 I'm Captain Colin Paul P. Magalianis, O-17545 Corogers Philippine Army. I am designated as the Observer Controller for the Balikatan 2023, particularly for the mobility, counter-mobility and survivability activities during Balikatan. As part of the Philippine Army consideration as well as preparation, we're doing this Balikatan as our training ground. And then as we all know that Philippines is still facing counter-insurgency and then we're still new for the large-scale combat operation, this kind of exercise helps every Philippine soldier to be more confident and to be more competitive in terms of a large-scale combat operation. It is very important for us to improve our training readiness since we all know that there's a lot of threat outside of the Philippines. That's why this kind of activity is a rare opportunity for us to improve. So all I can say is that thank you for this kind of training and then looking forward for the next training in coordination as well as the continuation of the Balikatan 2023. Balikatan is somewhat a camaraderie not only in the Philippine soldier setting. It is about a bilateral or probably an allied activity, particularly for the U.S., Australia as well as the Philippines. Then with this, it helps everybody to appreciate what the nation is doing, probably the Philippine setting is doing. It is a two-way process in which our allied countries learn from our doctrine and on the same way, the Philippines learns also from the U.S. as well as the Australian doctrine. So with that, it will add to our training readiness and competitiveness as a Philippine soldier. As what they're saying or probably a line from a song, two heads is better than one. It says that it's about coordination, unity as well as working hand in hand. With that, it's more effective and efficient Filipino soldier if we have our allies with us. Aside from that, what I have said earlier, it is a two-way process. We learn from each other. That's the most important thing. And in addition, we respect each other's cultures. It's not about military part, it's also about the Philippine culture. For us, for our culture to be introduced to the whole world, that we Filipinas are a good and a better soldier, better soldier in our part. Since we're doing our best even though we don't have all the resources that we needed, but with your help, we can say yes, we can do it.