 It's a pleasure to come together, as my boss said, as a group of like-minded warfighters ready to advance our craft. Not only has it impacted the world's premier combined joint exercise in the maritime environment, it's by far the largest. We will operate in a world-class training facility with an assembly of talent found nowhere else on the planet. Throughout the harbor phase and beyond, we'll mature friendships into lifelong partnerships. The inclusive nature of RIMPAC enhances interchangeability. I use interchangeability as opposed to interoperability, and I define it as the area where our national objectives overlap. This is what RIMPAC is all about.