I'm thinking about how to connect public and private efforts to create security. In this turbulent 21st century, security is not about creating walls. We won't deliver a secure world strictly from the barrel of a gun.

USS STEPHEN W. GROVES, At Sea (June 7, 2011) A member of the Royal Morocco armed forces maritime interdiction operations team, attached to the Royal Morocco navy ship Hassan II, searches USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG 29) June 7, as a part of Phoenix Express 2011 (PE-11). A three-week evolution divided into two phases of training, PE-11 is designed to enhance regional maritime partnerships among the 13 participating nations in their efforts to deter illicit trafficking at sea.

USS STEPHEN W. GROVES, At Sea (June 7, 2011) -- Members of Royal Morocco armed forces maritime interdiction operations team attached to the Royal Morocco navy ship Hassan II board USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG 29), serving as a vessel suspected of illicit trafficking, June 7 as a part of Phoenix Express 2011 (PE-11). A three-week evolution divided into two phases of training, PE-11 is designed to enhance regional maritime partnerships among the 13 participating nations in their efforts to deter illicit trafficking at sea.

USS STEPHEN W. GROVES, At Sea (June 7, 2011) -- Lt. j.g. Marc Schorm attached to USS Stephen W. Groves (FFG 29), assessment officer for Phoenix Express 2011 (PE-11), speaks to members of the Spanish armed forces maritime interdiction operations team attached to Spanish navy ESPS Vencedora during a training boarding evolution June 7 as a part of PE-11. A three-week evolution divided into two phases of training, PE-11 is designed to enhance regional maritime partnerships among the 13 participating nations in their efforts to deter illicit trafficking at sea.

SOUDA BAY, Crete (June 2, 2011) -- U.S. Navy Fireman Daniel Saknow demonstrates fire hose handling during a damage control exercise at Marathi Pier in Souda Bay, Greece, June 2, as a part of Phoenix Express 2011 (PE-11). A three-week evolution divided into two phases of training, PE-11 is designed to enhance regional maritime partnerships among the 13 participating nations in their efforts to deter illicit trafficking at sea.

SOUDA BAY, Crete (May 30, 2011) Boatswain's Mate Third Class Anthony Woo, a coxswain serving aboard USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG 49), maneuvers a double-engined rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) during a RHIB evolution conducted with coxswains from the Greek armed forces during Phoenix Express 2011. The training teaches junior coxswains how to maneuver efficiently a RHIB alongside a vessel suspected of carrying suspicious cargo for the Bradley's Visit, Board, Search and Seizure team to climb successfully aboard. PE-11, a three-week exercise divided into in-port and underway training phases, is designed to enhance regional maritime partnerships among the 13 participating countries in their efforts to deter illicit trafficking at sea.

SOUDA BAY, Crete (May 30, 2011) -- Boatswain's Mate Third Class Anthony Woo, a coxswain serving aboard USS Robert G. Bradley (FFG 49), maneuvers a double-engined rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) during a RHIB evolution under the training of coxswains from the Greek armed forces during Phoenix Express 2011. The training teaches junior coxswains how to maneuver efficiently a RHIB alongside a vessel suspected of carrying suspicious cargo for the Bradley's Visit, Board, Search and Seizure team to climb successfully aboard. PE-11, a three-week exercise divided into in-port and underway training phases, is designed to enhance regional maritime partnerships among the 13 participating countries in their efforts to deter illicit trafficking at sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW) Jeff Troutman/Released)

SOUDA BAY, Crete (May 27, 2011) Greek Special Forces Ensign Alexander Tsaltas, right, an instructor at the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Center (NMIOTC), demonstrates to U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class Nicholas Braman from Rota, Spain, how to perform a proper takedown on a uncooperative member of a suspect vessel's crew during a Phoenix Express 2011 (PE-11) defense tactics exercise in Souda Bay, Crete. A three-week exercise divided into two phases of training, PE-11 is designed to enhance regional maritime partnerships among the 13 participating nations in their efforts to deter illicit trafficking at sea.

SOUDA BAY, Crete (May 26, 2011) -- Members of a Greek Navy maritime interdiction operations (MIO) boarding team practice removing a casualty as a part of small arms training meant to sharpen their essential skills used in conducting MIO against suspect vessels during training at the NATO MIO Training Center in Souda Bay, Crete, May 26, 2011, as part of exercise Phoenix Express 2011 (PE-11). A three-week evolution divided into two phases of training, PE-11 is designed to enhance regional maritime partnerships among the 13 participating nations in their efforts to deter illicit trafficking at sea.

SOUDA BAY, Crete (May 25, 20110) -- Members of the Royal Morocco armed forces practice using a tourniquet during exercise Phoenix Express 2011 (PE-11) May 25, 2011. PE-11, a multi-national maritime exercise comprising U.S., North African and European naval forces, commenced training May 23. A three-week evolution divided into two phases of training, PE-11 is designed to enhance regional maritime partnerships among the 13 participating nations in their efforts to deter illicit trafficking at sea.

SOUDA BAY, Crete (May 25, 2011) Royal Morocco navy Lt. Amine Khalik, (left), and Royal Morocco military member Maj. Said Afkir, (right), practice using a tourniquet during medical response classroom training featured in exercise Phoenix Express 2011 (PE-11)on May 25, 2011. PE-11, a multi-national maritime exercise comprising U.S., North African and European naval forces, commenced training here May 23. A three-week evolution divided into two phases of training, PE-11 is designed to enhance regional maritime partnerships among the 13 participating nations in their efforts to deter illicit trafficking at sea.

SOUDA BAY, Crete (May 25, 2011) -- U.S. Navy Cmdr. John Quigley, exercise senior medical officer and Navy reserve component member from Sixth Fleet reserve detachment 802 in Atlanta, helps two Royal Moroccan military personal with the correct application of a tourniquet during exercise Phoenix Express 2011 (PE-11) on May 25, 2011. PE-11 is a multi-national maritime exercise comprising U.S., North African and European naval forces. A three-week evolution divided into two phases of training, PE-11 is designed to enhance regional maritime partnerships among the 13 participating nations in their efforts to deter illicit trafficking at sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Edward Vasquez/Released)

CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo – Camp Bondsteel has three Military Working Dogs (MWD) trained in a variety of skills, as of July 29, from locating explosives and drugs, to conducting patrols and attacking aggressive individuals.

Multinational Battle Group East (MNBG E) Soldiers tested their capacity to react quickly during exercises near the border with the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia and outside Viti/Vitina on June 22.