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Navy/USMC

CNO Eyes Maritime Strategy Tweaks

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--The Navy is in the “very early stages” of modifying the tri-service maritime strategy, the service’s chief acknowledged publicly Monday. The Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard released the current maritime strategy, a “Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower,” with much fanfare in October 2007. Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert said Monday he has “talked extensively” with Navy Undersecretary Bob Work about making some modifications to the nearly five-year old guiding document. Greenert, addressing the…

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