 Exercise Rapid Trident is an annual multinational training exercise involving 2,000 personnel from 13 countries. It's two weeks long and will last from June 27th to July 8th. Composed of command post exercises, integrated with company field training exercises and situational training exercises. This training also prepares participants to operate successfully in a joint multinational and integrated environment. Your country's commitment through your presence here today sends a strong and unifying message, a message of common purpose in securing Europe's peace and stability, while rejecting the notion that annexing sovereign territory or directly influencing the device of conflict has no place in the 21st century. I challenge each soldier here today to give their utmost in the performance of their duties, to learn and share experiences with those from other countries, and to build new professional and personal relationships with your fellow brothers and sisters in arms. My last advice is to train hard, train safe, train to win. Rapid Trident supports joint-combined interoperability among Ukraine, the U.S., NATO allies, and other partnership for peace nations. Army Sergeant Jacob Holmes, U.S. Army Europe, Yavrov, Ukraine.