 Tom Hicks, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, paid a visit to Fleet Activity SOSPO in order to assess the energy needs and initiatives of the base. The most rewarding and most exciting part of what I do is being able to talk to folks, understand what's happening in the local level, what their challenges are, how they're overcoming those challenges, and just the amazing progress. In touring the base, Hicks and CFAS Energy officials shared information on how to manage the base's resources. This is an area where for us we have to become more resource efficient, which isn't to say we have to conserve energy to conserve energy's sake, but really to use the appropriate amount of energy to get rid of waste where we can. And I think where you look here at SOSPO, you see that. Mr. Hicks' visit reinforced the importance of the base's commitment to energy conservation. I'm Simon John Marzullo of Fleet Activity SOSPO, Japan.