Navy Secretary’s New Guidance Puts The Target On China
Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro's new strategic guidance makes abundantly clear the service now views China as its top competitor, more so than Russia.
By Justin Katz on October 08, 2021 at 10:27 AM
WASHINGTON: The Navy has a new strategic guidance. It looks a lot like the old strategic guidance.
On Thursday night, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro today published his first publicly available, Navy-wide guidance, dubbed the “One Navy-Marine Corps Team.” The document, a little more than six pages in length, promotes Del Toro’s “Four Cs” concept: China, culture, climate change and COVID.
“We must tackle these Four Cs with a sustained sense of urgency and a strong bias for action,”
he wrote.
The secretary’s guidance largely follows the same lines the Navy had already been tracking for years: take care of the people, advance the technology and strengthen allied partnerships. That isn’t to downplay the importance of those three tasks, but it’s hard not to note that most of Del Toro’s priorities will likely not surprise longtime military observers.
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