 Naval Facilities Engineering Command Marianas, commanding officer Captain John Heckman, discussed Department of Defense and Navy strategies for sustainability during the University of Guam's 2013 Island Sustainability Conference at the Hyatt Regency Guam in Tumon. Our DOD defensive mission has to be compatible with sustainability. The three-day conference featured various speakers from the Navy, included a tour of renewable energy at U.S. Naval Base Guam, and covered a range of topics from low-cost energy initiatives to environmental stewardship. We don't want to end up defending something that is going to be barren land or barren seas in the long run. We want to defend something that's going to be sustainable for the following generations. From Joint Region Marianas, I'm Shannon Marie Santos.