Cmdr. William Filip from Manchester, New Hampshire, left, relieves Cmdr. Matthew E. Chapman from Prescott, Arizona, right, during a change of command ceremony for the Gold crew of the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Alabama (SSBN 731), Bangor, Wash., February 23, 2018. Alabama is one of eight ballistic missile submarines stationed at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, providing the most survivable leg of the strategic deterrence triad for the ( Navy

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