the emphasis and the strategy on partner capacity building, how does the marine corps at the utah global expansion? is it an opportunity that you are trying to leverage? are you working we can? >> it's a natural congruent, partners that are developing those capabilities. so we will leverage that as we go forward. a variety of nations have bases there and then it back into a wide variety of things. it's something that we recognize for a long time. others are seeing the virtue of that. we will continue to press forward with that to the maximum ability possible. >> are there new partnerships that you can undertake in that regard? for example, one of the things we've been thinking about is some of the partners, we have a challenge as some would characterize it as a challenge, whereas i think most people have not made that decision, does that offer some new opportunities for the marine corps? do you look away to try to leverage that particular element of others amphibious force is? >> i would say in the broad sense, yes, but the thing about a national vessel is ultimately it retains the sovereignty of