 The Honorable Ashton Carter visits Naval Air Station Siginella and talks to sailors about the importance of the operations taking place in the Mediterranean area. I think it's outstanding, especially for a junior standpoint. I used to be a career counselor back in my parent command and so many junior analysts that get, they get kind of downtrodden and they feel like everyone kind of, for lack of a better term, dumps on them. So to have the Secretary of Defense actually come out and take time to answer questions, to shake everybody's hand, to make sure there's a picture taken, to kind of give that personal touch so it's not just a political event, to actually make people feel like he cares about them, it's pretty good. The Secretary of Defense spent a vast amount of time answering questions and getting to know the sailors, soldiers and airmen aboard Naval Air Station Siginella. A lot of times we hear from our supervisors and local commanders about the significance of the mission we're doing out here but it's really great to hear it from someone of that high of a level and to be able to take that time out of his busy schedule to come here and personally thank each one of us for what we're doing. Visits like this give the upper level leadership the opportunity to have a first hand look at their young service members. Coming from Naval Air Station Siginella, I'm Petty Officer Sean Hillier.