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NAVSTRAT-2030

Training and Development

The global defence and security environment continue to evolve with great uncertainty and
inherent unpredictability, but the trends point towards an increasing importance of the maritime
domain as ocean politics intensify particularly in the IOR. This dynamic maritime environment
requires a persistent, forward, and integrated all-domain naval force. The SLN maintains a naval
force that is always ready to control our maritime domain and protect our national interests against
existing and emerging threats. Alongside the naval partners, SLN as a responsible maritime
custodian in the international arena to maintain a reassuring deterrent presence in the IOR,
defending our Nation’s interests and keeping the seas open for global economic prosperity.

Training is the foundation for ensuring that the Officers and Sailors are prepared to meet the many
evolving dynamic maritime challenges that will test our determination, understanding and skills.
An adaptive and flexible training system is demanded for this environment that supports the
generation of operational excellence. The role of naval training is to provide individuals with
professional knowledge and skills such that they can be integrated into teams, which themselves
are then integrated into capability as part of operational units. To achieve this, a training continuum
is recognized as consisting of individual training and education, operational training and collective
training.

The SLN will take an integrated approach to improve naval training and prioritize programs that
are critical for a competitive advantage. The SLN provides a range of learning opportunities for
Officers and Sailors to further develop professional competencies and intellectual skills that enable
us to respond to present and emerging maritime security challenges effectively. Naval education
curricula, research, and experiential learning all contribute to the total force’s professional
development and all need to continuously evolve to ensure that naval personnel have the
competencies to succeed against these challenges. Our Nation’s maritime defence requires
attracting talented individuals and developing the most professional, strategic-minded, critical-
thinking, innovative and adaptive naval forces in the region. To sharpen professionalism and
maintain fighting efficiency a continuum of training and development programmes are conducted
across the SLN. For Officers and Sailors, this means emphasizing the importance of professional
military education to cultivate the art and science of naval operations, deepen our knowledge of
history, seek opportunities to learn new skills and embrace new techniques and technologies to
face the challenges. Education opportunities also build trust and reinforce interoperability across
the force, including the sister services and partner Naval Forces.

Building a nation’s maritime advantage requires SLN to learn, apply and exercise decisive
judgment in difficult situations. Education and training are inextricably linked and complement
each other to develop both individual and collective competencies. The Officers and Sailors benefit
from intellectual development, experiential learning and well-designed training. New technologies
and the evolving maritime security environment, including disruptive changes in the conduct of
naval operations, directly affect what we teach our force, how we provide that education, and the
ways that we resource our programs. To succeed in deterring maritime threats and winning future
naval operations, the SLN must improve naval education programmes, infrastructure, technology,
systems, processes and opportunities to ensure that the SLN is always more prepared against
multiple maritime challenges.

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