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NATO UNCLASSIFIED Rel Australia, Finland, New Zealand, Sweden NATO UNCLASSIFIED Rel Australia, Finland, New Zealand, Sweden DEPUTY COMMANDER NAVAL STRIKING AND SUPPORT FORCES NATO REDUTO GOMES FREIRE ESTRADA DA MEDROSA 2780-070 OEIRAS PORTUGAL Our ref: 1700/SFNCGDCOM/150805 Tel: +351-21-440-4493 Fax: +351-21-441-4541 Date: 5 August 2015 NCN: 529 4493 TO: See Distribution INITIAL NOTIFICATION FOR THE MARITIME EXPEDITIONARY OPERATIONS CONFERENCE 2016 1. The Third Maritime Expeditionary Operations Conference (MEOC) will be held from 19 – 20 July 2016 in Lisbon, Portugal and will be preceded by an Icebreaker Social on the evening of Monday, 18 July, with a reception scheduled for the following evening, Tuesday 19 July. The conference will conclude no later than 1800 (Western European Summer Time) on Wednesday, 20 July. In advance of formal invitations, please accept this short letter as a diary marker. As this event will occur not long after the conclusion of the NATO Warsaw Summit (8 – 9 July 2016), we will have an opportunity to hold Operational level discussions on the outcomes and directions issued from Warsaw particularly regarding the maritime domain and joint operations to support the delivery of adaptation and assurance. 2. Last year’s conference key theme of “Delivering Maritime Expeditionary Power in Support of Deterrence for a Prepared NATO” helped define the future role of Maritime Expeditionary Operations and explored how they can be best delivered. Our aim during MEOC 2016 is to further develop this capability by considering the contributions Maritime Expeditionary Forces can make to the greater Alliance Adaptation effort. 3. Formal invitations and further administrative detail will be forwarded in due course. In the interim, please do not hesitate to contact the STRIKFORNATO Administrative Officer, CDR Ioannis Kakavas GRC- N via e-mail at PAN: [email protected] / NS: [email protected]; or via phone at commercial: +351-21-440-4152 / NCN: 529-4152, or the STRIKFORNATO Protocol Officer, Mrs Paula Baleira PRT CIV via e-mail at PAN: [email protected] / NS: [email protected]; or via phone at commercial: +351-21-440-4196 / NCN: 529-4106. P A McAlpine CBE Rear Admiral Deputy Commander Striking and Support Forces NATO NATO UNCLASSIFIED Rel Australia, Finland, New Zealand, Sweden NATO UNCLASSIFIED Rel Australia, Finland, New Zealand, Sweden Distribution: External: Action: NATO HQ (Attn: IS, MC, IMS) OSACEUR OSACT ODSACEUR OCOS SHAPE OCOS ACT SHAPE (Attn: DCOS OPI, DCOS Plans, ACOS J7, ACOS J5/Adaptation) ACT (Attn: DCOS CAPDEV, ACOS Capability Engineering, DCOS JFT, ACOS CEI CD BH) JFCBS (Attn: COM, DCOM, DCOS OPS, DCOS Plans, POLAD) JFCNP (Attn: COM, DCOM, DCOS OPS, DCOS Plans, POLAD) AIRCOM (Attn: COM, DCOM, COS, DCOS OPS, DCOS Plans, DCOS SPT, POLAD) LANDCOM (Attn: COM, DCOM, COS, DCOS OPS, DCOS Plans, DCOS SPT, POLAD) MARCOM (Attn: COM, DCOM, COS, DCOS OPS, DCOS Plans, DCOS SPT, ACOS J5, POLAD) CCOMC COM SUBNATO COM NCIS Group COM NSHQ COM ARRC COM RRC FR COM NRDC ESP COM NRDC GRC COM NRDC ITA COM NRDC TUR COM 1(GE/NL) Corps COM EUROCORPS HQ COM FRMARFOR COM ITMARFOR COM SPMARFOR COM UKMARFOR COM MNC NE COM MND SE COM CAOC TJ COM CAOC UD COM JWC COM JFTC COM JALLC COM NSO CJOS COE (Attn: Deputy Director) COM CCD COE COM C2 COE COM CIMIC COE COM CSW COE COM JAPCC COM NMIOTC DIR Joint CBR-N Defence COE DIR DAT COE DIR NMW COE 2 NATO UNCLASSIFIED Rel Australia, Finland, New Zealand, Sweden NATO UNCLASSIFIED Rel Australia, Finland, New Zealand, Sweden DIR C-IED COE DIR CMRE DIR MSC COE DIR Military Medicine COE ALB NMR to SHAPE (Please pass to COM Albanian Naval Force) BEL NMR to SHAPE (Please pass to COM Belgium Navy) BGR NMR to SHAPE (Please pass to Chief, Bulgarian Navy) CAN NMR to SHAPE (Please pass to COM JTF Atlantic and COM MARFOR Altantic) CRO NMR to SHAPE (Please pass to COM Croatian Navy) DEU NMR to SHAPE (Please pass to DCOM Bundeswehr Operations Command, COMNAV) DNK NMR to SHAPE (Please pass to Chief, Royal Danish Naval Staff) ESP NMR to SHAPE (Please pass to COMNAV, Commandant General Marines) EST NMR to SHAPE (Please pass to COM EDF and COM Estonian Navy) FRA NMR to SHAPE (Please pass to CMFRMARFOR, CECMED, ALFOST, CECLANT) GBR NMR to SHAPE (Please pass to RN Fleet Commander, Commandant General Royal Marines, Rear Admiral Submarines, ACOS Aviation and Carriers, COM 3 Cdo BDE RM, COM ATG, COM UKTG, CJO PJHQ, COM JFC, UK Maritime Warfare Centre) GRC NMR to SHAPE (Please pass to CINC Hellenic Fleet) ITA NMR to SHAPE (Please pass to CINC Italian Fleet, COM SILF) LAT NMR to SHAPE (Please pass to COM Latvian Navy) LTU NMR to SHAPE (Please pass to Chief, Lithuanian Naval Staff) NLD NMR to SHAPE (Please pass to Commandant Royal Netherlands Marine Corps, Director of Operational Policy/Requirements and Plans for the Defence Staff, Chief of Naval Staff) NOR NMR to SHAPE (Please pass to Chief, Royal Norwegian Navy) PRT NMR to SHAPE (Please pass to COM Marines, COMNAV) POL NMR to SHAPE (Please pass to COM MOC-MC, DCOM Polish Navy) ROU NMR to SHAPE (Please pass to Chief, Romanian Naval Staff) TUR NMR to SHAPE (Please pass to Chief of Staff, Turkish Naval Forces) USA NMR to SHAPE (Please pass to VCNO, JCS J5, DCNO/OPNAV N3/N5, COM USFFC, DCOM USFFC, Director Maritime Operations USFFC, DCOM USEUCOM, Director USEUCOM CJ6, Deputy Director of Plans and Policy for USAFRICOM, COM ESG-TWO, DCOM US SIXTH Fleet,CMC, Deputy Commandant for Plans/Policies/Operations, COM II MEF, COM 2 MEB, NAVEUR N35, COM USMC CDI, DCOM USMARFF/USMAREUR, Deputy Director ECJ-3 USEUCOM, COM USMC Cyber Command, COM USMC Forces Command, COM UEAREUR) Information: Internal: COS DCOS(OPS) DCOS(SPT) DOS All ACOS/DACOS Protocol Officer/Assistant 3 NATO UNCLASSIFIED Rel Australia, Finland, New Zealand, Sweden .
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