U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Navy Conduct Tri-party Staff Talks
19 July 2019
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -- Members of Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet staff and
the U.S Coast Guard Atlantic Area Command joined Canadian Armed Forces'
Joint Task Force Atlantic for the 2019 Tri-Party Staff Talks at Canadian Armed
Forces Base Halifax, Nova Scotia, July 18-20.
This year’s staff talks culminated with Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet (C2F)
taking the lead role for the staff talks, as well as Frontier Sentinal, the yearly
exercise conducted by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and Royal Canadian
Navy. The tri-party rotates acting as the lead for the exercise every two years.
Until the reestablishment of C2F in 2018, U.S. Fleet Forces command
represented the U.S. Navy in the cohort.
The talks evaluated the joint organizations' ability to conduct inter-
organizational communications at the operational and tactical levels, achieve
and maintain shared maritime domain awareness, and conduct collaborative
operational planning. All groups will be required to identify any problems,
considerations, constraints, and restraints they are likely to encounter within
this scenario.
Honing these skills is increasingly important as U.S. 2nd Fleet steps into the
role previously occupied by U.S. Fleet Forces Command.
“I consider our tri-party relationship to be foundational to 2nd Fleets ability to
effectively operate,” said Vice Adm. Andrew Lewis, commander U.S. 2nd
Fleet. “We need to be seamless in scenario in order to effectively work together
in real world operations. We must transcend interoperability to complete
integration between our organizations.”
Frontier Sentinel is an annual exercise between all three organizations that
serves as the cornerstone for validating the interoperability of the tri-party
commands and tactical assets, highlighting challenges to interoperability and
identifying solutions.
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