1. Building the Navy FAO Community RADM Lemmons OPNAV N52 Director of International Engagement 25 JAN 2011

2. 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…

3. 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

4. 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)

5. FAO Source CommunitiesHR
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.

6. - 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 -

7. 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
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

8. 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)

9. FAO Global Presence EUCOM SOUTHCOM PACOM AFRICOM CENTCOM NORTHCOM 9
4/22/ :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

10. 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

11. 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

12. International Engagement Professionals