 Many spend the beginning of the new year making resolutions on how to make things better. In 2014, the DOD has resolved to create a leaner, more efficient military force. Admiral Harry B. Harris, Pacific Fleet Commander, visited with sailors at Camp Shields on Okinawa to address concerns about the Navy's future in the Pacific. The rebalance of the Pacific and force reshaping will mean more equipment to Okinawa. The best equipment we have in the Navy will come to the Pacific and Okinawa will be part of that. We'll have more tools and great people. Sailors and Marines from all over Okinawa came out to take part in the town hall style meeting. Many raised questions about topics such as the defense budget as well as the importance of the military presence in Okinawa. You can't have a rebalance without Okinawa. Okinawa is critical and the work that the sailors and all the other services do here is critical to the rebalance because the rebalance is not only about the Navy, it's about the, it's a whole of government effort, but from the military perspective it involves all the branches of the military and Okinawa is critical of that. Although there are changes in store for the future, Admiral Harris wants sailors who attended the town hall to remember one message more than any other. I want them to know that we value what they do here greatly. Presence matters, forward presence matters, and the sailors here are what makes our Navy strong and what makes the Pacific Fleet strong. Air Force Staff Sergeant Javon Smith, Camp Shields, Japan.