And we need them faster,” he asserted.Īnd the United States must be able to sustain those capabilities consistently across all classes of supply and while under pressure from adversaries, he noted. The list is long and glamorous of the capabilities that our great nation has brought to bear. “A priority is, in fact, those long-range fires, specifically, Maritime Strike Tomahawk, hypersonics, conventional prompt strike. Those long-range strike capabilities also are a top priority. So, our first priority is the ability to counter an adversary’s ability to see, understand, decide and act through every single domain, to be able to dazzle, to be able to deceive, to be able to destroy those components that allow an adversary to exercise decision superiority,” Adm. … The commoditization and the proliferation of long-range strike weapons means that we’re no longer safe just based on geography. He also stressed the need to interfere with an adversary’s command and control decision making. And we have to take every single opportunity that we can to train and to operate and to cultivate those networks every single time,” he added. “That allows us to share that information at those levels so that we are actively operating and communicating on a shared network. Lastly, and often the “long pole in the tent” is “the information systems that allow that kind of sharing.” He added that the Indo-Pacific Command leadership has an Indo-PACOM Partner Network as one of the command’s top priorities. And that is finding every single opportunity we can to work together, to bridge cultural differences, to be in each other’s company, to see that we can trust each other and to build those personal relationships,” he added. “And then the next element is trust among people. He emphasized the need for trust and for partners and allies to operate with a common picture of the battlespace. “We’ve got to be able to trust them with classified information with the understanding that they’ll be equally protective of our sources-technological and human-as we are.” In people, first begins that leap that our nation must make if we are going to intertwine our faiths with our alliances,” he said. George Seffers (pronounced See furs) February 17, 2022Īsked about the need for more formal treaties with other nations in the region to more effectively share information, the Pacific Fleet commander touted the need to begin with trusted relationships. As they say, God gave you one mouth and two ears. Samuel Paparo, USN, commander, Fleet: At least one half of communications is listening.

“At least one half of communications is listening.

Paparo touted the importance of more effective information operations, saying that means controlling what we know “in terms of securing our networks” and assured command and control, as well as the alignment of top-level, key messages, including how the United States listens to those messages. Serving as the luncheon keynote speaker on the second day of the conference, Adm. Naval Institute in San Diego February 16-18. Pacific Fleet, told the audience at the WEST 2022 conference and exposition hosted by AFCEA International and the U.S. strategy in the Indo-Pacific region, Adm. Information operations is one of the critical elements to the U.S.

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