 Bilateral cooperation at Misawa Air Base is nothing new, but a bilateral exercise with a third country, the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force visiting the Japan-U.S. joint base. That is something that allowed new partners to learn from each other. It allows us to operate in unfamiliar environments and allows us to come together with like-minded nations so that we can develop our own capabilities and to improve. Even though this exercise did not directly involve the United States, regardless of which countries are exercising, all can learn from each other through exchanges like this. Members of the Royal Air Force's two squadron focused working with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and this was recognized at the highest levels of our host country. The techniques practiced by both countries provided a learning experience to be applied to future exercises in the Asia-Pacific region. FETI Officer Dean Cates, Misawa Air Base, Japan.