 Today is Tax Day, and while many in Conus may be scrambling to get their returns postmarked in time, sailors overseas can breathe easy. The military or naval services on duty or Conus on the date of income tax returns are allowed an automatic two month extension to file. You can also request up to four months extension by submitting IRS Form 4868 by June 15. For more information, visit IRS.gov. At the Sea Airspace Expo, naval leaders spoke about the cooperative strategy for 21st century sea power. You need to be where it matters, when it matters. You've heard me say this many times, because that provides us with options. In our present budget for 16, we'll have a forward presence of 120 ships in 2020. We'll be forward deployed in stations, a cruiser and two destroyers in Yokosuka, Japan, a submarine in Guam, four little combat ships in Singapore, and four destroyers, Aegis destroyers in Rota. For more information, visit Navy.mil.