Members of the FY16 Young Alaka’i leader development

Members of the FY16 Young Alaka’i leader development program spend the final day of the program’s first phase on a staff ride together Jan. 16, 2016, visiting locations across Oahu, to include historic Palm Circle on Fort Shafter, to discuss the strategic implications and role the island has played and continues to play in the region’s stability and security. The 34 top-performing military leaders from 18 organizations across the Pacific theater embraced the meaning and honor associated with this Hawaiian value of leadership as they gathered on Oahu in January to kick off the FY16 Young Alaka’i class, an in-stride broadening opportunity designed to prepare them to succeed together as tomorrow’s strategic leaders. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mary E. Ferguson, 8th Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs/RELEASED)