 BALTOPPS is an annually recurring multinational exercise designed to demonstrate the resolve of Allied and partner forces to defend the Baltic region. I am BM1 Bruno Duomaral and I am part of the Expeditionary Mine Countermeasure Company. We are currently in the middle of the Baltic Sea and we are searching, utilizing underwater unmanned vehicles in search of unexploded ordnance. Decimal 306. We are here integrated with NATO forces in support of BALTOPPS 16. This is United States Navy vessel over basically to promote security and stability in the Baltic region. Mine countermeasure exercises are just one of the many facets of BALTOPPS 2016.