 Welcome to All Hands Update, I'm Petty Officer Amara Timberlake. The Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus visited the Republic of Korea December 8th and 9th. He held All Hands calls with sailors and marines in Seoul and Shin-Hae to thank them for their contributions to the security of the Korean Peninsula. I came to underscore the importance of the relationship between Korea and the United States and I came to see y'all, see the sailors and marines forward deployed here in Korea. To tell you one, thank you for what you do. We ask a lot of you every day and you always deliver. We have no more important work for our country. Mabus also met with Korean senior leadership and thanked them and the people of Korea for their continued support of the US Navy and Marine Corps forces who are forward deployed there.