UNCLASSIFIED Maritime Civil Affairs Operations Maritime Civil Affairs

UNCLASSIFIED Maritime Civil Affairs Operations Maritime Civil Affairs provides regionally aligned MCA teams (MCAT), planners and functional specialists to support typically three different types of missions: – Enduring : • Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) • Joint Special Operations Task Force – Philippines • Joint Task Force – Bravo (South America) – Global Fleet Stations: • Africa Partnership Station • Continuing Promise • Pacific Partnership Station • Southern Partnership Station – Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief: • Operation UNIFED RESPONSE (Haiti Earthquake Jan ’ 10) • Yemeni Air Crash (Jul ’ 09) • Haiti Hurricane (Oct ’ 08) MCAST Command MCAT 215 and USEMB personnel ISO CJTF-HOA with Chezani Village Chief and other key leaders(Feb 2009) Security, Partnership, Stability 1

UNCLASSIFIED CJTF-Horn of Africa • MISSION SUCCESSES Maritime Security – Counter Piracy. Established Community Watch on the Water (CWOW) IOT enable fishermen to patrol their own waters • Gaining Access – Opened access to ungoverned spaces to Tanzanian government and US Embassy • Building Partner Capacity – Trained Comorian military for Africa Union Peacekeeping missions MCAT in Lamu/Manda Bay, Kenya moving out for KLE in Kiunga and Siyu fishing villages. ISO REGIONAL SECURITY AND STABILITY • MCATs have directly support CJTF-HOA mission and objectives: “. . to conduct operations in East Africa region, to build partner nation capacity in order to promote regional security. ” • MCATs have contributed to CJTF-HOA’s efforts: “. . as a part of a comprehensive whole-of-government approach are aimed at increase our African partner nation’s capacity to maintain a stable environment, with an effective government that provides a degree of economic and social advancement to its citizens. ” BUILDING PARTNER NATION CAPACITY TO COUNTER PIRACY, ILLICIT TRAFFICKING AND VIOLENT EXTREMIST ORGANIZATION AND ACCESS MCAST Command Security, Partnership, Stability TO PREVIOUSLY UNGOVERNED SPACES 2

UNCLASSIFIED Community Watch on the Water (CWOW) COUNTERS PIRACY AND ILLICT TRAFFICKING • • Government of Kenya lacks resources and infrastructure to control its 300 -mile long coast MCAT identified the need; planned and executed CWOW Designed to foster partnerships between fishing communities and Kenyan authorities about Maritime Security related issues – it builds relationships CWOW employs rural fishing communities as the eyes and ears of the Kenyan government in the service of enhancing Maritime Security CWOW is likely the most complex and broadreaching of all CA projects in Kenya* CWOW program is exportable to other regions • CURRENTLY COVERS 1, 800 SQ NM • • 13 SUSPECTED PIRATES AND 8 SUSPECTED SMUGGLERS WERE ARRESTED AND LOCALLY PROSECUTED - CURRENT COVERAGE OF PROGRAM IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THIS - EXPANDING COVERAGE OF PROGRAM * Farrell and Wagner, “Community Watch on the Water: Relationship Building on the Kenyan Coast” USAFRICOM and CJTF-HOA Research, 2011 MCAST Command Security, Partnership, Stability 3

UNCLASSIFIED Global Fleet Stations PAST MISSION SUCCESSES • • • Enhanced Partner Navy relationships with key leaders and communities ashore Provided access to civil populace in littorals in support of mission objectives Assessed for Effect – Executed key assessments of past port calls CURRENT OPERATIONS • Building Host Nation Capacity – Assisting with HA/DR response capabilities • • FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS • CJTF-HOA MCATs will support APS-E concurrent to CJTF-HOA requirements Enduring Presence vs. Continuous Travel ensures stronger PN relationships (trust, influence, access) Enhancing Maritime Security by • connecting PN authorities and populace to counter illicit activities Execute Whole-of-Government approach ISO security and stability ops INCREASING INTEROPERABILITY IN SUPPORT OF MARITIME SECURITY THROUGH PHASE 0/PHASE 1 SHAPING/DETERING MCAST Command Security, Partnership, Stability 4

UNCLASSIFIED Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief PAST MISSION SUCCESSES • Haiti Earthquake 2010: – 2 MCATs, 1 MCA Planner: aid delivery, assess and IGO/NGO coordination via Civil Military Operations Center (CMOC). • Yemeni Airline Crash (Comoros) 2009: – US EMBASSY lead for recovery efforts. • Haiti Hurricane 2008: – 1 MCAT: Coordination of relief efforts. FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS CURRENT OPERATIONS • 96 -Hour “Fly-Away” MCAT – Assist HA/DR efforts within 96 -hours – Adaptive and tailored to the mission • Developing relationships with: – NGOs, International Organizations, Private Voluntary Organizations – NATO through 2 nd Flt, CJOS, and 6 th Flt (NAVEUR) – Working with NAVCENT to CENTCOM • • Ensure MCAST included in HA/DR Operations Plans (OPLANs) Execute Civil Military Operations Center (CMOC) capability Continue building HA/DR networks Post MCA Planners at all Navy Component Commands and Combatant Commands: Currently: NAVCENT; NAVAF; NAVSOUTH; SOCAF (NSW) LINKING VITAL RESOURCES AFLOAT TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND MCAST Command Security, Partnership, Stability POPULACE ASHORE 5

UNCLASSIFIED Special Operations Support PAST MISSION SUCCESSES • Navy Special Warfare (NSW) – Provided planners for 6 rotations: – Iraq/SOTF-W – SOCAF • JSTOF-P – Provided MCATs for 3 six-month rotations • JTF-B support for SOCSOUTH – DARIEN PROVINCE (Panama) 2009 CURRENT OPERATIONS • • • Deployed elements ISO SOCAF (NSW) and SOCSOUTH MCA training for 15 Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI) personnel MCAST is a force multiplier ISO of NSW missions; small footprint FUTURE ENGAGEMETNS • • • Support IW with adaptive MCATs; ideal for small-footprint SOC missions Formalize relationships and work for requests in Global Force Management Allocation Plan (GFMAP) Expand relationships ISO NSW objectives ENHANCING Command WARFARE TO COUNTER VIOLENT EXTREMIST MCAST SPECIAL Security, Partnership, Stability ORGANIZATIONS , DENY ACCESS AND, DISRUPT NETWORKS 6

UNCLASSIFIED Darien, Panama Joint Task Force-Bravo • • Eliminated ungoverned space in Darien Province; denied access to Columbian Narcotraffickers Enhanced Freedom of Movement along Pan-American Highway Allowed platform for USEMB to access remote indigenous population Low cost projects with high return on investment USNS COMFORT CONTINUING PROMISE ‘ 09 Continuing Promise 2009 • • Maintained and sustained partner nation (PN) relationship for future Maritime Engagements Executed low-cost projects with donated goods/labor to Embera tribe Provided the metrics to determine the effectiveness of area denial to Narcotraffickers Relationship provided valuable information ENHANCING AREA DENIAL AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM OF MCAST Command Security, Partnership, Stability MOVEMENT 7

UNCLASSIFIED Security Force Assistance • SFA Mobile Training Teams (MTTs) deliver Maritime Expeditionary core capability training and instruction • SFA MTTs provide military to military training ISO US Embassy Country Teams’ Security Assistance plans • SFA MTTs deliver timely, focused, customized training in the host nation’s language Security Force Assistance Mobile Training Team instructs Ukrainian class In VBSS/Boarding Team Operations (June 2010) MCAST Command Security, Partnership, Stability 8