happen. >> thank you, mr. president. we appreciate that. >> thank you very much. and thank all the men and women with you. really spectacular people. well next, let's talk to the u.s. coast guard, commander officer coast guard cutter and it would be lieutenant nick hartman, and so nick, tell me a little bit about what you're doing, where you are, and how is it going? >> good morning, mr. president. this is nicolas hartman from coast guard cutter. here in the room, we have 14 members from patrol forces southwest asia. and we're located in the kingdom of bahrain, mr. president. our mission out here is to patrol the arabian gulf, straits of hormuth, and conduct our central mand and objectives here in the gulf. a lot of our work is partnering