Vice Admiral Aire de Waard, the Netherlands director of Defence Material Command Organization, Lt. Gen. Dennis Luyt, commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, Lt. Gen. John F. Thompson, Space and Missile Systems Center commander and Department of the Air Force Program Executive Officer for Space, and Deanna Ryals, Chief Partnership Officer, stand in front of the Schriever statue at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, July 8, 2021, demonstrating a global partnership between their respective nations. Leaders from the Dutch Ministry of Defence visited SMC to discuss the potential for joint capability development, cooperative agreements, and the need to adapt capabilities for current and future space threats. (U.S. Space Force photo by Van Ha)