BANGOR, Wash. (Feb. 9, 2018) CDR. Jeffery Yackeren, commanding officer, Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Alabama (SSBN 731) tours with Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan during a training evolution. Alabama is one of eight ballistic-missile submarines stationed at the base, providing the most survivable leg of the strategic deterrence triad for the United States. ( Navy

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