Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, General Hood and Admiral Couturier, for being with us today.
It is good to be able to hear of all the things that the Canadian Forces are doing as part of a NATO mission.
Following up on some of the comments that my colleagues have made, this does play into the greater context of the interoperability and readiness of the Canadian Forces with our NATO allies. All the training opportunities that we have right now, the number of service men and women able to go over there along with the air force, along with our sailors, have provided an amazing chance to work alongside NATO and to always be at the highest level of readiness.
Can you speak to the overall context of lessons learned from Operation Reassurance so far? You've mentioned Romania as an example of a country not having that previous experience. I understand there was an opportunity in Exercise Sea Breeze when were in the Black Sea to participate with other countries that are in the region but not necessarily NATO allies. How did that all play out? How did you feel about the overall exercise?