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Captain Dave Markle, USN

Expeditionary Warfare Division Naval Special Warfare Branch Head (N951)

NDIA Expeditionary Warfare Operations Conference 13 October 2016

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SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND

(SOCOM)

CHIEF OF NAVAL

OPERATIONS

NAVAL SPECIAL

WARFARE COMMAND

ARMY SPECIAL

OPERATIONS COMMAND

AIR FORCE SPECIAL

OPERATIONS COMMAND

MARINE CORPS SPECIAL

OPERATIONS COMMAND

JOINT SPECIAL

OPERATIONS COMMAND

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Naval Special Warfare Chain of Command

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Low

Very High

Unconventional Warfare

Psychological / Information Operations

Security Force Assistance & Civil Affairs

Counter Terrorism

Counter Proliferation

Special Recon (SR)

Direct Action (DA)

Naval Special Warfare What We Do

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Demand for Special Operations Forces (SOF) and Naval Special Warfare (NSW) continues to grow in a fiscally constrained environment

Current operations focused on counter-VEO

Smaller, disaggregated elements more reliant on organic support

Sea based support to SOF has become increasingly important

Planning and resourcing for Major Combat Operations

Naval Special Warfare Overview

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• Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)

• Payloads

• Situational Awareness

• Stealth

• Survivability

• Lethality

• Interoperability / integration

Opportunities for Industry Capability Development Priorities

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Questions?

Expeditionary Warfare Division (N95)

CAPT Dave Markle, USN Naval Special Warfare Branch Head (OPNAV N951)

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BACK-UPS

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