Your reading assignment for the day. 112 pages - get to work. You feedback welcome in comments - I'll do another post soon on my specific thoughts.
UNCLASSIFIED//
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N00//
TO NAVADMIN
UNCLAS
NAVADMIN 183/10
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N00/MAY//
SUBJ/NAVAL OPERATIONS CONCEPT 2010//
RMKS/1. TODAY, THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS, THE COMMANDANT OF THE COAST GUARD, AND I RELEASED THE NAVAL OPERATIONS CONCEPT 2010 (NOC 10).
2. DEVELOPED WITH THE SAME COOPERATIVE SPIRIT AND UNITY OF EFFORT THAT PRODUCED THE MARITIME STRATEGY, NOC 10 DESCRIBES HOW, WHEN, AND WHERE UNITED STATES NAVAL FORCES WILL CONTRIBUTE TO PREVENTING CONFLICT AND PREVAILING IN WAR, AND EMPHASIZES HOW THE NAVY, MARINE CORPS, AND COAST GUARD WILL WORK TOGETHER IN CONCERT WITH A HOST OF JOINT, INTERAGENCY, AND MULTINATIONAL PARTNERS.
3. NOC 10 DETAILS THE WAYS IN WHICH THE SEA SERVICES WILL ACHIEVE THE ENDS ARTICULATED IN THE MARITIME STRATEGY. NOC 10 IS ORGANIZED AROUND, AND EXPANDS UPON, THE SIX CORE CAPABILITIES IDENTIFIED IN THE MARITIME STRATEGY: FORWARD PRESENCE, DETERRENCE, SEA CONTROL, POWER PROJECTION, MARITIME SECURITY, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE/DISASTER RESPONSE. IT DESCRIBES HOW WE USE THE SEA AS MANEUVER SPACE AND EMPLOY NAVAL FORCES ACROSS THE FULL RANGE OF MILITARY OPERATIONS.
4. THE CONCEPT IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD AT WWW.NAVY.MIL/MARITIME/NOC. ALL HANDS SHOULD READ IT; OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS SHOULD INCORPORATE IT INTO CURRICULA; AND TRAINING OFFICERS SHOULD TRAIN TO IT, TALK ABOUT IT, AND ENGAGE EACH OTHER AND LEADERSHIP IN DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING ITS CONTENT. AS I VISIT THE FLEET IN THE COMING MONTHS, I LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING IN ONGOING DIALOGUE ABOUT OUR NEW CONCEPT.
5. RELEASED BY ADMIRAL G. ROUGHEAD, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS.
UPDATE: An epic Navy NCO win! As per ender in comments - on page 31 you see the Sailor as he is. Photo on right. I've saved the original PDF in case they change it. I advise that you do the same.
UPDATE II - Electric Boogaloo: Via our buddy Phil's TheScoopDeck, if you want your own "NOC Patch" - click here.