 As a sign of continued cooperation and increased partnership, Naval Beach Unit 7 and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force came together to formalize an agreement centered on a shared platform. Today we had a sister command signing ceremony where the Japanese ship supply and repair facility Coray came to Naval Beach Unit 7 and we signed a document which established us as sister commands. This is especially fitting because we had very similar jobs. At the Coray facility they repair L-CAC, a very similar model of L-CAC that we use here out of the Ecosay facility. I think one of the key benefits of the partnership is that we are going to learn from the maintenance practices that the Japanese employ. There are just different ways that we do business and we're excited to learn from each other. Seaman Michael Sanchez, Fleet Activities, Sausage Pan.