Sustaining Navy Expeditionary Combat Forces

Man, train, equip, organize, and sustain Navy expeditionary combat forces (NECF) in order to support maritime objectives to assure access, provide unimpeded movement, protect against asymmetric threat, and set the conditions to support and reinforce DMO lethality. Additionally, the NECF will strengthen logistics chains, and partnerships; protect the fleet, facilities, and joint, allied, and partner forces; and on order, deploy a flag officer led Navy Expeditionary Forces (NEF) Command Element to C2 integrated American naval forces that dominate in the littorals and reinforce maritime lethality through naval, joint, and combined operations.