U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Duane Thiessen (left), Marines Forces Pacific commander; U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Charlie Ray (center), 14th Coast Guard District commander; and Maj. Gen. Darryll Wong, Hawaii National Guard, Hawaii state adjutant general, look on during a presentation at the 11th Annual Hawaii Military Partnership Conference Jan. 5, 2012, in Honolulu. U.S. Navy Adm. Robert F. Willard, U.S. Pacific Command commander, was the keynote speaker for the event, which is coordinated annually by the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii to give Hawaiian civic leaders a better understanding of the importance of the military presence in the Pacific.