 Military officials, along with wildlife, agriculture and ecological services, have been working for several decades to isolate and eradicate the brown tree snake on Guam. Right now we don't want snakes to get to the Siena Mai or to Hawaii or other Pacific islands, so it's a major issue to essentially keep snakes here and control them. Dogs have also been trained to detect them in cargo leaving the island, which plays an important role in isolating them. To suppress snakes that are adjacent to cargo areas so they don't get into the DOD transportation network. So they don't get into cargo that goes into aircraft, don't get into aircraft or cargo that goes on ships, so it will hopefully reduce that risk. Military and local environmental agencies continue working together to ultimately eradicate this predator so that the birds may repopulate. Petty Officer 2nd Class Chelsea Alamina, Anderson Air Force Base, Guam.