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Navy Foreign Area Officer Community Overview

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FAO Community Overview

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Personnel: 278 FAOs use 30 languages (~300 FAOs by 2016)

FAO on track for stable accessions by 2016
PACOM 34% AFRICOM 17.5% EUCOM 19%
SOUTHCOM

Billets: Programmed conversions complete by FY16 (~300 requirements)

246 FY13 billets (250 in FY16) + 53 training accounts Operational (82%) / Training (18%)
Navy Staff & NIPO NCC & Fleet 11% Staffs 22% Interagency 7% GCC & Joint Staff 14% Attache DAS 16%

CENTCOM 14%
Regional Specialization

15.5%

SCO - DSCA 30%

Operational Distribution

High accession standards

Sustained Superior Performance Language / Education requirements DIA requirements Overseas Screening Family considerations

Very little room for detailing flexibility

82% are OCONUS billets (2 yr lock) 35% are Joint billets (3 yr lock) 54% have lengthy training requirements (3+ yr lock)

Rapid Development since establishment in 2006 FAO Initiatives are addressing community management challenges Awaiting Decision on Full Operational Capability Plan to ~400
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FAO Global Presence (FY15 Billet Base)

EUCOM
- Bulgaria (1/1) - Denmark (1) - France (1/1) - Germany (1) - Greece (1/1) - Israel (1) - Italy (1/1), - Montenegro (1) - Netherlands (1/1) - Poland (1/1) - Russia (2) - Spain (2) - Turkey (2) - Ukraine (1) - UK (1)

PACOM
- Australia (1) - China PRC (2) - China HK (2) - Fiji (1) - India (2/1) - Indonesia (1/1) - Japan (1) - Malaysia (1/1) - Philippines (3) - Singapore (1/1) - South Korea (3/1) - Sri Lanka (1) - Taiwan (1) - Thailand (2)

NORTHCOM
- Bahamas (1) - Mexico (1)

SOUTHCOM
- Brazil (2) - Chile (2/1) - Colombia (2) - Dominican Rep (1) - Ecuador (1/1) - El Salvador (1) - Honduras (1) - Panama (2/1) - Peru (2/1) - Suriname (1) - Uruguay (1) - Venezuela (1) - Inter-American Defense Board

AFRICOM
- Angola (1) - Cameroon (1) - Cote DIvoire (1) - Gabon (1) - Ghana (1) - Libya (1) - Madagascar (1/1) - Mauritius (1) - Morocco (1) - Mozambique (1) - Nigeria (1/1) - Senegal (1) - Sierra Leone (1) - South Africa (1) - Tunisia (1/1)

CENTCOM
- Bahrain (C5F HQ) - Egypt (2) - Iraq (1) - Kuwait (2) - Pakistan (1) - Qatar (1) - Saudi Arabia (2/1) - UAE (1)

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- 90% of all Navy SA billets & 94% of Navy ODC Chiefs are FAO - 41% of Naval Attach and 67% of Navy DATT billets are FAO

- COCOM HQs -State Dept & UN Regional Support - OSD & JCS - DSCA & NIPO - NCCs & # Fleets - DIA - SOCOM

Community Support

- Navy Senior Lang. Authority - OPNAV N52 - NPC Millington - NPS Monterey

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Community Management Challenges

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Unique Challenges
Billet base requires careful balancing
FAO skills (e.g. security assistance, Attach) are universal, but Regional / Cultural Expertise and Language skills (LREC) are not Billet scrubs have improved on initial (2007) list Ongoing review and adjustments to balance rank distribution and AOR diversity

All FAO accessions are (Mid-Career) lateral transfers

FAO work is rank-sensitive, begins in the control grades (e.g. SDO/DATT, NATT, ODC) Limits: Quotas out, accessions in, high standards Voluntary career change = high retention rates

Phased billet growth and iterative career path development have challenged promotion and accession planning
Disciplined accessions have improved flow points & in-zone promotion of due course FAOs to fill O-5 and O-6 requirements Milestone Screening has enabled priority assignment of best & fully qualified FAOs First internal FAO Flag Officer promotion Oct13; next FAO Flag selection Nov13
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FAO Career Path

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Initial FAO Training Module

Grad Ed, Defense Language Institute, or InRegion Training, JPME I

Alt FAO Training Module

Grad Ed, Defense Language Institute, or InRegion Training

Adv FAO Training Module

Joint FAO Phase II, JPME II

Source Community Qualification/MSR

Accession/ Initial FAO tour

Primary On-Ramp

FAO LCDR tour(s)

FAO CDR Milestone / CDR tour(s)

FAO CAPT tour(s)

Flag tour

Broader Lateral Transfer Window

FAO CDR Milestone Screen Board

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LCDR

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CDR

18

20

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CAPT

24

26
RDML

28

Career Path assigns FAOs to a combination of In-Country and Staff tours that develop proficiency in Security Assistance, Attach and Policy competencies and apply them within regional and global contexts. In-Country: SAO, DAO, LNO Staff: NCC/Fleets, DC, COCOMs *Assignments are examples and are not all-inclusive

Cumulative FAO requirements to complete as a:

LCDR
1) Source Community & FAO tours 2) FA1-5 AQD 3) CDR Milestone Screen 4) JPME I

CDR
1) FAO CDR / Milestone tour 2) Maintained language proficiency 3) JQO Progress 4) Joint FAO Phase II

CAPT
1) FAO CAPT tour 2) Maintained language proficiency 3) JQO

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FAO Milestone Screen Board

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FAO equivalent of URL O-5 Command Screen Board

Supports selective detailing to Milestone Billets

Milestone Billets (approved annually by OPNAV N52)

~60% of FAO CDR Requirements Critical Naval Attach and ODC Chief positions High profile inter-agency positions (e.g. State Department) Critical community positions (e.g. OCM) Aligned with progression to high value O-6 positions (SDO/DATT, ODC Chief)

Two Consecutive Looks per FAO

PYG15 & Later: ~40% first look / ~20% second look = 60% screen rate

Correlation between MSS & Promotion to O-5

To date, all Milestone Screened FAOs have been selected in-zone for promotion Additional promotions of non-screened / above-zone FAOs

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Full Operational Capability

Goal : Phased recoding of ~100 operational and training requirements beyond FY15 programmed level ~400 FAO community end-state ~80% Operational : 20% Training Billets Impetus for change: Execute CNO strategy/engagement priorities Develop officers to meet O-6 level Navy international engagement requirements Meet billet-specific demand signal

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If you have questions, please contact the FAO OCM:

CDR Will Whitsitt Phone: 901-874-3694 DSN: 882-3694 william.whitsitt@navy.mil