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Marine Corps Joins New U.S.-U.K. Strategic Naval Charter

Marine Corps Joins New U.S.-U.K. Strategic Naval Charter
Vice Chief of Naval Operations and acting CNO Adm. Lisa Franchetti, Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith, and Royal Navy First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff Adm. Sir Ben Key, tour the HMS Prince of Wales (R09) on Oct. 18, 2023 . While aboard they signed the Delivering Combined Seapower (DCS) charter, that aims for increased interoperability and towards interchangeability. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Amanda R. Gray)

Leaders from the U.S. and U.K. naval services signed a new version of a strategic charter between the two countries this week, for the first time including the U.S. Marine Corps. The strategic charter is called Delivering Combined Seapower, DCS, and acts as a “bilateral tri-service strategic approach plan that supports cooperation, collaboration and integration” among the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and U.K. Royal Navy. The DCS was first signed in 2014 as a way to create and sustain…

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