Future Maritime Operational Concept 2007

The Future Maritime Operational Concept (FMOC) provides the contextual basis for military activity in the Maritime environment, out to 2025, in order to guide capability development and stimulate further conceptual work.

FMOC is consistent with, and complements, other Environmental Operational Concepts and the Joint Interim Concepts (JICs). In association with the JICs, it provides the conceptual underpinning for subordinate conceptual products, especially Concepts of Employment (CONEMPs) and Concepts of Use (CONUSEs), and should be read in conjunction with the detail provided in the authoritative and published LitM and CS Hybrid Interim Concepts.

In accordance with anticipated Policy guidelines, it describes an integrated, expeditionary capability designed to prevail in the most demanding circumstances and configured to support the decisive achievement of political expectations and strategic objectives. Set within the philosophy of the Effects-Based Approach (EBA), Joint Action and a Comprehensive Approach (CA), it confirms the enduring attributes of naval forces - Access; Mobility; Versatility; Resilience; Sustained Reach; Lift Capacity; Poise; and Leverage.

The paper then describes how Maritime forces can be used to realise effects and achieve favourable outcomes, both in relation to potential opponents and in dealing with complex situations.