US and French officers got here collectively to debate methods each organizations can cooperate additional within the European theater and globally in hydrography and oceanography.
“We intend to proceed to increase upon collaboration with our French Allies to ship the tactical benefit to our respective Fleets for mixed Service Strike Group and Undersea Warfare operations.” mentioned Piret. “The one solution to outpace the adversary is thru partnership, which is core to the Naval Oceanography technique as we contemplate ‘partnership’ a necessity to warfighting benefit…for each our nations, partnership is constructed into the premise of nationwide protection.”
The muse for this go to is in alignment with the 2022 Nationwide Protection Technique (NDS) priorities: (1) defending the homeland, paced to the rising multi-domain risk; (2) deterring strategic assaults towards the U.S., Allies and companions; (3) deterring aggression, whereas being ready to prevail in battle when vital; and (4) constructing a resilient Joint Power and protection ecosystem.
“SHOM and French navy acknowledge the good thing about the cooperation over the previous 10 years with US Navy, concerning navy surveys and change of hydrographic and oceanographic info.” mentioned RADM Laurent Kerleguer, Common Director of SHOM. “It offers operational superiority of navy at sea and help nationwide safety of each america and France.”
SHOM is a worldwide participant, working in a lot of the world’s oceans to supply providers to a variety of civilian and navy purchasers. French and U.S. naval forces function across the globe each day.
Kerleguer added, “Additionally it is totally supporting the targets of the Strategic Interoperability Framework not too long ago signed by the French and US navies.”
The train of SHOM’s mission has three operational functions:
- Protection help, within the hydro-oceanographic fields for the preparation of weapons and command methods, and operations
- Nationwide hydrography, for floor navigation necessities in waters beneath French jurisdiction and in areas beneath French cartographic accountability
- Help for the event of maritime and coastal actions for the good thing about public authorities and financial gamers.
Piret met with the next French officers: RADM Laurent Kerleguer, Common Director of SHOM; Captain Jean-Luc Provençal, Chief of Workers, Strategic Oceanic Submarine Power; and Captain Tanguy Durand, Commander, French Aero-maritime Quick Response Power Mine Warfare Workers.
“It’s an honor to associate with the French Navy, our longest standing naval ally, to additional our bilateral efforts in understanding the ocean.” mentioned CDR Jonathan Savage, CNMOC Worldwide Applications Director (N5). “Our cooperation is rapidly evolving past sharing oceanographic and hydrographic info as we proceed to hunt methods to advance in direction of interoperability to attain operational benefit at sea.”
SHOM’s mission is to know and describe the bodily marine atmosphere in its relationship with the ambiance, the seabed and coastal areas, to forecast its evolution and to make sure the dissemination of the corresponding info.
The Strategic Oceanic Submarine Power (French: Power Océanique Stratégique, FOST), comprising a number of French nuclear ballistic missile submarine primarily based in French naval bases. French submarine forces comprise over 4000 navy and civilian personnel of which an estimated two thousand are submariners.
Below the command of COMFRMARFOR, French Aero-maritime Quick Response Power Mine Warfare Workers (FRMARFOR/MW) is liable for planning and conducting FR MW operations in peace time, disaster or battle. The operational workers is organized to supply a Maritime Part Command with a MCM Tasking Authority or MW Topic Matter Consultants. Based mostly on MCM & maritime EOD specialists, FRMARFOR/MW can also be the laboratory of tomorrow’s MW operations. The workers is in command of the FR MW information heart, which integrates devoted hydrographic and oceanographic information from SHOM.
U.S. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command directs and oversees greater than 2,500 globally-distributed navy and civilian personnel who acquire, course of and exploit environmental info to help Fleet and Joint Commanders in all warfare areas to make higher selections, primarily based on assured environmental info, sooner than the adversary.
