R 241812Z MAY 10
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 298/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC CDI//
SUBJ/NAVAL OPERATIONS CONCEPT REVISION//
POC/KING/MR/UNIT:MCCDC/-/TEL: DSN 378-8143/TEL: COML (703) 432-8143//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS ALONG WITH THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS AND THE COMMANDANT OF THE COAST GUARD HAVE SIGNED THE NAVAL OPERATIONS CONCEPT 2010 (NOC 10), IT AND WILL BE ELETRONICALLY PUBLISHED ON USMC.MIL AND MCCDC WEBSITES MONDAY, MAY 24.
2.  NOC 10 DESCRIBES WHEN, WHERE AND HOW U.S. NAVAL FORCES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO PREVENTING CONFLICT AND PREVAILING IN WAR IN ORDER TO GUIDE MARITIME STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH NATIONAL STRATEGY. NOC 10 DESCRIBES THE WAYS WITH WHICH THE SEA SERVICES WILL ACHIEVE THE ENDS ARTICULATED IN A COOPERATIVE STRATEGY FOR 21ST CENTURY SEAPOWER (CS-21).  AS WITH THE MARITIME STRATEGY, NOC 10 IS A TRI-SERVICE DOCUMENT SIGNED BY THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS AND COMMANDANT OF THE COAST GUARD. 
3.  NOC 10 SUPERSEDES NOC 06.  IT IS DESIGNED TO BE A CONTEMPORARY DOCUMENT THAT GUIDES CURRENT OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS A FORWARD LOOKING EFFORT TO ANTICIPATE AND DESCRIBE THE WAYS NEW CAPABILITIES CAN BE INTEGRATED INTO JOINT FORCE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS EMERGING THREATS.  IN THIS REGARD, NOC 10 ARTICULATES HOW CURRENT AND PROGRAMMED NAVAL CAPABILITIES CAN BE APPLIED IN SUPPORT OF THE COMBATANT COMMANDERS' OPERATIONS, CONTINGENCY, AND THEATER SECURITY COOPERATION (TSC) PLANS.  COLLECTIVELY, THE IDEAS PUT FORTH ARE TO BE APPLIED, TESTED, ANALYZED AND REFINED THROUGH WAR GAMES, EXERCISES, EXPERIMENTS, AND OPERATIONAL LESSONS LEARNED.  THIS INNOVATION WILL ULTIMATELY INFORM FUTURE REVISIONS OF THE NOC, AS IT IS UPDATED TO REMAIN RELEVANT IN THE EVOLVING SECURITY ENVIRONMENT. 
4.  NOC 10 DESCRIBES HOW NAVAL FORCES WILL BLEND "SOFT" AND "HARD" POWER IN SUPPORT OF THE APPROACH, OBJECTIVES AND ENDURING NATIONAL INTERESTS ARTICULATED IN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE STRATEGY (NDS).  NOC 10 IS PRESENTED IN A SEQUENCE DESIGNED TO DESCRIBE HOW GLOBALLY DISPERSED NAVAL FORCES CONDUCTING AN ARRAY OF STEADY STATE ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PREVENT WAR WILL, WHEN REQUIRED, COME TOGETHER TO PREVAIL IN CRISIS RESPONSE OR COMBAT OPERATIONS. CHAPTER 1 DESCRIBES THE PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE DOCUMENT.  "THE NAVAL SERVICE" IS DESCRIBED IN CHAPTER 2, FOLLOWED BY "THE OVERARCHING CONCEPT: THE SEA AS MANEUVER SPACE" IN CHAPTER 3.  EACH OF THE SIX SUBSEQUENT CHAPTERS IS DEDICATED TO ONE OF THE SIX CORE NAVAL CAPABILITIES.  CHAPTER 4 DESCRIBES HOW "FORWARD PRESENCE" ENABLES THE NAVAL SERVICE TO BUILD PARTNER CAPACITY WHILE FACILITATING ITS ABILITY TO PERFORM ALL OTHER MISSIONS.  CHAPTER 5, "MARITIME SECURITY," DESCRIBES HOW NAVAL FORCES WILL PARTNER WITH OTHERS TO PROMOTE SAFETY, ECONOMIC SECURITY, AND HOMELAND DEFENSE IN DEPTH.  SIMILARLY, CHAPTER 6 DESCRIBES HOW NAVAL FORCES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO "HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND DISASTER REPONSE." CHAPTERS 7 AND 8, "SEA CONTROL" AND "POWER PROJECTION," DESCRIBE HOW NAVAL FORCES FULFILL THEIR WARFIGHTING RESPONSIBILITIES AS PART OF A JOINT OR COMBINED FORCE.  CHAPTER 9 DESCRIBES HOW THE ACTIVITIES ARTICULATED IN THE PRECEDING FIVE CHAPTERS CONTRIBUTE TO EXPANDED "DETERRENCE."  FINALLY, CHAPTER 10 DISCUSSES THE REBALANCING OF FORCE STRUCTURE TO ADDRESS THE BLUE, GREEN AND BROWN WATER THREATS POTENTIALLY POSED BY VERY CAPABLE STATE ADVERSARIES, AS WELL AS THE MARITIME SECURITY AND IRREGULAR LITTORAL CHALLENGES POSED BY BOTH STATE AND NON-STATE ADVERSARIES. 
5.  THE CONTENTS OF THE NOC ARE CONSISTENT WITH AND SUPPORTIVE OF THE MARINE CORPS' CORE COMPETENCIES AS EXPRESSED IN THE "MARINE CORPS VISION AND STRATEGY 2025."  ALL MARINES SHOULD BECOME FAMILIAR WITH NOC 10 AND ITS THEMES, WHICH COLLECTIVELY EMBODY THE ESSENCE OF NAVAL SERVICE TO OUR NATION.  COMMANDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO USE NOC 10, ALONG WITH THE OTHER USMC CONCEPTS THAT GUIDE COMBAT DEVELOPMENT, AS THE SUBJECT OF PME SESSIONS.
6.  NOC 10 CAN BE DOWNLOADED AT WWW.MCCDC.USMC.MIL.
7.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY LTGEN GEORGE J. FLYNN, DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR COMBAT DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION.//