:47.365 --> 11:49.733 So the vectors move in the right direction, 11:49.733 --> 11:53.233 and improvement for this year is our goal. 11:53.599 --> 11:54.898 Let's talk about training. 11:54.898 --> 11:57.742 Last year, Admiral Kilby talked about 11:57.742 --> 12:01.360 that our surface force is not performing that well 12:01.360 --> 12:03.443 as we enter into Comp 2X. 12:03.891 --> 12:05.656 There's a couple reasons for that, 12:05.656 --> 12:07.988 but the main one is that their basic phase 12:07.988 --> 12:10.246 is really focused on the unit level, 12:10.246 --> 12:12.608 and then we roll right into Comp 2X, 12:12.608 --> 12:15.555 varsity level sport, totally integrated, 12:15.555 --> 12:17.668 and we're just not prepared and ready. 12:17.668 --> 12:19.335 And he announced our signature event, 12:19.335 --> 12:22.039 which was surface warfare advanced tactics training, 12:22.039 --> 12:25.550 SWAT, and this past year we worked with SurFor 12:25.550 --> 12:27.524 and Fleet Forces and PacFleet 12:27.524 --> 12:31.691 to the authorities and approvals to execute CrewDes Swat. 12:31.939 --> 12:33.364 Why was this important? 12:33.364 --> 12:36.697 So that we have the resources, the time, 12:36.887 --> 12:39.631 and also the money, the fuel, the steaming days, 12:39.631 --> 12:42.013 so it's codified in the fleet instructions 12:42.013 --> 12:43.135 that we can execute. 12:43.135 --> 12:45.529 This past October, we executed our first 12:45.529 --> 12:48.180 Crewdes SWAT for the Nimitz Strike Group. 12:48.180 --> 12:52.263 Over 100 exercises, crawl, walk, one methodology, 12:53.590 --> 12:54.925 increasing complexity, 12:54.925 --> 12:59.076 with WTIs on board in all mission areas providing training, 12:59.076 --> 13:01.909 and also time in the SOE to do debriefs 13:01.909 --> 13:04.071 with reconstruction tools that were built 13:04.071 --> 13:07.276 in partnership with NSWC Corona, to look, 13:07.276 --> 13:10.425 a picture tells 1000 words that say what was good, 13:10.425 --> 13:12.364 what do we need to improve upon, 13:12.364 --> 13:15.036 and what do we need to do for the next exercise? 13:15.036 --> 13:16.453 Again, iterative. 13:16.484 --> 13:20.227 This past October, we piloted a mine warfare SWAT 13:20.227 --> 13:21.727 for USS Gladiator. 13:22.544 --> 13:25.152 In August, we were out in 5th Fleet, 13:25.152 --> 13:27.167 and we measured their performance, 13:27.167 --> 13:29.544 we knew what we had going in, 13:29.544 --> 13:31.094 we trained to where we thought 13:31.094 --> 13:33.150 that they had some shortcomings. 13:33.150 --> 13:36.035 This past November we did another assessment, 13:36.035 --> 13:38.918 a three-fold increase in our ability to classify 13:38.918 --> 13:42.335 and ID mines and also our neutralization. 13:42.556 --> 13:44.168 This week, we're executing our first 13:44.168 --> 13:46.359 mine warfare SWAT for dexterous, 13:46.359 --> 13:48.281 in March, we're doing our third. 13:48.281 --> 13:49.543 Later this summer and fall, 13:49.543 --> 13:53.460 we'll be doing mine warfare SWATs in 7th Fleet. 13:53.860 --> 13:55.646 This past year we introduced 13:55.646 --> 13:57.591 the Sea Combat Commander course. 13:57.591 --> 13:58.972 This is a course that's focused 13:58.972 --> 14:01.394 on surface and sub-surface warfare, 14:01.394 --> 14:03.926 getting exactly what Admiral Rowden talked about, 14:03.926 --> 14:05.259 was sea control. 14:05.401 --> 14:09.080 We provide this training for DESRON 1 and DESRON 9 14:09.080 --> 14:12.244 and this week we're starting a pilot for PHIBRON 3 14:12.244 --> 14:15.994 before their deployment with the America ARG. 14:16.512 --> 14:20.185 We've also reintroduced the Force Air Defense course. 14:20.185 --> 14:22.910 We provided that training for all the air defense units, 14:22.910 --> 14:25.080 but specifically to the air warfare commander 14:25.080 --> 14:27.215 for Princeton and Lake Champlain 14:27.215 --> 14:30.118 as they're preparing for their deployments. 14:30.118 --> 14:31.358 And in a couple weeks, 14:31.358 --> 14:33.621 we're gonna pilot the same course, 14:33.621 --> 14:37.304 but for San Diego, who's gonna be the air warfare commander 14:37.304 --> 14:38.979 for the for the America ARG. 14:38.979 --> 14:41.362 Sea control cannot be assumed 14:41.362 --> 14:43.425 and we need to provide training for our ARGs 14:43.425 --> 14:46.592 just like we do for our CrewDes ships. 14:47.302 --> 14:49.119 Real quick, 'cuase I know I'm running out of time, 14:49.119 --> 14:50.453 but I could talk forever to you, 14:50.453 --> 14:52.306 but for the last couple years, 14:52.306 --> 14:54.138 SurFor and AirFor have been working together 14:54.138 --> 14:56.409 with N96 and 98 to get the funding 14:56.409 --> 14:58.788 to build an integrated training facility 14:58.788 --> 15:01.156 at Falance who can get at the higher-end fight 15:01.156 --> 15:03.489 with integrated air defence. 15:03.542 --> 15:06.940 This facility came up and operational this summer, 15:06.940 --> 15:09.701 we tested it with integrated air missile defense WTIs 15:09.701 --> 15:12.618 and aviation WTIs, and then this October, 15:12.618 --> 15:15.116 we provided that integrated NIFC fire 15:15.116 --> 15:18.652 at a highly classified level for the Nimitz strike group. 15:18.652 --> 15:20.092 Again, sets and reps. 15:20.092 --> 15:23.934 High velocity learning to get at the higher-end fight 15:23.934 --> 15:27.418 and we're gonna do that for TR and eventually HST 15:27.418 --> 15:29.418 as we look to this year. 15:30.171 --> 15:32.905 We now have the capacity for WTIs to get out 15:32.905 --> 15:35.372 and to help strike group commanders prepare for, 15:35.372 --> 15:38.674 train for, and execute life-fire missile exes. 15:38.674 --> 15:41.971 We now have WTIs that go out and help train 15:41.971 --> 15:44.300 while we're conducting SurfRims, 15:44.300 --> 15:48.206 Submarine Commander Courses, talking about the CNO 15:48.206 --> 15:50.865 and high velocity learning and swarming, 15:50.865 --> 15:52.594 well we're swarming exercises. 15:52.594 --> 15:55.192 We had 30 WTIs out for Valiant Shield 15:55.192 --> 15:58.775 supporting seven fleets, CTF 70, DESRON 15, 15:59.704 --> 16:03.871 and all the ships, all flavors of WTIs providing training. 16:04.368 --> 16:06.450 We got a lot of stuff going on, 16:06.450 --> 16:08.640 and the center of gravity for all of this 16:08.640 --> 16:11.557 is our Warfare Tactics Instructors. 16:11.597 --> 16:13.618 TTP development, real quick, 16:13.618 --> 16:16.368 we have 170 tactical publications 16:16.402 --> 16:20.066 in the surface force that I'm responsible for. 16:20.066 --> 16:21.692 Admiral Kilby last year talked about, 16:21.692 --> 16:24.647 we got a significant backlog and that's because 16:24.647 --> 16:27.529 the decommissioning of Swedge a couple years ago. 16:27.529 --> 16:28.895 We are where we are. 16:28.895 --> 16:31.628 So this year we focused on prioritization 16:31.628 --> 16:35.390 to buy back down that backlog, 16:35.390 --> 16:37.924 but also to introduce some new capabilities, 16:37.924 --> 16:39.923 some tactics for new capabilities 16:39.923 --> 16:44.090 like SM6 in the surface role, CRAM, and also counter UAS. 16:45.950 --> 16:47.539 In total this past year, 16:47.539 --> 16:51.622 we introduced or refreshed 23 tactical documents. 16:52.498 --> 16:54.011 Now that may not be much, 16:54.011 --> 16:57.117 but in the last six years, the surface force 16:57.117 --> 16:58.653 has refreshed or introduced 16:58.653 --> 17:01.614 just five documents a year on average. 17:01.614 --> 17:04.533 That's close to a five fold increase. 17:04.533 --> 17:05.721 Now, as we look to this year, 17:05.721 --> 17:08.683 we're gonna continue to work this effort. 17:08.683 --> 17:10.881 Now I've had a majority of my capacity 17:10.881 --> 17:13.327 in integrated air missile defense and mine warfare, 17:13.327 --> 17:16.183 so that's where the refresh is really focused. 17:16.183 --> 17:18.829 So for the next year, we're gonna now, 17:18.829 --> 17:21.263 because we have extra capacity with the graduation 17:21.263 --> 17:24.846 of our WTIs, move in a surface, sub-surface 17:24.948 --> 17:27.281 and also amphibious warfare. 17:27.924 --> 17:31.764 When I look at the support to operational fleet commanders, 17:31.764 --> 17:34.764 in 2015, when the WDCs were created, 17:35.704 --> 17:38.371 by OpNav and fleet instructions, 17:38.719 --> 17:42.719 we're required to provide support to the fleets. 17:43.289 --> 17:47.456 Two organizations were folded into SMDC when we stood up. 17:48.401 --> 17:50.113 The first was the old NAMC, 17:50.113 --> 17:52.039 Naval Air Missile Defense command, it's now my 17:52.039 --> 17:55.379 Integrated Air Missile Defense Division in Dahlgren 17:55.379 --> 17:58.770 and the mine section of NMOC is now my mine division 17:58.770 --> 17:59.853 in San Diego. 18:01.735 --> 18:03.109 They provide support. 18:03.109 --> 18:05.794 The IMD division, for example, responded to 200 18:05.794 --> 18:09.461 separate requests for tactical explanations, 18:10.378 --> 18:12.780 recommendations, tactical settings, 18:12.780 --> 18:15.440 sensor settings, and also key analysis 18:15.440 --> 18:17.033 for fleet commanders. 18:17.033 --> 18:19.135 The mine division is a little bit unique 18:19.135 --> 18:21.366 because not only do we have WDC, 18:21.366 --> 18:23.977 but we are the global mine warfare commander. 18:23.977 --> 18:26.678 We have tactical operational requirements 18:26.678 --> 18:28.172 in all the fleets. 18:28.172 --> 18:30.626 We maintained a 24-hour watch. 18:30.626 --> 18:34.793 My team and I stayed in a 96-hour prepare to deploy status 18:35.025 --> 18:36.848 and we scattered to all the fleets 18:36.848 --> 18:39.587 for numerous exercises throughout the year. 18:39.587 --> 18:41.246 These efforts will continue, 18:41.246 --> 18:43.821 but as we continue to build capacity, 18:43.821 --> 18:46.617 we will now expand to supporting in the surface, 18:46.617 --> 18:50.279 sub-surface, and the amphibious warfare domains. 18:50.279 --> 18:53.624 Now, what I've talked to you now, about the training, 18:53.624 --> 18:55.507 and about tactical development, 18:55.507 --> 18:57.829 and about operational support to commanders, 18:57.829 --> 18:59.877 that' really gets at the near-term. 18:59.877 --> 19:01.949 About increasing our lethality, 19:01.949 --> 19:05.401 and improving the tactical proficiency of the force. 19:05.401 --> 19:08.318 How we work toward the longer-term, 19:08.789 --> 19:10.894 it's in the last line of effort, 19:10.894 --> 19:13.250 and that's with our capability assessments 19:13.250 --> 19:15.176 and with our experimentation. 19:15.176 --> 19:17.226 Again, it centers on the WTIs. 19:17.226 --> 19:21.393 As we continue to grow the WTIs, we have more capacity. 19:21.450 --> 19:24.367 Our WTIs are involved in wargaming, 19:24.399 --> 19:26.638 in conducting modeling a simulation, 19:26.638 --> 19:28.920 they're supporting NWDC and the fleets 19:28.920 --> 19:30.913 and the TICOM in this effort. 19:30.913 --> 19:34.900 We now have the capacity and are responsible now 19:34.900 --> 19:39.067 for the WIP process, the warfare improvement program, 19:39.875 --> 19:43.542 where we look at capability gaps and propose 19:43.553 --> 19:46.587 DOTMLPF solutions that got to the TICOM 19:46.587 --> 19:48.230 that are then vetted up to the fleet 19:48.230 --> 19:50.230 before they go to ESCH1. 19:52.401 --> 19:55.526 Our WTIs are involved in ConEps employment, 19:55.526 --> 19:57.377 for capabilities outside of the fit up. 19:57.377 --> 19:59.526 They're now involved in ConOps development 19:59.526 --> 20:00.737 within the fit up. 20:00.737 --> 20:02.820 Some examples of what we're doing right now: 20:02.820 --> 20:06.737 DDG 1000, JSF, LCS, a flowed ford staging base, 20:08.326 --> 20:12.150 clutch shot, and a couple of others that are classified. 20:12.150 --> 20:14.067 We have a lot going on. 20:14.574 --> 20:16.074 If I look at 2016, 20:16.950 --> 20:19.637 we made a lot of progress, but ladies and gentlemen, 20:19.637 --> 20:21.970 we have a lot of work to do. 20:22.151 --> 20:25.433 But I'm telling you, the vectors are in the right direction. 20:25.433 --> 20:27.933 My intentions are to maintain, 20:27.993 --> 20:31.940 rudder and midships with respect to where we are 20:31.940 --> 20:33.740 in our lines of effort, but they're gonna be 20:33.740 --> 20:37.144 informed heavily by the surface force strategy 20:37.144 --> 20:39.931 that Admiral Rowden has laid out here 20:39.931 --> 20:42.389 and if I really were to tell you what my goal is, 20:42.389 --> 20:45.492 to build capacity for this coming year, 20:45.492 --> 20:48.575 not only in quantity, but in quality. 20:50.132 --> 20:51.849 So ladies and gentlemen, let me just wrap up here 20:51.849 --> 20:53.832 with a very, very quick story. 20:53.832 --> 20:56.249 And that is this past summer, 20:56.415 --> 20:59.582 my counterpart at Fallon, HiFi Harris, 21:00.853 --> 21:04.186 had a air wing there for their training. 21:04.947 --> 21:08.865 We have three surface integrated air missile defense WTIs 21:08.865 --> 21:10.428 that are on the staff there. 21:10.428 --> 21:13.575 One of them was assigned to carry through 21:13.575 --> 21:16.803 with a couple of air defense training events. 21:16.803 --> 21:20.175 For the first event, all the pilots came into the auditorium 21:20.175 --> 21:23.681 and the WTI was in his flight suit wearing the patch; 21:23.681 --> 21:25.800 the aviators didn't know what the patch was, 21:25.800 --> 21:27.779 they just saw a patch and it garners a lot 21:27.779 --> 21:31.862 respect and admiration in the aviation community, 21:31.863 --> 21:33.760 and they went through their brief, 21:33.760 --> 21:35.471 and they executed the mission, 21:35.471 --> 21:38.377 they came back, they went into the auditorium, 21:38.377 --> 21:41.182 our WTI was standing there, again in his flight suit, 21:41.182 --> 21:42.900 went through the reconstruction, 21:42.900 --> 21:45.513 went over the goods, the others, recommendations 21:45.513 --> 21:47.574 for the next exercise that was gonna take place 21:47.574 --> 21:48.824 48 hours later. 21:49.406 --> 21:52.456 The aviators went off, conducted their planning, 21:52.456 --> 21:56.092 48 hours later, they came back into the auditorium, 21:56.092 --> 21:59.492 our WTI was standing at the front in the flight suit, 21:59.492 --> 22:02.667 they did the pre-brief; they executed the mission. 22:02.667 --> 22:05.950 While they were doing the mission HiFi Harris 22:05.950 --> 22:09.950 had this WTI change into his NWUs, had his patch 22:10.859 --> 22:12.442 on his left pocket. 22:13.910 --> 22:15.855 When they came in after the mission, 22:15.855 --> 22:18.296 he wasn't at the front of the auditorium, 22:18.296 --> 22:20.231 he was off in the back in a little room 22:20.231 --> 22:22.724 waiting until everyone was in their seats. 22:22.724 --> 22:23.914 When everyone was sitting down, 22:23.914 --> 22:26.688 HiFi had him come in from the back. 22:26.688 --> 22:27.978 As he walked down the stairs, 22:27.978 --> 22:30.064 the aviators heard the footsteps, 22:30.064 --> 22:32.526 looked over their shoulder, and they saw 22:32.526 --> 22:35.109 that this WTI was wearing NWUs. 22:35.946 --> 22:39.696 HiFi tells me that a roar started to come out 22:39.983 --> 22:41.852 and everyone started talking, "Holy crap, the 22:41.852 --> 22:43.019 "guy's a SWO." 22:43.068 --> 22:44.162 (laughing) 22:44.162 --> 22:46.912 The aviators had an ah-ha moment. 22:47.787 --> 22:51.506 They see that we're taking tactics and training seriously. 22:51.506 --> 22:54.591 It's not parochial, it's something that we have to do 22:54.591 --> 22:56.873 because if we're better, they're better, 22:56.873 --> 22:59.264 the submarines are better, the information warfare 22:59.264 --> 23:00.571 professionals are better. 23:00.571 --> 23:04.611 This is exactly what we need to do to increase our lethality 23:04.611 --> 23:07.585 and to increase the tactical proficiency in our force 23:07.585 --> 23:09.406 and to get at sea control. 23:09.406 --> 23:11.335 Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much. 23:11.335 --> 23:13.842 I'm standing by for one or two questions, 23:13.842 --> 23:16.291 or I'm not sure if I have any. 23:16.291 --> 23:18.050 One question, all right sir. 23:18.050 --> 23:19.374 (applause) 23:19.374 --> 23:20.207 Thank you. 23:28.752 --> 23:31.078 - [Attendee] Since Admiral Rowden said I should ask you this 23:31.078 --> 23:33.745 I think we're both under orders. 23:34.799 --> 23:38.590 How are you working on incorporating the cyber 23:38.590 --> 23:41.388 and EW domains, or whatever you call them, 23:41.388 --> 23:44.075 which were a big part of MCON, the Cold War, 23:44.075 --> 23:46.718 but have now come back with a vengeance 23:46.718 --> 23:48.908 and with much more complexity. 23:48.908 --> 23:50.241 And our officer- 23:52.183 --> 23:53.898 - [M.C.] ...Joint Staff J5, 23:53.898 --> 23:56.591 and he later commanded Carrier Strike Group 3. 23:56.591 --> 23:59.494 Admiral Boxall has served on the OpNav staff, 23:59.494 --> 24:01.911 the joint staff, and in PERS. 24:02.633 --> 24:04.666 Major General Owens has been the director 24:04.666 --> 24:06.694 of Expeditionary Warfare Division on the staff 24:06.694 --> 24:10.257 of the Chief of Naval Operations for about 18 months. 24:10.257 --> 24:13.865 And this is his second S and A National Symposium 24:13.865 --> 24:15.821 in his esteemed position. 24:15.821 --> 24:18.191 He is responsible for developing and guiding 24:18.191 --> 24:20.894 current and future expeditionary warfare 24:20.894 --> 24:23.144 requirements and resources. 24:23.473 --> 24:26.668 General Owens has commanded a marine aviation squadron, 24:26.668 --> 24:30.487 a marine aviation air group that was deployed to Iraq, 24:30.487 --> 24:32.092 and a marine air wing. 24:32.092 --> 24:34.498 He served as the Chief of Staff Naval Striking 24:34.498 --> 24:37.803 and Support Forces NATO, Deputy Commanding General 24:37.803 --> 24:40.489 to Marine Expeditionary Force, and Commanding General 24:40.489 --> 24:43.489 Second Marine Expeditionary Brigade. 24:44.466 --> 24:46.513 Prior to his assignment to ZEN 95, 24:46.513 --> 24:49.835 he served as commander US Marine Forces, Korea 24:49.835 --> 24:53.507 with concurrent duties as United Nations command, 24:53.507 --> 24:57.147 Republic of Korea, United States combined forces command 24:57.147 --> 24:59.230 and US Forces Korea Five. 25:00.078 --> 25:02.995 So that a UCJ5. 25:03.718 --> 25:05.111 Please join me in welcoming 25:05.111 --> 25:09.119 Rear Admiral Ron Boxall and Major General Christopher Owens. 25:09.119 --> 25:11.369 (applause) 25:13.708 --> 25:16.375 (hip hop music) 27:12.669 --> 27:14.919 (applause) 27:17.217 --> 27:19.413 - Well hey, it's great to be up here speaking 27:19.413 --> 27:21.979 to everyone and I'm glad we said, "We are 96." 27:21.979 --> 27:23.717 I did go to Penn State, so all you who recognized 27:23.717 --> 27:26.717 that subtle subtext there, I got it. 27:26.738 --> 27:28.265 Admiral McCullough, great seeing you again. 27:28.265 --> 27:30.935 My first tour in OpNav was as the EA for Admiral McCullough, 27:30.935 --> 27:34.518 he had been N86, I went over to be the N8F, 27:34.659 --> 27:37.389 which is now the NIN9I and I was his EA, 27:37.389 --> 27:38.865 and one of my fonder memories was, 27:38.865 --> 27:40.519 what I later realized was a kidney stone, 27:40.519 --> 27:43.269 while I was writhing on his desk, 27:43.540 --> 27:44.840 and I was there, of course, a little earlier 27:44.840 --> 27:46.489 than Admiral McCullough was, 27:46.489 --> 27:48.972 so he'd come walking in and I'm sitting there on his desk 27:48.972 --> 27:50.288 and I'm writhing in pain, 27:50.288 --> 27:52.293 and in true Admiral McCullough fashion, 27:52.293 --> 27:54.581 he says, "Hey, what's wrong with him?" 27:54.581 --> 27:56.054 (laughter) 27:56.054 --> 27:59.471 and then, after about 20 seconds of that, 27:59.587 --> 28:02.244 he says, "Well get him the hell off my desk, 28:02.244 --> 28:03.537 "we got work to do here." 28:03.537 --> 28:05.111 (laughter continues) 28:05.111 --> 28:05.944 "Call the meat wagon." 28:05.944 --> 28:08.688 and sure enough, the Pentagon meat wagon came by. 28:08.688 --> 28:10.280 So anyway, it's great to be up here, 28:10.280 --> 28:11.972 we're both in different capacities now, 28:11.972 --> 28:14.466 but I'll never forget that for a lot of reasons. 28:14.466 --> 28:16.716 (laughter) 28:17.014 --> 28:19.003 SNA has been a great place, 28:19.003 --> 28:21.937 I've enjoyed coming here since I've been a Lieutenant 28:21.937 --> 28:23.741 and it's just a great opportunity now, 28:23.741 --> 28:26.248 I know a lot more people, and it's just really fun 28:26.248 --> 28:28.303 for us to come here, but it's an important role. 28:28.303 --> 28:31.380 I said we are N96 because N96 is not me. 28:31.380 --> 28:33.380 I have a huge team there 28:33.603 --> 28:34.631 and they're the one's who do it. 28:34.631 --> 28:36.062 I know I have a bunch here. 28:36.062 --> 28:37.544 Sometimes we've been criticised 28:37.544 --> 28:38.588 for not bringing over the team. 28:38.588 --> 28:40.752 I'm telling you, if you call N96 right now, 28:40.752 --> 28:42.503 you won't get anybody over in the building; 28:42.503 --> 28:43.336 they're all over here. 28:43.336 --> 28:44.871 And if you could stand up, raise your hand, 28:44.871 --> 28:46.204 and be numbered. 28:46.824 --> 28:48.741 Don't make me look bad! 28:48.973 --> 28:51.973 (audience applauds) 28:56.584 --> 28:59.422 we are here because the work we have to do 28:59.422 --> 29:01.142 in carrying out this strategy is important 29:01.142 --> 29:02.324 and we need to get out and look 29:02.324 --> 29:03.912 and see what's being offered in an industry. 29:03.912 --> 29:05.746 We need to talk to the folks who've been there. 29:05.746 --> 29:07.886 We need to talk to the retired flag officers 29:07.886 --> 29:08.719 who've done this. 29:08.719 --> 29:10.094 So that's kind of why we're here. 29:10.094 --> 29:12.520 And so, please talk to them while you're here. 29:12.520 --> 29:14.148 If you see anybody trying to cut out early, 29:14.148 --> 29:16.065 let me know personally. 29:17.382 --> 29:21.389 My role here today is as Admiral Rowden discussed. 29:21.389 --> 29:23.472 We had this discussion on 29:23.913 --> 29:25.446 where does the investment priority fit in. 29:25.446 --> 29:26.625 And I'm gonna walk through very quickly. 29:26.625 --> 29:28.153 I don't have enough time to get down and dig, 29:28.153 --> 29:30.029 but I wanna kind of give you the big pictures. 29:30.029 --> 29:32.802 We're gonna look towards those main areas 29:32.802 --> 29:35.583 that we need to do in the strategy to go after. 29:35.583 --> 29:36.803 Some of you have seen these before. 29:36.803 --> 29:38.320 We're gonna increase our offensive firepower, 29:38.320 --> 29:39.976 we've already done some of that, 29:39.976 --> 29:40.997 I'll talk to you about what we're doing 29:40.997 --> 29:42.216 and where we think we're going. 29:42.216 --> 29:45.272 Sydney, I hope you ask me that question 29:45.272 --> 29:46.242 when you get done here, 29:46.242 --> 29:48.459 but we gotta improve our information systems 29:48.459 --> 29:50.049 and our combat systems together. 29:50.049 --> 29:51.855 And we've done these a little bit in stovepipes before, 29:51.855 --> 29:54.606 we do the combat system, N2N6 has done those 29:54.606 --> 29:57.963 information related systems in ISR, Counter ISR. 29:57.963 --> 30:00.826 And we can't do it in two stovepipes anymore. 30:00.826 --> 30:03.252 We're gonna implement high-velocity learning 30:03.252 --> 30:04.085 in the Surface Force. 30:04.085 --> 30:05.273 You saw a little bit of it there, 30:05.273 --> 30:07.031 I've got another little one, if I have time I'll show that. 30:07.031 --> 30:10.169 And we're gonna try to move to some innovative concepts 30:10.169 --> 30:12.689 that not just make surface warfare better, 30:12.689 --> 30:16.284 but make, distribute lethality in our sea control 30:16.284 --> 30:18.636 across all platforms and systems, 30:18.636 --> 30:20.444 whether you're in the air, on the sea, or undersea, 30:20.444 --> 30:21.444 or in space. 30:24.843 --> 30:27.782 As we said, this is kind of the environment. 30:27.782 --> 30:30.620 Y'all heard the pitch, so I won't even spend any time on it. 30:30.620 --> 30:31.647 But the environment we had, 30:31.647 --> 30:34.970 we're good power projectors, we know how to do that. 30:34.970 --> 30:36.958 We all built our systems, we went and did it, 30:36.958 --> 30:39.099 we spent a lot of time in non-permissive environments 30:39.099 --> 30:42.025 and uncontested areas, and we did very well at that. 30:42.025 --> 30:45.358 We designed our systems for air defense. 30:45.557 --> 30:48.402 Ballistic missile defense, integrated air missile defense, 30:48.402 --> 30:50.214 we've done a good job defensively 30:50.214 --> 30:52.465 protecting our power projection forces 30:52.465 --> 30:54.554 and also putting power ashore. 30:54.554 --> 30:58.721 It's what we've done; we've done a very good job at it. 30:58.929 --> 31:01.365 But, this is kind of where we are now 31:01.365 --> 31:02.682 and before someone starts, 31:02.682 --> 31:05.339 I didn't talk about the lightning bolts here, 31:05.339 --> 31:08.242 but this is really the challenge we have for the future. 31:08.242 --> 31:10.194 In a distributed lethality environment, 31:10.194 --> 31:11.866 it really becomes about the number 31:11.866 --> 31:13.236 of nodes you have doing it. 31:13.236 --> 31:15.397 Whether they're sub-surface, whether they're in the air, 31:15.397 --> 31:17.218 whether they're on the surface. 31:17.218 --> 31:20.981 But as surface warriors, we bring capacity, generally. 31:20.981 --> 31:23.128 We're the ones that integrate and we bring capacity. 31:23.128 --> 31:25.837 So we are the linchpin of sea control 31:25.837 --> 31:28.251 and therefor, distributed lethality concepts. 31:28.251 --> 31:32.418 So as we start trying to operationalize the concept, 31:33.658 --> 31:36.823 we also have to have a way, in the Pentagon, 31:36.823 --> 31:40.323 that we can have a better cross-field view 31:41.044 --> 31:44.711 of all the systems and sensors and platforms 31:44.863 --> 31:49.030 that provide the capability those different domains. 31:49.141 --> 31:50.266 So I'm gonna talk to you a little bit about 31:50.266 --> 31:52.479 each one of those domains, and in fact, 31:52.479 --> 31:54.812 go to the next slide please. 31:57.534 --> 31:59.320 We've kind of lived in that middle area. 31:59.320 --> 32:03.477 If someone said, "I have a requirement to do something." 32:03.477 --> 32:05.831 and that requirement, we go put out a ship 32:05.831 --> 32:06.749 and I have to make sure the ship, 32:06.749 --> 32:09.802 we state all the requirements, and put all those 32:09.802 --> 32:12.291 things on the ship and the ship becomes very expensive, 32:12.291 --> 32:14.076 or it changes, or the environment changes 32:14.076 --> 32:15.634 and we have to do something with it. 32:15.634 --> 32:16.927 And we get kind of down; 32:16.927 --> 32:19.052 we're always chasing our tail a little bit. 32:19.052 --> 32:20.606 We can't foresee the future, 32:20.606 --> 32:24.001 but I think you're gonna hear Vice Admiral Pandolfe 32:24.001 --> 32:25.707 today talk to you about the environment, 32:25.707 --> 32:27.951 strategically we're in and how we need that flexibility 32:27.951 --> 32:30.862 to be able to respond in any environment. 32:30.862 --> 32:33.884 And so certainly, the challenge is on us 32:33.884 --> 32:34.903 and how we field it. 32:34.903 --> 32:36.831 And we've tried this before; this is not real new. 32:36.831 --> 32:38.247 We've had different ways of looking at this 32:38.247 --> 32:39.450 but one of the ways we're trying 32:39.450 --> 32:41.983 to do it in the N9 organization, which is very different. 32:41.983 --> 32:44.596 One year ago, I was sitting in the back, 32:44.596 --> 32:47.789 hiding somewhere, getting ready to out to Strike Command. 32:47.789 --> 32:49.854 I literally left the SNA, and I took off, 32:49.854 --> 32:53.160 flew into San Diego, got on the aircraft carrier 32:53.160 --> 32:54.893 and off I went to the south China Sea 32:54.893 --> 32:59.060 and western Pacific and it was a little different this year. 32:59.563 --> 33:01.684 So I had a different mentality. 33:01.684 --> 33:04.704 When I get out there, I have an Air Defense Commander, 33:04.704 --> 33:08.871 I have a Commodore who does surface and he does sub-surface. 33:08.883 --> 33:11.604 And I have a KAG who does strike, 33:11.604 --> 33:14.461 and I have a CTF 74 who happened to be Bill Mertz 33:14.461 --> 33:17.128 my counterpart in N97 right now. 33:17.615 --> 33:19.532 So we fight integrated. 33:19.683 --> 33:20.516 I didn't care. 33:20.516 --> 33:21.349 If I had a mission to do, 33:21.349 --> 33:22.422 I said, "Okay, give me some of those planes, 33:22.422 --> 33:23.380 "a couple of those ships, 33:23.380 --> 33:25.317 "and let's go get the mission done." 33:25.317 --> 33:26.150 but we don't have the same way 33:26.150 --> 33:27.458 of doing it here in the Pentagon. 33:27.458 --> 33:30.101 The CNO, who's very clearly recognized this, 33:30.101 --> 33:33.424 as has N9, and so what has changed dramatically 33:33.424 --> 33:36.193 from when I was deputy for Admiral Rowden in N96, 33:36.193 --> 33:39.110 is that I now have a responsibility 33:39.147 --> 33:43.314 to look in a more domain-based view vs the platform view. 33:45.244 --> 33:48.275 Specifically, I'm in charge of the surface domain. 33:48.275 --> 33:51.942 So instead of saying, "bring me your program 33:53.060 --> 33:54.364 "forward and show me all the things 33:54.364 --> 33:55.964 "that you're gonna have in your ships. 33:55.964 --> 33:57.545 "We've bought this many ships, this many radars, 33:57.545 --> 33:59.365 "this many missiles, blah blah blah." 33:59.365 --> 34:02.198 Now I'm charged with saying, "Hey, 34:03.747 --> 34:06.058 "go tell me how many airplanes we have 34:06.058 --> 34:08.480 "that can provide this capability for me." 34:08.480 --> 34:10.488 or, "How many submarines can shoot torpedoes 34:10.488 --> 34:12.138 "in the surface domain?" 34:12.138 --> 34:14.604 So that I understand where we're invested. 34:14.604 --> 34:15.437 Do we have enough? 34:15.437 --> 34:16.582 What's our risk? 34:16.582 --> 34:18.213 Run those in the wargames later on, 34:18.213 --> 34:20.734 and then start doing some of that stuff. 34:20.734 --> 34:22.626 But now I've become the advocate 34:22.626 --> 34:25.043 of surface domain capability. 34:25.180 --> 34:26.646 And so I have those partners in there 34:26.646 --> 34:27.689 and we talk about it. 34:27.689 --> 34:29.913 You know, Chip "Bullet" Miller 34:29.913 --> 34:32.073 has been my aviation counterpart. 34:32.073 --> 34:33.667 He's been a strike group commander, 34:33.667 --> 34:35.128 he knows the same channels. 34:35.128 --> 34:38.711 I got Bill Mertz, as I said, he was CTF 74. 34:39.330 --> 34:41.136 That's the guy that ran all the submarines 34:41.136 --> 34:44.469 and anti-subsurface task force commander 34:44.736 --> 34:47.836 in the south China Sea and the western Pacific. 34:47.836 --> 34:50.731 Who better than those folks to do it? 34:50.731 --> 34:52.450 So Sydney, if you'd ask me your question. 34:52.450 --> 34:53.541 I don't know where you are, if you're still there. 34:53.541 --> 34:55.791 I see your hair, all right. 34:59.028 --> 35:02.611 If in fact, we have to use cyber capability 35:02.646 --> 35:04.946 in the cyber domain, I'm the one that's gonna do it 35:04.946 --> 35:06.860 as the head of the surface domain. 35:06.860 --> 35:09.086 So it's in my domain, I have the aviation, 35:09.086 --> 35:13.253 the surface, the subsurface and those folks from N2N6 35:14.328 --> 35:16.155 and we'll describe that capability. 35:16.155 --> 35:17.288 And in fact, that's what we're doing. 35:17.288 --> 35:19.021 We all know this to be true. 35:19.021 --> 35:20.765 We created an information warfare commander 35:20.765 --> 35:21.779 in my strike group. 35:21.779 --> 35:22.722 If I point at the other strike groups here 35:22.722 --> 35:24.465 they'd probably say they had the same thing. 35:24.465 --> 35:27.825 Either an EMWC, Electromagnetic Maneuver Warfare Commander, 35:27.825 --> 35:30.742 or an Information Warfare Commander 35:31.373 --> 35:33.757 because we know this is a growing level of importance. 35:33.757 --> 35:35.538 Both what you're putting out there, 35:35.538 --> 35:36.814 what's out there for you to take in 35:36.814 --> 35:38.897 and to take advantage of. 35:39.090 --> 35:42.141 So this is really the biggest takeaway 35:42.141 --> 35:43.632 that I hope you get. 35:43.632 --> 35:45.061 Not, "Oh, what'd yoU buy this year." 35:45.061 --> 35:46.466 We'll talk about that and all your places 35:46.466 --> 35:48.015 and you'll ask me those questions, 35:48.015 --> 35:50.702 but I'm gonna get into what does surface force 35:50.702 --> 35:52.421 provide in those different domains? 35:52.421 --> 35:53.417 That's my challenge. 35:53.417 --> 35:55.642 Because I still have a responsibility 35:55.642 --> 35:58.866 as the resource sponsor to put out a program. 35:58.866 --> 36:02.116 That includes ships and maybe unmanned, 36:03.331 --> 36:06.204 missiles, radars, and all those other things. 36:06.204 --> 36:08.137 But it's gotta be informed by this work, 36:08.137 --> 36:11.222 which is that other view that gives us more 36:11.222 --> 36:15.305 an architectural view of what we're trying to do. 36:16.900 --> 36:18.602 So, in the air domain, 36:18.602 --> 36:19.904 this is where I have to go to my slide here, 36:19.904 --> 36:21.234 I brought my backups. 36:21.234 --> 36:23.745 Everybody's like, "Sir, I don't think you need these cards, 36:23.745 --> 36:26.463 because it's all gonna work up here." 36:26.463 --> 36:27.568 Til the first time you go up there 36:27.568 --> 36:29.230 and the thing doesn't work up here. 36:29.230 --> 36:31.093 So I have it right here in front of me, 36:31.093 --> 36:31.937 and it's gonna tell me. 36:31.937 --> 36:34.098 So what are the big things we need in the air domain? 36:34.098 --> 36:37.440 Well yesterday, I spoke at the BMD pathfinders world 36:37.440 --> 36:39.736 and we've been doing some amazing work 36:39.736 --> 36:41.629 in the integrated air and missile defense. 36:41.629 --> 36:43.109 We've been doing it for a long time, 36:43.109 --> 36:44.872 we gotta pace the threat. 36:44.872 --> 36:45.963 We're doing it with software, 36:45.963 --> 36:47.726 we're doing it with upgrading systems. 36:47.726 --> 36:50.129 Aegis baseline 9 is really the key linchpin 36:50.129 --> 36:51.616 in air defense for us. 36:51.616 --> 36:53.973 Baseline 9, those are those ships that can do 36:53.973 --> 36:56.097 baseline 9-A, which is NIFCA, 36:56.097 --> 36:58.934 Navy Integrated Fire Control Counter Air, 36:58.934 --> 37:00.799 and then you have with 9-C, 37:00.799 --> 37:02.966 you have the ability to do 37:03.319 --> 37:06.540 both integrated air and missile defense at the same time, 37:06.540 --> 37:10.707 which is a huge capability for the warfighter our there. 37:11.104 --> 37:14.097 We continue to look at the spy upgrades. 37:14.097 --> 37:16.121 We're doing low noise amplifiers to peak up 37:16.121 --> 37:19.291 on the older systems the sensitivity so we can get more. 37:19.291 --> 37:21.451 NIFCA, as I talked about it, 37:21.451 --> 37:25.618 NIFCA is really, Johnny Wade talked about it a minute ago, 37:25.858 --> 37:28.814 we've had the longest surface to air engagement ever 37:28.814 --> 37:30.799 and if you talk to the aviators, 37:30.799 --> 37:32.887 they'll say, "Yeah, the A2 was able to hit something 37:32.887 --> 37:36.512 "with a SM6 off a ship at the longest range ever." 37:36.512 --> 37:39.582 If you talk to a surface guy he'll say, "We hit the longest 37:39.582 --> 37:42.249 "surface to air intercept ever." 37:43.119 --> 37:44.304 and then we say, "Well how'd you get the target?" 37:44.304 --> 37:45.407 "Well, it was that A2 up there." 37:45.407 --> 37:48.572 So we still talk like communities, which is good. 37:48.572 --> 37:51.655 But you know, really huge capability. 37:52.902 --> 37:56.372 The SM6 missile is probably one of the best examples. 37:56.372 --> 37:58.403 We have done a lot of things with an SM6 missile. 37:58.403 --> 38:02.570 So that same SM6 missile that we used in that NIFCA mode 38:02.702 --> 38:06.757 has the capability also to do sea-based terminal defense. 38:06.757 --> 38:10.905 We just tested out, at PMRF out in Kauai last month, 38:10.905 --> 38:14.572 the first engagement against a very complex, 38:15.716 --> 38:18.117 medium range ballistic missile target 38:18.117 --> 38:21.312 that was for me, eye-watering, because when I was 38:21.312 --> 38:23.312 CO of Lake Erie in 2008, 38:24.382 --> 38:27.539 here, in just six years, we had an SMT, 38:27.539 --> 38:29.359 an SM2 that we'd modified, 38:29.359 --> 38:31.484 and now we're here with an SM6 38:31.484 --> 38:33.265 that had a successful engagement 38:33.265 --> 38:36.515 against that incredibly complex threat. 38:36.798 --> 38:39.497 So if that's the way we're going, 38:39.497 --> 38:41.433 this is good news because we now have one missile 38:41.433 --> 38:42.645 that can do more than one thing. 38:42.645 --> 38:44.072 And oh yeah, by the way, we're gonna talk about, 38:44.072 --> 38:45.670 when I go to the surface domain, 38:45.670 --> 38:49.743 SM6 in a surface mode is a pretty good thing to do. 38:49.743 --> 38:52.843 Now I have one missile; I can use it many different ways. 38:52.843 --> 38:54.443 I can save some missile space, 38:54.443 --> 38:57.350 all those holes I have on those destroyers and cruisers 38:57.350 --> 38:59.505 out there, that's a good thing for me. 38:59.505 --> 39:01.480 And one thing you'll see up there is SeaRam 39:01.480 --> 39:04.897 we took a Phalanx Closed in Weapon System 39:05.009 --> 39:07.179 that we've had since I was a midshipman, 39:07.179 --> 39:08.838 I think I saw it for the first time, 39:08.838 --> 39:12.177 and we tied on the rolling airframe missile with this, 39:12.177 --> 39:13.635 which has given us a good capability, 39:13.635 --> 39:16.211 especially for those ships that haven't yet been upgraded 39:16.211 --> 39:20.378 for the modernizations in the baseline 9 sea capability 39:21.255 --> 39:23.950 that we're putting on some of those destroyers. 39:23.950 --> 39:27.093 So that's kind of what we're doing now, 39:27.093 --> 39:31.176 in the future, I was also out and saw AMDR Spy 6, 39:31.228 --> 39:34.395 which is our air missile defense radar 39:34.867 --> 39:37.668 that we're gonna be putting on the DDG flight three. 39:37.668 --> 39:39.556 Incredible, I mean, you take something like Spy, 39:39.556 --> 39:43.223 which is doing amazing things, and you now-- 39:44.641 --> 39:46.598 apparently, that wasn't funded. 39:46.598 --> 39:49.431 (audience laughs) 39:50.059 --> 39:51.476 Okay, we're back. 39:54.795 --> 39:58.545 So SPY-6 has 30 times the sensitivity of SPY, 39:59.147 --> 40:01.337 it's a digital radar; all the things that we can do 40:01.337 --> 40:05.087 on this, eyes start watering when you look at 40:05.685 --> 40:07.913 the future capability of that type of radar. 40:07.913 --> 40:09.006 It's really good for us. 40:09.006 --> 40:12.706 Take the SM2, we've got a lot of these SM2s out there. 40:12.706 --> 40:14.486 Let's give an active capability to that missile, 40:14.486 --> 40:15.426 let's look at that. 40:15.426 --> 40:18.267 We're gonna look at the SM3, Block 2A. 40:18.267 --> 40:20.134 That is our exoatmospheric 40:20.134 --> 40:23.467 intercepting ballistic missile defender. 40:26.568 --> 40:27.888 The thing that's neat about the 2A, 40:27.888 --> 40:30.336 we used to just boost another missile 40:30.336 --> 40:32.201 to get it up in the exoatmophere, 40:32.201 --> 40:35.868 and that's what we had with the SM3 Block 1. 40:39.940 --> 40:41.914 We now have the 2, is a 22-inch missile, 40:41.914 --> 40:43.692 it basically takes every bit of space 40:43.692 --> 40:45.131 in that square launcher. 40:45.131 --> 40:46.077 The only way we could get more room 40:46.077 --> 40:47.122 is if we made the missile square, 40:47.122 --> 40:50.789 and I don't know if we can do that just yet. 40:51.128 --> 40:52.033 Why is this important? 40:52.033 --> 40:52.938 Why do we care? 40:52.938 --> 40:55.521 Because it's that SM3 Block 2A, 40:55.815 --> 40:57.304 that we're gonna test very soon here 40:57.304 --> 41:00.387 our in PMRF in the next coming months 41:00.740 --> 41:03.527 and it's gonna go out and that's what's gonna give us 41:03.527 --> 41:07.527 the range of operation in sea space to maneuver. 41:08.056 --> 41:09.656 Right now, if you have a DDG, 41:09.656 --> 41:12.189 and many of you deployed in DDGs missed three Christmases 41:12.189 --> 41:15.106 in a row; we did this all the time. 41:16.945 --> 41:18.284 It's gonna give you the maneuvering space 41:18.284 --> 41:21.053 because we weren't able to move you around 41:21.053 --> 41:22.626 like we'd like to, we had to go put you 41:22.626 --> 41:24.195 in a space and keep you there. 41:24.195 --> 41:25.167 Now we're talking about moving you 41:25.167 --> 41:27.017 over a larger area of ground. 41:27.017 --> 41:28.687 And oh yeah, by the way, that missile's the one 41:28.687 --> 41:30.508 that we're going to be putting in Poland 41:30.508 --> 41:33.845 for part of the European phase of the adaptive approach 41:33.845 --> 41:35.844 that will follow Romania here shortly. 41:35.844 --> 41:37.303 So, incredibly important missile, 41:37.303 --> 41:39.485 we're really looking forward to that test 41:39.485 --> 41:42.152 ESSM block 2 will be coming out, 41:42.289 --> 41:43.612 another good capability. 41:43.612 --> 41:46.630 And finally, the F35B, as you've seen earlier, 41:46.630 --> 41:48.106 and Admiral Rowden talked about it, 41:48.106 --> 41:52.273 our ability to take that incredibly amazing sensor 41:52.760 --> 41:54.099 and you know, we saw PACSAG, 41:54.099 --> 41:57.358 next will be an up-gunned ESG with a F35B. 41:57.358 --> 42:00.425 We're looking at ways maybe we could make that 42:00.425 --> 42:03.423 to be our targeter for those intercepts 42:03.423 --> 42:05.334 with the Mattel data link that it has, 42:05.334 --> 42:06.804 getting it down to the shooter. 42:06.804 --> 42:10.387 Again, that's our next phase in this stuff. 42:12.417 --> 42:13.576 So that's kind of in the air side. 42:13.576 --> 42:15.353 In the surface side, and I'm gonna watch my time 42:15.353 --> 42:19.020 here, give my green SWO the spare time here. 42:21.123 --> 42:23.120 We're doing SM6 in the surface, 42:23.120 --> 42:25.177 we talked about the maritime targeting cell 42:25.177 --> 42:26.248 we're putting out there. 42:26.248 --> 42:28.939 We are doing upgrades, again, we're taking, 42:28.939 --> 42:30.359 I'm saying it's in the surface domain, 42:30.359 --> 42:32.432 but we are doing upgrades to some of those 42:32.432 --> 42:34.534 electromagnetic systems that we need. 42:34.534 --> 42:38.375 SEWIP, SEWIP Block II, passive, SEWIP Block III, 42:38.375 --> 42:40.397 When we start getting into an active capability. 42:40.397 --> 42:43.054 These are game-changing technologies 42:43.054 --> 42:45.564 which are gonna also, unfortunately we don't, 42:45.564 --> 42:47.176 well I say unfortunately, 42:47.176 --> 42:49.428 I think when we looked at SLQ-32 many years ago, 42:49.428 --> 42:50.893 we kind of built it in the corner, 42:50.893 --> 42:52.388 and it's like, "Oh, look how good this thing does." 42:52.388 --> 42:54.816 "It supplies everybody out there with great information." 42:54.816 --> 42:56.921 "Oh yeah, and Ship, you can use it too." 42:56.921 --> 42:57.889 How about the other way around? 42:57.889 --> 42:59.749 How about saying we know the capability 42:59.749 --> 43:01.487 that comes out of that system, 43:01.487 --> 43:05.154 how can I make my fire control system better 43:05.182 --> 43:06.349 because of it? 43:06.487 --> 43:09.296 Or have more of that trade, again, in the domain, 43:09.296 --> 43:10.425 what do I need? 43:10.425 --> 43:12.287 In the future of the surface domain, 43:12.287 --> 43:13.893 we got the maritime strike tomahawk. 43:13.893 --> 43:17.332 Okay, we've taken again, just like with SM6, 43:17.332 --> 43:19.744 instead of having that long range missile 43:19.744 --> 43:21.359 only used for land attack, 43:21.359 --> 43:23.451 we're looking at putting a seeker in that 43:23.451 --> 43:25.747 to be able to make it used against surface ships. 43:25.747 --> 43:26.598 We've already tested this. 43:26.598 --> 43:28.809 We know the concept works, we've got some work to do, 43:28.809 --> 43:30.964 but we are gonna put that capability out 43:30.964 --> 43:32.797 I think, before FY 21. 43:34.179 --> 43:35.411 So we're looking to get that out 43:35.411 --> 43:38.330 with more to follow here, shortly, okay? 43:38.330 --> 43:40.200 We've also put the LCS. 43:40.200 --> 43:42.440 Remember, I said that by 2030, 43:42.440 --> 43:44.054 well I didn't say it to this group, 43:44.054 --> 43:47.637 by 2030, we will have about over 50 percent 43:48.048 --> 43:50.895 of our at-sea forces for the combatant commander 43:50.895 --> 43:52.812 will be LCS or Frigate. 43:53.097 --> 43:54.591 And when you think about that, 43:54.591 --> 43:57.710 your option becomes: you've got to make those as survivable, 43:57.710 --> 43:59.744 capable, and lethal as possible. 43:59.744 --> 44:02.536 And integral to that is the over-the-horizon missile. 44:02.536 --> 44:04.217 If you don't have an over-the-horizon missile 44:04.217 --> 44:06.954 on that ship, no one's worried about those ships. 44:06.954 --> 44:09.041 If you put a good missile on that ship, 44:09.041 --> 44:11.372 people are gonna have to pay attention to it. 44:11.372 --> 44:14.003 Therein, ladies and gentlemen, is the crux 44:14.003 --> 44:16.243 of distributing lethality in surface warfare. 44:16.243 --> 44:17.762 This is one of the fundamental things, 44:17.762 --> 44:18.792 if it floats, it fights. 44:18.792 --> 44:20.148 We're gonna do everything that we can 44:20.148 --> 44:21.966 to get it floating and getting it fighting. 44:21.966 --> 44:23.482 And so the extent we're gonna try to put 44:23.482 --> 44:24.992 as much of that on as we can. 44:24.992 --> 44:26.575 The frigate itself, 44:26.587 --> 44:28.124 again, that design already has it in, 44:28.124 --> 44:29.499 we're gonna backfit to the LCS 44:29.499 --> 44:31.178 to the extent we can afford to do so 44:31.178 --> 44:33.500 and continue to get as many ships with missiles 44:33.500 --> 44:36.167 on them that can take the enemy. 44:36.663 --> 44:38.128 And then of course, we're gonna continue to look 44:38.128 --> 44:39.766 at the electromagnetic spectrum 44:39.766 --> 44:42.433 and those things that we can do. 44:44.068 --> 44:45.818 Hey, undersea domain. 44:46.428 --> 44:48.047 And I apologize to any P8 pilots, 44:48.047 --> 44:49.676 that doesn't look like the right picture, 44:49.676 --> 44:51.088 that's like a bad... I don't know. 44:51.088 --> 44:53.426 (audience laughs) 44:53.426 --> 44:55.775 Either I got this picture in the nick of time, 44:55.775 --> 44:57.909 or we did a bad power point, 44:57.909 --> 45:00.409 so I'm hoping it's the latter. 45:05.130 --> 45:09.130 SLQ-32 as I said is, I'm sorry, SQQ-89, 45:09.806 --> 45:12.103 we have the SQQ-89 Victor 15 Suite. 45:12.103 --> 45:13.528 As a strike group commander, 45:13.528 --> 45:16.281 I only had one of my ships in my deploying strike group 45:16.281 --> 45:18.634 from the west coast that had that capability. 45:18.634 --> 45:22.094 Right now, even today, over 35 percent of those ships 45:22.094 --> 45:23.594 have it right now. 45:23.736 --> 45:26.292 We have six cruisers that are undergoing modernization 45:26.292 --> 45:29.453 right now that they're either in for modernization, 45:29.453 --> 45:30.754 they're gonna come out with it, 45:30.754 --> 45:32.882 and three other ones already have them installed. 45:32.882 --> 45:35.819 This suite adds a multi-frequency towed array 45:35.819 --> 45:39.426 that basically allows operators to work together 45:39.426 --> 45:41.796 with other ships in a bi-static mode. 45:41.796 --> 45:43.310 And now we can work together 45:43.310 --> 45:47.477 not just with other surface ships, but submarines. 45:47.482 --> 45:49.061 And when we bring on the 45:49.061 --> 45:51.733 anti-submarine warfare mission package 45:51.733 --> 45:54.650 that is gonna be coming on in Fy19, 45:54.727 --> 45:58.053 we will bring a capability on an LCS-sized ship 45:58.053 --> 45:59.552 with the only variable depth sonar 45:59.552 --> 46:03.046 we have in our Navy right now when it gets here. 46:03.046 --> 46:05.094 It's not here yet, but it's coming. 46:05.094 --> 46:07.297 These are technologies that are already out there. 46:07.297 --> 46:09.829 A lot of it was generated through discussion 46:09.829 --> 46:11.675 we had here at this forum. 46:11.675 --> 46:14.211 And this is what we're using to put 46:14.211 --> 46:16.628 a sensor down below the layer 46:16.938 --> 46:18.933 where the submarines will hang out 46:18.933 --> 46:21.314 and imagine in concert with another one above the layer 46:21.314 --> 46:22.731 from a MFTA ship. 46:23.214 --> 46:25.327 And that partnership is gonna insonify 46:25.327 --> 46:28.660 the water and be able to be communicated 46:29.397 --> 46:31.285 to other ships that can receive it out there. 46:31.285 --> 46:35.259 Submarines, maybe aviation components, maybe sonobuoys. 46:35.259 --> 46:37.092 This is amazing stuff. 46:37.643 --> 46:38.863 When you look at those numbers 46:38.863 --> 46:40.753 and all the ships that we're gonna have, 46:40.753 --> 46:43.670 LCS becomes critical to this, okay? 46:44.941 --> 46:46.123 Something I want you to take away. 46:46.123 --> 46:47.677 We're gonna upgrade the over-the-side torpedo, 46:47.677 --> 46:50.760 the MARG-54, more upgrades with that. 46:50.869 --> 46:52.841 We're looking at this thing we found 46:52.841 --> 46:56.389 while we were looking doing anti-torpedo torpedo defense, 46:56.389 --> 46:58.986 we see this thing made up at Penn State 46:58.986 --> 47:01.234 called the CRAW, which is short for 47:01.234 --> 47:04.660 Compact Rapid Attack Weapon because it's small 47:04.660 --> 47:05.919 and because it's lethal, 47:05.919 --> 47:07.462 we may look at other ways of using that. 47:07.462 --> 47:08.557 Maybe it goes with unmanned, 47:08.557 --> 47:10.894 maybe it goes on a missile, maybe it goes somewhere else. 47:10.894 --> 47:12.123 But one thing we know, 47:12.123 --> 47:13.986 as our ranges are getting longer from these 47:13.986 --> 47:17.371 long-range systems that are becoming very, very reliable, 47:17.371 --> 47:19.320 and we're having a lot more contact time 47:19.320 --> 47:21.820 and fewer false contact times, 47:22.191 --> 47:26.095 then we now have a weapon in our vertical launch asroc 47:26.095 --> 47:28.646 that is well short of the range that we can sense. 47:28.646 --> 47:30.053 Much like we had with the SM2, 47:30.053 --> 47:33.072 with this long range aegis and why SM6 came around. 47:33.072 --> 47:35.739 That's where we have to go next. 47:38.804 --> 47:40.508 And I knew I wouldn't have enough time 47:40.508 --> 47:42.001 to talk a lot about ships, 47:42.001 --> 47:44.049 but I want everybody to know we restarted 47:44.049 --> 47:48.216 two new ships this year, that's DDG Flight 2A restarts, 47:49.304 --> 47:51.721 Rafael Peralta and John Finn, 47:51.870 --> 47:55.452 they're both first of class to be built with Baseline 9C. 47:55.452 --> 47:57.534 They're not being modernized and upgraded. 47:57.534 --> 48:00.283 Again, because we do open systems 48:00.283 --> 48:03.116 with our upgrades to our aegis now, 48:03.116 --> 48:04.326 we can do these a lot better. 48:04.326 --> 48:05.580 Once you do the threat, 48:05.580 --> 48:07.063 and once you get the software written, 48:07.063 --> 48:08.439 we just load it on the new platform. 48:08.439 --> 48:10.075 We have to get the hardware stuff updated, 48:10.075 --> 48:11.992 but we're doing better. 48:12.439 --> 48:14.363 The Zumwalt, I don't have to talk to you about that, 48:14.363 --> 48:16.199 it's pretty much been all over the news. 48:16.199 --> 48:17.820 We've got a lot of work still yet to do with that, 48:17.820 --> 48:21.102 the missions system's activation is in progress right now. 48:21.102 --> 48:23.874 So we'll continue to look at those three ships 48:23.874 --> 48:25.820 and both the opportunity they have 48:25.820 --> 48:29.070 with some of the new systems they have. 48:29.778 --> 48:31.775 The modernization plan, you know, 48:31.775 --> 48:34.775 we talk about capacity of our force. 48:35.447 --> 48:37.616 We get it by building ships, 48:37.616 --> 48:38.940 we get it by modernizing ships. 48:38.940 --> 48:41.865 Because if we build a ship, but we don't modernize it, 48:41.865 --> 48:45.615 it can't maintain our upgrade with our peers. 48:46.987 --> 48:48.882 And so that's part of our plan. 48:48.882 --> 48:52.232 In the past, as we have to make tough choices, 48:52.232 --> 48:54.649 we have slowed modernization. 48:54.665 --> 48:56.347 And when we do that, I worry a little bit 48:56.347 --> 48:58.807 that if you built them at a certain rate, 48:58.807 --> 49:00.878 you need to modernize them at a certain rate. 49:00.878 --> 49:04.132 So in my view, that's something that I wanna 49:04.132 --> 49:05.709 try to make sure we can afford. 49:05.709 --> 49:07.034 We built a lot of ships 49:07.034 --> 49:08.538 about the time these are being modernized. 49:08.538 --> 49:10.745 We built five a year for a little period, 49:10.745 --> 49:13.109 those are coming too, and they should be modernized 49:13.109 --> 49:15.277 and when they don't, you get into this 49:15.277 --> 49:17.714 delay, delay, delay until you get into this, 49:17.714 --> 49:19.462 "Well how much farther should we go, 49:19.462 --> 49:21.820 it doesn't really have the capability we need anymore." 49:21.820 --> 49:23.276 So we're gonna do everything that we can 49:23.276 --> 49:27.276 to ensure that we continue to modernize at pace. 49:27.546 --> 49:29.007 What else we got up here? 49:29.007 --> 49:32.757 These technologies I've already talked about. 49:33.880 --> 49:35.528 All right, accelerated learning, 49:35.528 --> 49:37.031 you saw a little bit of it. 49:37.031 --> 49:38.632 You know, I'm in charge of learning, 49:38.632 --> 49:40.732 so the tools, training, talent, and all that stuff, 49:40.732 --> 49:44.008 I don't buy the tactics, I don't buy the talent, 49:44.008 --> 49:48.175 well I do buy the talent, but when I talk abut training, 49:48.374 --> 49:49.832 I don't do the training. 49:49.832 --> 49:51.844 But we fund the training and we look for opportunities. 49:51.844 --> 49:53.913 We look at what things SWOS is telling us, 49:53.913 --> 49:55.426 what CSCS is telling us, and 49:55.426 --> 49:57.928 where we should put some of that, 49:57.928 --> 50:00.057 how should we do this in the future? 50:00.057 --> 50:02.778 We all hated computer-based training. 50:02.778 --> 50:05.262 We all heard about computer-based training. 50:05.262 --> 50:07.032 The stuff coming with is not computer-based. 50:07.032 --> 50:08.112 Do we have a slide? 50:08.112 --> 50:10.384 I don't know if we got 30 seconds for this video, 50:10.384 --> 50:13.801 roll it if you got it; see if that works. 50:16.171 --> 50:17.093 - [Narrator] The Surface Training 50:17.093 --> 50:19.498 Advanced Virtual Environment for Navigation 50:19.498 --> 50:21.977 is a blended learning strategy. 50:21.977 --> 50:25.746 Instructors use 3D and simulation tools in the classroom 50:25.746 --> 50:27.245 to help students better visualize 50:27.245 --> 50:29.912 complex equipment and processes. 50:30.672 --> 50:33.469 Students work hands-on in a lab environment 50:33.469 --> 50:35.054 to practice their unique skills 50:35.054 --> 50:37.714 on equipment identical to what's on the ship 50:37.714 --> 50:40.877 and highly accurate virtual tools help them explore 50:40.877 --> 50:43.252 the critical interaction between systems, 50:43.252 --> 50:46.669 rather than just one component at a time. 50:47.249 --> 50:49.173 Operators can practice under realistic, 50:49.173 --> 50:51.482 challenging conditions, while technicians 50:51.482 --> 50:53.982 can really get under the hood. 50:54.296 --> 50:55.599 - Okay, that thing was slowed down, 50:55.599 --> 50:57.229 it's about a five minute video, 50:57.229 --> 50:58.641 but I took a couple pieces. 50:58.641 --> 51:00.284 I wanted everybody to kind of see that 51:00.284 --> 51:02.457 because the real question becomes, 51:02.457 --> 51:03.540 "Do you have to wait til something breaks 51:03.540 --> 51:04.373 "til you can tain it?" 51:04.373 --> 51:05.206 No, we train on our equipment. 51:05.206 --> 51:06.675 We break it in training, 51:06.675 --> 51:08.867 then we go back and learn how to fix it. 51:08.867 --> 51:11.432 I think this is an area that all of us kind of know, 51:11.432 --> 51:15.005 in days of old, when the systems were a lot simpler 51:15.005 --> 51:17.869 and you could almost go to that model. 51:17.869 --> 51:19.280 But we're very technical now, 51:19.280 --> 51:20.416 and as we look at those things, 51:20.416 --> 51:22.307 we can do that type of training. 51:22.307 --> 51:24.115 And we take sailors all the time, 51:24.115 --> 51:26.174 who we say, "You've never seen this before, 51:26.174 --> 51:27.959 " let's send you out to the ship to go do it." 51:27.959 --> 51:29.417 and bang, they come out and 51:29.417 --> 51:31.493 they're ready to go from minute one. 51:31.493 --> 51:32.701 They can do the maintenance. 51:32.701 --> 51:34.967 Then the question becomes, "Why are we using the MRCs?" 51:34.967 --> 51:36.217 More to follow. 51:39.270 --> 51:40.574 Now this is individual training, 51:40.574 --> 51:42.392 this is how we get those sailors ready. 51:42.392 --> 51:44.507 And then we have unit level training. 51:44.507 --> 51:46.619 How does that CO get that team ready to go? 51:46.619 --> 51:48.442 That's that on-board training. 51:48.442 --> 51:50.848 Then we have live virtual environment training. 51:50.848 --> 51:53.386 This is the, as a strike group commander, 51:53.386 --> 51:55.516 when we get long-range systems 51:55.516 --> 51:57.391 and very far operating areas, 51:57.391 --> 51:59.591 and mixing up things coming out for real, 51:59.591 --> 52:02.474 things that aren't real, and we want to play with that 52:02.474 --> 52:06.116 in that area, our range is simply our tacts. 52:06.116 --> 52:07.702 So we're doing everything we can. 52:07.702 --> 52:09.410 I think we're getting pretty close here, 52:09.410 --> 52:12.577 I see my SWO in green getting nervous. 52:13.265 --> 52:14.641 Anyway, just wanted to get through that. 52:14.641 --> 52:18.308 Last one I'm gonna talk about is innovation. 52:20.122 --> 52:22.298 You've all seen, we've talked LWS before, 52:22.298 --> 52:24.052 LWS that's out on Ponce. 52:24.052 --> 52:27.185 The office of Naval research is right now with DARPA 52:27.185 --> 52:30.101 and we were looking at doing a lot more with lasers. 52:30.101 --> 52:32.838 You'll hear more of that over the next few months 52:32.838 --> 52:34.259 as we figure out where we're going 52:34.259 --> 52:36.876 but this time next year, I'd like to report to you 52:36.876 --> 52:39.151 that we have already got a new laser, 52:39.151 --> 52:41.500 in, I'd like to get, 150 kilowatts, 52:41.500 --> 52:45.667 on the Paul F. Foster, our self-defense test ship. 52:46.100 --> 52:47.197 And shortly after that, 52:47.197 --> 52:49.368 we wanna get it operational on either a carrier, 52:49.368 --> 52:51.368 or a destroyer, or both. 52:51.396 --> 52:53.051 So that's kind of the way we want to go; 52:53.051 --> 52:54.970 we'll see if we can get there; I think we can. 52:54.970 --> 52:56.871 ONR is leading that effort. 52:56.871 --> 52:59.877 Rear Admiral Dave Hahn is all in on it. 52:59.877 --> 53:02.402 You've got Tern on the right here, upper right corner, 53:02.402 --> 53:03.711 that's a weird looking thing, 53:03.711 --> 53:07.389 but amazing in what a capability like this could do. 53:07.389 --> 53:08.753 We don't know if this is the right answer, 53:08.753 --> 53:10.740 but we sure like the things we're learning from it. 53:10.740 --> 53:12.819 This is something can take off vertically, 53:12.819 --> 53:14.744 transition to a horizontal flight, 53:14.744 --> 53:17.100 and persist for a long period of time. 53:17.100 --> 53:18.567 When you combine that with 53:18.567 --> 53:20.950 the potential thing you can put on there for sensing, 53:20.950 --> 53:23.950 for relaying, for deception perhaps, 53:24.007 --> 53:28.007 this is what the surface domain is gonna inform. 53:28.119 --> 53:30.010 This is the type of discussion we want to have 53:30.010 --> 53:31.183 to get to the capabilities. 53:31.183 --> 53:32.516 That's not mine. 53:32.854 --> 53:36.590 Tern is an aviation capability much like a helicopter. 53:36.590 --> 53:38.280 We use it on surface ships now. 53:38.280 --> 53:41.909 So, platform wise, that's probably gonna go over to, 53:41.909 --> 53:44.909 eventually, as a platform under N98. 53:45.148 --> 53:46.309 I don't care. 53:46.309 --> 53:47.794 It helps my domain. 53:47.794 --> 53:49.448 The N98 guys don't care. 53:49.448 --> 53:50.923 They want to bring the best thing we have 53:50.923 --> 53:52.973 whether it be that, the existing one, 53:52.973 --> 53:53.976 or one we transition. 53:53.976 --> 53:56.129 That's what we use the tactics teams for, 53:56.129 --> 53:57.534 to go out and figure it out. 53:57.534 --> 53:59.644 Test 'em, try 'em, which one should we invest in? 53:59.644 --> 54:02.673 Down the lower left, we got the MDUSV, 54:02.673 --> 54:04.915 Medium Displacement Undersea Vehicle. 54:04.915 --> 54:08.064 Some people know this as Sea Hunter right now. 54:08.064 --> 54:09.951 This is a DARPA/ONR project also, 54:09.951 --> 54:12.383 that we believe is gonna be something that will inform 54:12.383 --> 54:15.800 a lot about the future of surface combat. 54:16.414 --> 54:17.711 As we go looking at what the future 54:17.711 --> 54:18.906 of surface combat looks like, 54:18.906 --> 54:20.664 somebody talked about, "Well, you're worried about 54:20.664 --> 54:22.571 the cost of all these ships and everything." 54:22.571 --> 54:25.237 Yes, we are, we should be; that's or job. 54:25.237 --> 54:27.359 We want to bring the best bang for buck. 54:27.359 --> 54:29.609 If that's a lot of bang for 54:29.663 --> 54:31.966 a lot less buck for something that size, 54:31.966 --> 54:34.507 so the question becomes, "Is it worth it?" 54:34.507 --> 54:37.390 If I had a few of those to go off and do something, 54:37.390 --> 54:41.557 maybe as an escort under the command of a DDG or an LCS, 54:42.123 --> 54:45.412 could that ship do a function that we need it to do 54:45.412 --> 54:46.973 at a much longer range? 54:46.973 --> 54:49.592 I would say, "yes," we're gonna go find that out. 54:49.592 --> 54:51.245 So that's how we wanna use this to inform 54:51.245 --> 54:53.205 those future choices as we look towards 54:53.205 --> 54:55.388 what the future of large surface combat might be, 54:55.388 --> 54:57.326 what a small surface fall-on's gonna be, 54:57.326 --> 54:58.509 what unmanned we have, 54:58.509 --> 55:01.138 and what combat system links all that together. 55:01.138 --> 55:02.753 That's what I'm interested in. 55:02.753 --> 55:06.420 So I think that's about it; What else I got. 55:06.432 --> 55:09.576 Oh! A great gratuitous picture, and so 55:09.576 --> 55:13.743 it has been truly an enjoyable experience for me at M96. 55:13.784 --> 55:15.852 I'm passionate about this, following guys like 55:15.852 --> 55:17.908 Johnny Wade and Admiral Rowden, 55:17.908 --> 55:20.132 we're not doing this because we enjoy 55:20.132 --> 55:22.360 coming to the building and doing hard things. 55:22.360 --> 55:24.234 We do it because it's important 55:24.234 --> 55:26.257 and we've got a generation of surface warriors 55:26.257 --> 55:28.117 out there that are about to change the world. 55:28.117 --> 55:30.907 As part of that, I don't own all surface warriors. 55:30.907 --> 55:33.629 My compadre, Major General Chris Owens, 55:33.629 --> 55:35.276 who we worked together when he was in the J5 55:35.276 --> 55:37.775 in Korea and I was in the J5 in the Pentagon. 55:37.775 --> 55:39.242 lo and behold, I come back and here he is 55:39.242 --> 55:40.827 right next to me again, I can't get rid of him. 55:40.827 --> 55:42.136 But he's a great teammate, 55:42.136 --> 55:43.481 and I look forward to hearing your words 55:43.481 --> 55:44.796 on the rest of surface warfare. 55:44.796 --> 55:45.629 Thank you 55:46.488 --> 55:49.488 (audience applauds)