DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
2000
NAVY PENTAGON
W
ASHINGTON, DC 20350-2000
OPNAVINST 3500.45
N3/N5
24 Aug 2016
OPNAV INSTRUCTION 3500.45
From: Chief of Naval Operations
Subj: COOPERATIVE DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM
Ref: (a) A Cooperative Strategy for 21
st
Century Seapower,
March 2015
(b) OPNAVINST 5710.25A
(c) SECNAVINST 5510.34A
(d) DON Foreign Disclosure Manual, September 2007
(e) CJCSI 6510.06C
(f) CJCSI 6250.01E (FOUO)
(g) CJCSI 6740.01C
(h) DoD Directive 2010.9 of 28 April 2003
(i) CJCSI 2120.01D
(j) COMPACFLT/COMUSFLTFORCOMINST 3501.3D
(k) OPNAVINST 3000.13D
(l) OPNAVINST 3120.16C
Encl: (1) Tier Structure Illustration
(2) Illustration of Cooperative Deployment
Coordination Process
(3) Tier Criteria per Critical Milestone
(4) Sample Letter of Understanding
(5) Sample Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
1. Purpose. To establish policy for the Cooperative Deployment
Program and to define responsibilities and procedures for
coordinating partner nation (PN) navy participation in
cooperative deployments with U.S. Navy (USN) strike groups.
2. Applicability. All fleets and units participating in
cooperative deployments or enabling organizations who nominate
candidate partners for participation will adhere to the process
prescribed by this instruction.
3. Background
a. Security cooperation includes all Department of Defense
(DoD) interactions with foreign defense establishments to build
defense relationships and develop allied and friendly military
