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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. \u2014 The upcoming National Defense Strategy will highlight \u201ccampaigning forward\u201d as a pillar of future operations, and top naval leaders say the force is already moving in this direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger described campaigning forward as an extension of what the Marine Corps already does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHaving the Coast Guard, Navy, Marines present \u2014 and I would argue special operations as well \u2014 forward all the time, not fighting their way in but forward all the time, gives the [defense secretary] a better picture of what\u2019s in front of him,\u201d he said while speaking at the Navy League\u2019s annual Sea-Air-Space conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Campaigning forward represents the \u201cfirst opportunity to deter\u201d an adversary, he said, and \u201cyou\u2019re already in places they want to be. If they want to extend beyond the South China Sea, if you\u2019re [China] \u2014 if you want to extend your defense line farther and we\u2019re already there \u2014 it makes it much more difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said during the panel discussion that a persistently present fleet could make China think twice about taking action against its neighbors, or at least help ensure the world sees what\u2019s really going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThink about how important it was for the United States, and the world, really, with respect to Russia\u2019s activity into Ukraine: We took away his [President Vladimir Putin\u2019s] strategic surprise, we took away his operational and tactical surprise, we pulled the rug out under Vladimir Putin with respect to his ability to use false flag operations as a pretext to cross the border and invade Ukraine,\u201d Gilday said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur ability to do that on a day-to-day basis in the Western Pacific, I would argue, is critically important. And you can\u2019t do that virtually, you have to be there to assure allies and partners, to see that activity, to expose it,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Marine Corps added a \u201cStand-In Force\u201d approach to its list of concepts under development for future operations to deter or defeat China, which the U.S considers a pacing threat. This concept supplements the traditional forcible entry amphibious force with one that\u2019s already living and maneuvering within the enemy\u2019s operating area. These two together \u2014 a stand-in force and a rotational expeditionary force \u2014 will support campaigning forward for the sea services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Adm. Samuel Paparo, this vision isn\u2019t far from how the fleet currently operates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re behaving that way now in the sense that we\u2019re executing deny, defend, dominate. Deny objectives inside of the first island chain. Defend allies and partners along the first island chain. And dominate when outside the first island chain,\u201d Paparo told Defense News on April 4 at the conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCampaigning forward means the continued exercise of freedom of navigation, underscoring the fact that the United States naval service will fly and sail anywhere that international law [allows], and then our continued forward readiness to deter and, if deterrence fails, to fight and win any aggression that would upend the international rules-based order on which the nation\u2019s security and wellbeing rests,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Berger said that for campaigning forward to work, the naval force must be \u201ccredible.\u201d But Gilday has butted heads with lawmakers over his own approach to funding this credible forward force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CNO has focused on readiness for today and developing improved weapons and sensors for the near term, while pulling back on capacity and noting that he only wants a fleet as large as he can properly crew, train and sustain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fiscal 2023 budget request, released last week<\/a>, would shrink the fleet from 298 ships today to 280 in fiscal 2027. Lawmakers agree the Navy must be ready to meet a near-term threat from China but argue the service needs more ships, not fewer, to create a credible deterrent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, Gilday said current events in Ukraine support his strategy. \u201cWe need a ready, capable, lethal force more than we need a bigger force that\u2019s less ready, less lethal and less capable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He pointed to Russia as an example of what he wants to avoid. Despite Russia\u2019s numerical advantage, Gilday said, the 125 battalion tactical groups the country positioned around Ukraine struggled due to training and sustainment problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not the force that any of us want. The investment strategy \u2014 if we want to flip that and make capacity king, we\u2019ll end up with a force like that because you\u2019ll pay for it with people, with ammunition, with training, with maintenance,\u201d the CNO said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He noted his service had to make difficult fiscal decisions, including requesting to decommission 16 ships<\/a> that haven\u2019t reached the end of their planned service lives but are costing the Navy money that it would rather invest elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI personally think we\u2019re on the right path. That path is not popular with everybody in this room, certainly not on the Hill. But I believe it\u2019s a responsible path, and I think it both fields a force today that\u2019s ready to go and it invests in a force mid-decade and beyond that will serve us well,\u201d Gilday told conference attendees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite shrinking the fleet, he said the FY23 request maxes out industrial base capacity to build long-range and high-speed missiles: advanced capability torpedoes, Maritime Strike Tomahawk missiles, Standard Missile-6 1B missiles, Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles, and Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile\u2014Extended Range. He also noted the request will give Navy aircraft, ships and submarines the capabilities they need to be more successful in the near to midterm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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