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The Maritime Services, the Allies and Shaping the Kill Web

And you’re seeing those COs, who were hesitant at first, say, “Now after that run in that event, I get it. I have
to think differently.”

A second element is building out training ranges in a key area of operations, namely the Pacific.

“We do need to continue, to work beyond Nellis, beyond Yuma, beyond Fallon, we’ve got to start looking at
what could we do in Alaska, how can we make Alaska and the events that we do in Northern Edge, more
robust?
“What kind of systems, what kind of sensors, whether it’s TCTS or the ability to go back and replay an event
up at Alaska.

“Or look at Guam as a graduate-level training area, what could we do in Guam when you’ve got all those
assets that are there from both the Air Force and the Navy.

“How much more could you do in and around Guam?
“What could you do in Australia, with an ally who is very forward-leaning in technology and integrating with
the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Force, and the way they are integrating their armed forces together?

“Where can you take advantage of those opportunities?

“All while understanding that as you do that, you are practicing or playing in somebody else’s backyard, and
they are watching what you’re doing.
“How do you do that, where you can be watched?

“And what do you have to reserve for places where you’re less likely to be watched?

A third key element is working cross platform integration to shape a more effective approach to information
dominance.

“How do I use the capabilities in the F-35 to enhance what I get out of that fourth-gen platform?

“And, in ways that you didn’t think you were going to do it before.
“Not just by being a bigger, better brother that’s going to take care of you on the playground.

“But how do I pass information, what information needs to be passed, and when does it need to be passed?

“When do I have to be that white knight on the charger coming in to rescue you, to get you back on a
timeline, and when can I just sit back and play maybe quarterback or coach and just suggest, look here, look
there, do this, don’t worry about that threat.
“And the integration of how do I use that system and the capabilities in the F-35 with those that are in the
Growler, where are they complementary?

“Where are they different, and mutually supportive?

“In the times that we have had the E-2D out here, how can I work all of those things together?”

And the evolution of LVC will play an important part in the combat development training process.

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