Fleet Battle Problem Conducted in Western Atlantic Ocean
16 December 2021
NORFOLK, Va. -- The U.S. Navy successfully concluded Fleet Battle Problem (FBP) 21-3 Dec. 6, after six days of exercises in the Western Atlantic Ocean.
FBP 21-3 was an integrated Western Atlantic exercise designed to refine how the Navy synchronizes maritime operations across multiple anti-submarine warfare platforms in support of maritime homeland defense (MHD). FBPs occur on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and in the European theater multiple times a year and are designed to test coordinated fleet capabilities through a variety of potential real-world scenarios.
“Our strategic competitors are committed to reducing the gap between our maritime capabilities and theirs, and that is why this Atlantic iteration of Fleet Battle Problem was especially important,” said Rear Adm. Brian Davies, deputy commander of U.S. 2nd Fleet and commander of Submarine Group 2. “The exercise gave us an opportunity to fully integrate our joint Navy-Marine Corps team and refine tactics, techniques, and procedures to continue expanding our overmatch against threats in the maritime domain.”
This is the first Atlantic FBP scenario involving a U.S. Marine Corps unit strategically placed to provide an Expeditionary Advanced Base (EAB) for Navy air assets to utilize in the anti-submarine fight.
FBP 21-3 refined how the Navy synchronizes maritime operations across multiple ASW platforms in support of MHD. Anti-submarine warfare training opportunities improve multi-domain cooperation, maintain superior lethality in defense of the homeland, and ensure continued freedom of navigation throughout the Atlantic. The U.S. Navy’s ability to conduct integrated operations around the globe across the full-spectrum of military operations is a core requirement for maintaining maritime superiority during this era of strategic competition.
U.S. 2nd Fleet, reestablished in 2018 in response to the changing global security environment, develops and employs maritime forces ready to fight across multiple domains in the Atlantic and Arctic in order to ensure access, deter aggression and defend U.S., allied, and partner interests.
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