 Now Co-Defender 2020 is a bilateral exercise between U.S. Navy forces and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia naval forces. Subject matter expert exchanges between the U.S. and the Royal Saudi Navy are important because we tend to focus on different threats and techniques and procedures when dealing with threats in the region. So when we work together we can share these ideas amongst the two forces and improve both Saudi and U.S. capabilities. The serials that we chose for Now Co-Defender 2020 were based on the current threats facing Saudi Arabia such as the unmanned surface vehicles, the USVs, as well as the floating mines or pouncers as we like to call them. Saudi and U.S. U.D. forces seem to speak the same language and have the same concerns. Building our partnership between the two forces will only improve the strength of the regional partnership and improve overall theater security.