Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson’s new long range guidance for the U.S. Navy: A Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority.
The “Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority” document lays out four lines of effort for the Navy: strengthen naval power at and from the sea, achieve high velocity learning at every level, strengthen our Navy team for the future, and expand and strengthen our network of partners.
This document gives a first look at Richardson’s view of where the Navy stands today, how it should evolve and how those ideas may shape future budget submissions. After taking over as CNO in September 2015, Richardson spent weeks traveling the globe, meeting with sailors from all parts of the Navy to understand their capabilities and needs. In similar fashion, his predecessor, Adm. Jonathan Greenert, became CNO in September 2011, traveled around the fleet and released his CNO’s Sailing Directions. That document was updated during Greenert’s time leading the Navy but never strayed from his three main tenets: warfighting first, operate forward, and be ready.