AFCEA/USNI WEST 2026

Opening Keynote - U.S. Navy Fighting Instructions (Room Hall C Stage)

10 Feb 26
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Tracks: Keynote, Primary Stage

ADM Daryl Caudle, the 34th Chief of Naval Operations, recently unveiled the United States Navy Fighting Instructions, the Navy’s newest strategic guidance to the Fleet. The Fighting Instructions establish a transformational framework to guide Navy investments, strategic priorities, and policy decisions, resulting in repeatable and tailorable processes that produce a Navy that is agile, lethal, and responsive changes in the global security environment.