DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
2000 NAVY PENTAGON
WASHINGTON DC 20350-2000
. OPNAVINST 3500.45A
N3/N5
27 Feb 2023
OPNAV INSTRUCTION 3500.45A
From: Chief of Naval Operations
Subj: COOPERATIVE DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM
Ref: (a) Advantage at Sea, December 2020
(b) The Navy Guidance for Building Alliances and Partnerships, 20 March 2021
(NOTAL)
(c) OPNAVINST 5710.25B
(d) SECNAVINST 5510.34B
(e) DON Foreign Disclosure Manual, June 2019
(f) CJCSI 6510.06C
(g) CJCSI 6250.01F
(h) CJCSI 6740.01C
(i) DoD Directive 2010.09 of 28 April 2003
(j) CJCSI 2120.01D
(k) COMPACFLT/COMUSFLTFORCOMINST 3501.3E
(l) OPNAVINST 3000.15A
(m) DoD Directive 5230.20 of 22 June 2005
Encl: (1) Tier Structure Illustration
(2) Illustration of Cooperative Deployment Coordination Process
(3) Tier Criteria per Critical Milestone
(4) Sample Memorandum of Understanding
1. Purpose.
a. 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 a Carrier Strike Group (CSG), Expeditionary Strike Group,
Amphibious Ready Group or Surface Action Group. This instruction is a complete revision and
should be reviewed in its entirety.
b. Major changes in this revision include removing the letter of understanding process,
removing the Global-Theater Security Cooperation Management Information System reporting
requirement, granting Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (COMUSFLTFORCOM) and
Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT) permission to enter negotiations with specified
PNs, adding notification requirements, clarifying foreign liaison officer requirements and
updating the sample memorandum of understanding (MOU).
