 The Navy's first littoral combat ship USS Freedom departed its own port of San Diego to venture out to the Asia-Pacific region on its maiden deployment. Seven fleet is designing our plans and our schedule right now, but I expect the security cooperation to be one of those first and foremost operations. Working with regional navies throughout Southeast Asia as we continue to show our support to that region. During the deployment, Freedom will demonstrate her operational capabilities and allow the Navy to evaluate crew rotations and maintenance plans. From San Diego, I'm Petty Officer Christopher Farrington.