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U.S. NAVY PROGRAM GUIDE 2014
The resilience and safety of our Sailors and their families are focus
areas for the FY 2015 Program. The Navy continues to emphasize
and fund training to prevent sexual assaults and provides the necessary
resources for incident response. Additionally, a sustained
effort to increase awareness, training, and resources for suicide
prevention is continued. Both sexual assault and suicide prevention
are of great importance, and our priority is to ensure resources
are ready and accessible to help Sailors in need.
The Navy also maintains strong family and transition assistance
support in the FY 2015 Program with investments in childcare,
morale, welfare, recreation, and youth programs. Military-to-civilian
transition assistance is provided through the Transition Assistance
Program and Veteran’s Employment Initiative to improve
preparation and job opportunities for Sailors after their active
duty service is complete.
CONTINUING THE REBALANCE
TO THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
The FY 2015 Program continues implementing defense guidance
to rebalance our efforts toward the Asia-Pacific region. This rebalance
involves each of the CNO’s tenets and reflects the growing
importance to the United States of the arc extending from the
Western Pacific and East Asia into the Indian Ocean region and
South Asia.
Our national security and economic interests are inextricably
linked to the Asia-Pacific region. The region is home to five of our
seven treaty allies, six of the world’s top 20 economies, four of the
top ten U.S. trading partners, and a range of emerging partners
with whom the United States is building networks of economic
and security cooperation. Like the United States, our Asia-Pacific
allies and partners depend on the maritime domain for food, energy,
and trade. More than 90 percent of trade by volume and the
majority of global energy supplies travel by sea, and our ability to
deter and defeat threats to stability in the region fundamentally
relies on maritime access. During the next five years, half of all
economic growth is expected to be in Asia, with the region’s gross
domestic product estimated to double by 2020 at its current rate.
In addition, energy use in Asia is expected to grow from a third of
the world total to about half in the next 15 years.
The Navy has had an important role in the Asia-Pacific for more
than 70 years. Today, more than 50 percent of our deployed ships
are in the Pacific Ocean with almost 90 percent of those permanently
or semi-permanently stationed there.
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