A National Strategic Narrative

Admiral Michael Mullen, then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, charged Captain Porter with writing such a grand strategy.

Concurrently, Colonel Mark "Puck" Mykleby (US Marine Corps) and the strategy team at USSOCOM were developing some of the baseline concepts that are reflected in the Narrative.

The body of the article is divided into sections, which are titled as follows: From Containment to Sustainment: Control to Credible Influence, Our Values and Enduring National Interest, Our Three Investment Priorities, Fair Competition and Deterrence, A Strategic Ecology, Closing the “Say-do” Gap - the Negative Aspects of “Binning", Credible Influence in a Strategic Ecosystem, Opportunities beyond Threat and Risk, A National Prosperity and Security Act, and A Beacon of Hope, a Pathway of Promise.

[vague][opinion] The men behind Mr Y, Porter and Mykleby, have spoken at numerous events, contributed various articles, and worked with different organizations to spread the message of the Narrative and put it into action.

The authors actively push for a fundamental review of American grand strategy at the highest level, similar to the Solarium project under the Eisenhower administration.

[7] Though only published in 2011 and relatively young as a National Grand Strategy (compared to the decades-long approach it proposes),[8] the Narrative has already been the subject of much attention inside[9] and outside of the United States government.