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The U.S. Navy’s Arctic Roadmap RADM Dave Titley Remarks for the Consortium for Ocean Leadership Public Policy Forum March 10, 2010 1 UNCLASSIFIED

Climate Change Update The Globally Averaged Rate of Warming is NOT Slowing Down Arctic Sea Ice Continues to To Melt & Thin Greenland Ice Sheet Mass Loss Is Accelerating Solar Irradiance Trend is Constant 2 UNCLASSIFIED

Task Force Climate Change Establishment Chief of Naval Operations Executive Board on May 15, 2009 Composition Navy, NOAA, USCG in core group with Joint, interagency, international support Charter Global climate change impacts with near term Arctic focus 3 UNCLASSIFIED

Navy Arctic Roadmap Roadmap End State Readiness & Capability Operations & Training U.S. Navy Photo Strategy, Policy, Plans Comms & Outreach Investments 5 Focus Areas Assessment & Prediction 4 Timeline for change indicates the Arctic presents a challenge, not a crisis UNCLASSIFIED

Drivers 5 Roadmap Arctic UNCLASSIFIED

Considerations Poorly Charted Limited Infrastructure Harsh Operating Environment Security Concerns Transportation Access 6 The Arctic will be “ice-diminished” NOT “ice-free” until the end of the century UNCLASSIFIED

Framework Achieved by 35 Action Items In 5 Focus Areas Aligned to Strategic Objectives Desired effects for the Navy in the Arctic Science-based approach, informed investments, cooperative partnerships 7 UNCLASSIFIED

Phasing Phase 1 (FY10) Phase 2 (FY11-12) Phase 3 (FY13-14) Arctic Arctic CBA Fleet readiness assessment, CBA POM-14 POM-14 CBA, NSP, & SPPs Execute POM-14 Arctic POM-14 external studies, strategic NSP Arctic POM-14 SIP POM-14 address the Arctic NSP POM-14 SIP POM-14 implementation plan SPP SPP Advocate for UNCLOS*** Formalize expanded / new cooperative partnerships Monitor Polar SATCOM Program*** Arctic SAREX, Implement expanded / new Arctic Edge, cooperative partnerships Northern Edge Innovative NANOOK *** Readiness Training (IRT)*** ICEX-11 Arctic TTX & LOE Environmental ICEX-13 assessments Arctic UUV U.S. Navy Photo Cooperative Support National Ocean operations Navy-NOAA Policy / Marine Spatial Bering Strait Planning Implementation Hydrographic For Arctic*** Update roadmap ICW QDR Survey POM-12 investments for air-ocean-ice Interagency partnership for numerical prediction air-ocean-ice numerical prediction 8 Navy recognized as a valued joint, interagency, & international partner in the Arctic 12 UNCLASSIFIED *** Indicates recurring action

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