the navyt of how innovates and gross -- grows. we have been involved in and weon -- central asia were innovative their. in the first trip i made to afghanistan, next week i am going for my 11th trip. we have visited a profits near the pakistan border -- a province near the pakistan border that was commanded by a summer rain commander. -- submarine commander. i'm pretty sure when they joined, they did not expect to be on the side of a mountain in afghanistan. but they did and they were and they were great. , i amdo the rebalance confident the postgraduate , ourl in our rotc, academy each one gets who language training coming out of that we will have the intellectual underpinnings and capability. finally, one of the things this allows me to point out is the partnership building that is so important under the new defense strategy. the fact that many times sailors and marines are the only americans, they have to be great warriors lamotte what also great -- warriors, but also great depomed. -- diplomats. >> good afternoon. my question