 Sweat more in training. Bleed less in battle. American and Filipino Special Operations Forces, or SOF, understand these words because we have bled together and have proven our agility in air, on land, and sea. We are continuing to build upon a 70-year partnership, forged in battle, and tested over time. Together, our U.S. and Filipino operators are building on shared trust and confidence in each other's skills, proficiency, and operational language. Integrating even tighter, side-by-side, shoulder-to-shoulder, Palakatan. We gain as much from our Filipino partners as they gain from us. Both our forces learn from each other, so we share each our own experiences, and we take those experiences, we develop, and we integrate them together for us to be better together. Our SOF teams are expert in unconventional warfare, and we are fully engaged in today's fight. My team has trained with them for the past several years. Really, my organization has been working in the Philippines with AFP and the PMP really since the birth of some of these organizations, and they're an extremely competent and capable fighting force, and I'd be willing to fight alongside with them any day. And I think it's an idea about interoperability, but now it's more of integration of systems. We are demonstrating to the world how strong our partnership is and how well we fight together. Through tough, realistic training, making us both grow stronger, our teams are even more lethal, and our nations more secure. Throughout a free and open Indo-Pacific, for all to prosper.