Being There Matters

How the Navy Protects America

Being There Matters:Around the World, Around the Clock

AIRCRAFT FROM AIRCRAFT CARRIERS

SUBMARINES

SHIPS AMERICA’S BEST

Being There Matters:Ready to Defend America At All Times

288 Battle Force ships

3700+ operational aircraft

Ships and submarines underway from homeport or on deployment:

96 (33%)

Exercises with alliesIn the North Sea

Maritime Partnership exercisesWith allies in Africa

Aircraft Carrier supportingOperation Enduring Freedom

Operations in theEastern Med

Carrier Strike GroupIn pre-deployment

training

Expeditionary Strike GroupTrans-Atlantic crossing

Counter-PiracyOperations in the MidEast

Ships visiting U.S. Ports

Forward Deployed Naval Forces in the Western Pacific

Counter-narcotics missionsIn the Caribbean

Navy Hospital Ship conductingHumanitarian operations

Being There Matters:Our Blue Water Planet

Being There Matters:Power From the Sea

ATTACK AIRCRAFT LAUNCHED FROM AIRCRAFT CARRIERS

UNMANNED AIRCRAFT

LONG-RANGE CRUISE

MISSILES

NAVY SEAL TEAMS

Being There Matters:Ensuring Global Free Trade

Panama Canal

Strait of Hormuz

Suez Canal

Strait of Malacca

Strait of Gibraltar

Being There Matters:When Disaster Strikes

Being There Matters:Protecting America Close to Home

Being There Matters:The President’s National Security Strategy

INCREASED COMMITMENT IN

THE PACIFIC

FOCUS ON THE MIDDLE EAST

Being There Matters:America’s Navy is Already There