Gilday publishes first strategic guidance to fleet

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday has published his first strategic guidance to the fleet.

The document, titled "Frago 01/2019: A Design For Maintaining Maritime Superiority," aims to "simplify, prioritize, and build on the foundation” of Gilday's predecessor, Adm. John Richardson, who published a new maritime strategy in December 2018.

"Our Navy's strategic direction, focused on great power competition, is sound," Gilday writes.

The document outlines roughly a dozen goals ranging from quickening ship depot-level maintenance and modernization to improving the service's cybersecurity capabilities.

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger this summer published his own guidance.

Both four-star officers focused on improving the integration between the two services.

"Together, we will build Navy-Marine Corps integration by aligning concepts, capabilities, programming, planning, budgeting, and operations to provide integrated American naval power to the joint force," Gilday writes.