 The first event during Baltops 2015 was a photo-ex, where the ships come together in various formations in order to get a photograph as they sail from the harbor in Gdynia, Poland. Lieutenant Commander George Storten, Navigation Officer aboard the HMS Ocean, spent long hours coordinating the event. It was day one of the exercise, so we hadn't really worked together up to that point. And also, lots of different classes of ships. I think there were 30 different classes of ships. Everyone has different propulsion systems, different command chains, and different ways of operating. So we had to take all of that into account. There were a lot of late nights of searching different types of ships, which we got together and we got everyone in formation, in a roughly even size and shape. This exercise involves precise movements that require constant communication to pull off safely and effectively. It was a fantastic day, and all the ships achieved everything they needed to achieve. We got the photographs, and more importantly, we got the formation and we got the exercise off to the right start. So Baltops 2015 started with every ship being formed up within a few hundred yards of each other. Baltops is an annual multinational exercise designed to enhance flexibility and interoperability, as well as demonstrate resolve among allied and partner forces to defend the Baltic region. From the USS San Antonio, I'm Seaman Lukascu.