 Commander US7 Fleet hosts a multinational roundtable with the navies of Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. As mariners, I think there's a commonality we all share. As we make those connections, we find that there's more similarities than there are differences. Commander US7 Fleet conducts annual talks with all of our partners, friends and allies in the region. I think with all of our partner nations, we have an interest in working more in a multilateral way. And we're seeing that there's a synergy in bringing together more nations at one time to work together. A multilateral roundtable. Multilateral cooperation by maritime nations sets the tone for stability and security in the region. Bringing attributes of many nations to bear in a coordinated way will only improve our responses to natural disasters, search and rescue, piracy and transnational crime. It is the key to effective and efficient response to maritime security threats in the Indo-Asia Pacific region. The benefits of operating in a multinational environment make all of us better. We're posh to respond more effectively to contingencies because we know each other's strengths. This year, we're finding that there are a lot of new opportunities, especially with the new capabilities that are coming out into the theater. So we've had a chance to sit down with our counterparts and talk to them about those capabilities and explore how we can better integrate together. So I think that going forward as we come together in exercises that we'll be able to respond to actual crisis is better. Reporting from onboard the US7 Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge at Changi Naval Base Singapore, I'm Petty Officer Brandon Dugan.