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U.S. NAVY PROGRAM GUIDE 2014
• Sustain adequate readiness and manning
• Sustain asymmetric advantages
• Preserve sufficient industrial base
SAILING DIRECTIONS
Sailing directions assist mariners in planning a long voyage by describing
the destination, providing guidance on which routes to
take, and identifying the conditions, cautions, and aids to navigation
along the way. The Chief of Naval Operations’ (CNO) Sailing
Directions provides the vision, fundamental tenets, and principles
to guide the Navy as it charts a course to remain ready to
meet current challenges, build a relevant and capable future force,
and support our Sailors and Navy Civilians and their families.
WARFIGHTING FIRST
The Navy’s first consideration is to ensure the ability to fight and
win today, while building the ability to win tomorrow. This is the
primary mission of the Navy. Quickly denying the objectives of
an adversary or imposing unacceptable costs on aggressors are essential
elements of deterring conflict. To this end, the FY 2015
Program is focused on maximizing forward presence and addressing
current and projected threats. Our budget continues to address
near-term challenges and develop future capabilities to support
the DSG missions. Leveraging the Air-Sea Battle Concept,
the Navy is focusing on deterring and defeating aggression and assuring
access to enhance U.S. advantages in maintaining forward
presence, overcoming anti-access challenges, and exploiting our
adversaries’ vulnerabilities.
Warfighting First prioritizes investments that provide the most capable
and effective warfighting force. Our force must have relevant
near-term warfighting capability and effective, credible presence,
but we must also build the future force able to prevail against
future threats. Each decision made in the FY 2015 Navy Program
was assessed in terms of its effect on warfighting.
Strategic nuclear deterrence remains the Navy’s number one investment
priority. The Navy leverages its undersea dominance to
enable a secure nuclear deterrent with our ballistic-missile submarines
(SSBNs)––the most survivable component of the Nation’s
nuclear triad. While maintaining our Ohio (SSBN 726)-class submarines
at 2014 inventory levels, we will continue to invest in the
next-generation SSBN(X) program.
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