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Commandant Leading the Nation’S Crisis Response Force SeaPower Sept'11.QXD_Seapower Sept'11 8/17/11 5:18 PM Page COV1 NAVY / MARINE CORPS / COAST GUARD / MERCHANT MARINE THE COMMANDANT LEADING THE NATION’S CRISIS RESPONSE FORCE September 2011 $5.00 NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES www.navyleague.org WAITING FOR MUOS / NAVY TESTS AUTONOMOUS MARITIME NAVIGATION SeaPower Sept'11.QXD_Seapower Sept'11 8/17/11 5:18 PM Page COV2 SeaPower Sept'11.QXD_Seapower Sept'11 8/17/11 5:18 PM Page 1 SEAPOWER Volume 54, Number 9, September 2011 THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES www.navyleague.org DEPARTMENTS SPECIAL REPORT: U.S. MARINE CORPS 3 President’s Message 20 INTERVIEW: Gen. James F. Amos 4 Editor’s Note Commandant of the Marine Corps BY RICHARD R. BURGESS AND AMY L. WITTMAN 6 A Point of View 30 Navy-Marine Corps Team Showcases Value of 9 Intercepts Forward Presence, Sea Basing 57 Program Snapshot BY RICHARD R. BURGESS 58 Seapower International 34 DoD Presses Ahead With Plans To Move Marines from Okinawa BY DANIEL P. TAYLOR 60 Historical Perspective 61 Ship’s Library 38 Synchronized Approach Will Drive Vehicle Acquisition Programs BY OTTO KREISHER 62 Navy League News 64 Council Digest 42 The Corps Looks To Maintain Forward Deployment Capabilities BY JOHN M. DOYLE 46 Teaching Navy Corpsmen To Be ‘Doc’ to Their Marines 8 Washington Report: BY EDWARD LUNDQUIST Panetta: Big Across-the-Board Cut ‘Would Do Real FEATURES Damage’ 3 Forging Relationships BY DANIEL B. BRANCH JR. 6 A Point of View BY LT. GEN. TERRY G. ROBLING U.S. MARINE CORPS DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR AVIATION 14 Despite Delays, Navy Is Eager for MUOS BY DANIEL P. TAYLOR 16 Commercial Satellite Imagery Augments Government Capabilities BY EDWARD LUNDQUIST 50 50 Navy Tests Unmanned Surface System Applications BY JOHN C. MARCARIO 72 In My Own Words BY BOATSWAIN’S MATE 1ST CLASS ANDREW NEWMAN DUTY SECTION LEADER COAST GUARD STATION SEATTLE COVER PHOTO OF GEN. JAMES F. AMOS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS, ADDRESSING MARINE AIR CREW MEMBERS AT THE FLIGHT LINE ON CAMP BASTION, AFGHANISTAN, MAY 14 BY SGT. MALLORY S. VANDERSCHANS. COVER DESIGN BY AMY BILLINGHAM, PENSARÉ DESIGN GROUP LTD. SeaPower Sept'11.QXD_Seapower Sept'11 8/17/11 5:18 PM Page 2 SeaPower Sept'11.QXD_Seapower Sept'11 8/17/11 5:19 PM Page 3 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Forging Relationships By DANIEL B. BRANCH JR., Navy League National President ust as the sea services we sup- While Navy League headquarters J port foster international part- is involved with the planning and nerships for the global good, so promotion of the bicentennial on too must the Navy League — from the national level, there are plenty of the headquarters level to the indi- opportunities here for councils to vidual council — forge relation- get involved with these local cele- ships with other organizations and brations. To find out how, contact entities to increase brand recogni- Tom Van Leunen, senior director of tion and carry our message to a communications (tvanleunen@ broader audience. navyleague.org), or Dan Dayton at Opportunities to collaborate the Navy Office of Commemora- with others abound, whether it’s tions ([email protected]). for a long-term campaign, such as In planning its gala event, the the Navy League’s participation in Santa Barbara Council has been the commemoration of the War of working within its community to 1812, or a single event or project, raise more than $250,000 to sup- like the Santa Barbara, Calif., port a weekend celebration for 600 Council’s planned Welcome Home Gala Weekend hon- Marines. 3/5 Dark Horse is one of the council’s newly oring the U.S. Marine Corps’ 3rd Battalion, 5th adopted units, and it has worked closely with com- Marines (3/5 Dark Horse). manding officer Lt. Col. Chris Griffin in organizing From 2012 to 2015, the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps this event. In this case, the partnership is on a more and Coast Guard, along with Operation Sail and a host personal level — that of council and adopted unit. of partners — including the Navy League — will com- Whether your council is working on a War of 1812 memorate our country’s “Second War of Inde pen - event, planning a Welcome Home Gala, sponsoring an dence,” which inspired Francis Scott Key’s writing of Armed Forces Night at a baseball game or buying new the National Anthem. service flags for a local museum, the time, energy and The theme for the bicentennial of the War of 1812 expense of such endeavors can be lessened when the is “Our Flag Was Still There,” and the three-year-long burden is shared. commemoration will underscore the importance of In this month’s Navy League News section of the United States as a seafaring nation dependent on a Seapower (page 62), Deputy Editor Peter Atkinson strong Navy, foster international maritime good will offers some more great examples of, and details about, and partnership, and honor the U.S. flag and National the power of partnerships and how they can improve Anthem. public awareness for all those involved and lay the Each 2012 event being planned in cities across the groundwork for more cooperation in the future. nation will feature a week-long celebration complete Collaboration among organizations within our own with international tall sailing ships, modern warships communities not only generates interest in the Navy and aerial demonstrations featuring the Navy’s Blue League, it also improves the understanding and appre- Angels. Kicking off in New Orleans in April, the com- ciation of our men and women in uniform and under- memoration will travel along the Eastern Seaboard, scores the importance of a strong Navy, Marine Corps, Great Lakes Region and Canada. The other cities host- Coast Guard and Merchant Marine to national security ing what the Navy calls “signature” events include and prosperity. New York, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland and Norfolk, Va. Smaller events also are planned for Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; New London, Conn; Milwaukee; Toledo, Ohio; Detroit; and Buffalo, N.Y. SEAPOWER / SEPTEMBER 2011 3 SeaPower Sept'11.QXD_Seapower Sept'11 8/17/11 5:19 PM Page 4 EDITOR’S NOTE Resetting the Corps By AMY L. WITTMAN, Editor in Chief SEAPOWER THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES Volume 54, Number 9, September 2011 ith deployed Combat Vehicle, an PUBLISHER W Marines main- is sue covered in Daniel B. Branch Jr. taining a high state of great er detail by Spe - ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER readiness for nearly a cial Corre spond ent Dale A. Lumme decade of high-tempo Otto Kreisher in his EDITOR IN CHIEF Amy L. Wittman operations, nonde- report, “After the [email protected] ployed units have ex- EFV” (page 38). DEPUTY EDITOR perienced “degraded Amos also dis- Peter E. Atkinson levels of readiness” cusses the effort to [email protected] largely because of the return the Corps to MANAGING EDITOR lack of equipment, its amphibious roots. Richard R. Burgess Gen. James F. Amos A major concern in [email protected] says in his “2011 Report to Congress maintaining this core competency ASSISTANT EDITOR John C. Marcario on the Posture of the United States is the shortage of amphibious ships [email protected] Marine Corps.” in the Navy’s inventory, which DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING SALES Resetting the Marine Corps — Special Correspondent John M. Charles A. Hull aligning the force structure, equip- Doyle explores in his report, “Back [email protected] ment and training required for the to the Beach” (page 42). DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS future security environment — will Also in Seapower’s special section Kerri Carpenter cost money at a time when the on the Marine Corps, Managing [email protected] Defense Department is facing signif- Editor Richard R. Burgess looks at SEAPOWER CORRESPONDENTS Patricia Kime icant funding cuts. The budget, the the deployment of Amphibious Megan Scully Marine Corps commandant tells Ready Groups in “Full Spectrum PHOTOGRAPHER Seapower, is “the absolute near-term Deployment” (page 30). Lisa Nipp alligator we’re fighting.” Special Correspondent Daniel P. PROOFREADER This nation expects Marines to be Taylor gives a status update on the Jean B. Reynolds ready to respond at a moment’s no - planned shift of Marines and their DESIGN AND PRODUCTION tice, be adaptable to any environment dependents from Okinawa, Japan, Amy Billingham and Rob Black to which they are sent and bring the in his report “Guam or Bust” (page Pensaré Design Group appropriate set of skills, whether the 34), a move that will increase the SEAPOWER mission involves combat or humani - population on the tiny Pacific island 2300 Wilson Blvd., Suite 200 Arlington, VA 22201-5424 ta rian assistance. The Corps cannot by almost 10 percent. TEL: 703-528-1775 — editorial be the crisis response force we expect Rounding out the special section 703-528-2075 — advertising it to be without allocating sufficient is a look at how the Field Medical FAX: 703-243-8251 E-MAIL: [email protected] funds to reset the force. Training Battalion (FMTB) teaches WEBSITE: www.seapowermagazine.org In our interview, “The Com- Navy corpsmen to be “Doc” to their TWITTER: @seapowermag mandant: Leading the Nation’s Marines, in the article “It All Starts COMMUNICATIONS BOARD Crisis Response Force” (page 20), Here” (page 46), by Special Cor - CHAIRMAN: Brandon R. “Randy” Belote III Amos says this nation has an obliga- respondent Edward Lundquist. At NATIONAL OFFICER: Daniel B. Branch Jr. tion to the Corps to refurbish, repair FMTB, Staff Sgt. Joseph Wright MEMBERS: Merritt Allen, Maureen Cragin, or replace equipment going to notes, “We are trying to instill a sense Daniel Dayton, Robert Hamilton, Margaret depots and reconstitute inventories of urgency in all that they do here.” B.
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