Evolve innovative operational concepts. Modernizing our naval forces fora Blue Arctic goes beyond just facilities and platforms. It requires adjustinghow we organize and employ naval forces. We must anticipate the challengesof a Blue Arctic and develop and test operational concepts to sharpenour advantage at sea. This will include concepts for Distributed MaritimeOperations (DMO), Littoral Operations in Contested Environment (LOCE), andExpeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO).