 The application and usefulness of photonics is growing every day. We will see greater data rates, more reliability, lower power consumption each year and each decade that goes forward. And this is often due to advances in lasers but also other photonic technologies. The CNO has said that electromagnetic spectrum dominance is very important for the system centers and for the warfighter. So what we want to use laser communications for is to be able to quickly and effectively transmit large data sets from platforms that have the sensors to the warfighters who need to make quicker decisions. I always wanted to support a military need to support the warfighter and work on a project and for an organization that helped the greater good of this nation. I believe it's critical that we maintain a technological edge here in this country but also inside the military, inside the Navy. We need the best and brightest minds here. We have great minds around the world. We need to be competing every day and not letting our guard down.