 My name is Captain Matthew George. I'm the commanding officer of Alpha Company Third Littoral Combat Team, Third MLR. So today, the primary focus of training was a non-live fire event that centered around classes taught by our Philippine Marine partners, primarily their version of what would be our Marine Corps martial arts program. They also led us through several iterations of jungle survival training and juggle mobility. So my specific role was to integrate with my Philippine Marine counterpart, company commander here, to bring both my company and his company together to integrate our squad leaders and our non-commissioned officers so that we could make this event move seamlessly. And so in order to do that, we've had a couple of socials with them so far. We've had meal engagements with them. So it's given us an opportunity to really integrate and socialize with the people that we're going to continue to be working with while we're out here. So this environment is absolutely unique and very challenging, both from a terrain perspective, from a weather perspective. It is absolutely imperative that we get into environments like this in order to acclimate not only ourselves, but our equipment and really test our capabilities and limitations operating here so that we can enhance what we try to do in the future. Yes, so the training today, although light in nature, is absolutely imperative to developing relationships that are not just going to last or expire now, but that are going to remain well into the foreseeable future. We anticipate that we will ultimately work with the same units as we come here again for further exercises. But there's the same marine units and armed forces units of the Philippines that we may encounter in the future in real world operations. So they're absolutely vital that we make those relationships now. Contribute to the overall mission of the recovery. So training this way, I think, specifically meets commander's intent because we are out here to form relationships and strong bonds. And that is exactly what this exercise is about. And that is at the heart of everything that we are trying to do here. We're capturing that specifically through small scale events that are non-live fire based, but also through live fire events where we get to learn and work with our Philippine Marine and armed forces partners day in and day out. And again, those are going to be the relationships that we'll carry forward. And those are going to be absolutely integral to operating in the future. So Balak Tan specifically gives Marines the opportunity to operate in a live fire scenario that tests their independent capabilities, but it also gives them an opportunity to test their fire team, squad, platoon, and even company level capabilities here in the live fire training area that we're currently occupying. But more importantly, it gives us the opportunity to test our equipment in a foreign country in an area that is unfamiliar to us, an area that presents unique challenges of its own due to terrain, due to weather, and then a civilian populace that we need to be able to integrate with and work with in order to be successful. Well, specifically, first and foremost, the Marines have had to adapt to the weather. This is seasonably one of the hottest environments that many of them have ever had to operate in. But two, the challenge to really just come out of their shell and be willing to work with and operate with our Filipino Marine partners, that is not something that's easily done. But one thing I think our Marines have done is integrate with them in spades. And it's unique to see them socializing with their counterparts, having meals with their counterparts, because that then in turn translates into operability on training ranges and on the firing line. And that is ultimately the culmination of where you're seeing success out here. But that's going to pay dividends for future exercises and any real-world operations in the future. To any potential adversary, I would want them to know that, A, we are here. We are present. But B, this is a team fight. This is not an American fight. This is a team fight. And specifically, it is a team fight among us and our Philippine partners. And I would want them to know that we are unified and we represent a lethal combined front. And everything that we are doing out here, integration-wise, training-wise, all of the live fire, all of that that we are doing, both ourselves, the Army, all of those elements are out here building that foundation. And it is a strong foundation that is joint, that is partnered. And any adversary force needs to understand that, again, this is a combined fight that we would be willing to take into the future. None other than this is a phenomenal training area. This has been a tremendous opportunity for the Marines to come out and operate in a different environment. It's been a tremendous opportunity for them to combine and integrate with a partner nation force. Many of these Marines may have one opportunity in their careers to do that. So it's absolutely amazing that we have the opportunity to have almost a dedicated month to spend with our partners. And we're certainly looking forward to doing more exercises like this in the future.