Naval Special Warfare Security Cooperation Support to Expeditionary Advanced Basing Operations in the Philippines

Abstract

As the United States Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) looks to implement Distributed Maritime Operations in the future, the United States Special Operations Command-Pacific should utilize Naval Special Warfare (NSW) for security cooperation opportunities with the Philippines to lay the groundwork for EABO. NSW is ideally situated to support a mutual-gain approach with the Philippines in three ways. First, NSWs specialized assets support Foreign Internal Defense (FID) and Security Force Assistance (SFA). Second, NSWs maritime mobility capabilities provide the opportunity to access sites through future Foreign Military Sales (FMS). Finally, NSWs established history in the Philippines will help lay the necessary foundation for Expeditionary Advanced Bases (EABs). Execution of this three-pronged approach will allow INDOPACOM to achieve a mutual-gain outcome for both the U.S. and the Philippines in the absence of open conflict in the SCS.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 2022
Accession Number
AD1210074

Entities

People

  • Jake L. Rankinen

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cooperation
  • Foreign Military Sales
  • Mobility
  • Philippines
  • Security
  • United States
  • United States Pacific Command
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.