BANGOR, Wash. (Feb. 9, 2018) - Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, (center), receives a brief from Rear Adm. Blake Converse (right), commander, Submarine Group 9 and Cmdr. Jeffery Yackeren (left), commanding officer Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Alabama (SSBN 731), during a ship tour. Shanahan also visited Submarine Development Squadron (DEVRON) 5, and Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific (SWFPAC) at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor to see the operations of one leg of the nuclear triad. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nancy C. diBenedetto/Released)

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