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Adm. Bill Houston, director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, right, discusses the capabilities of Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Montana (SSN 794) with Vice Adm. Mark Hammond, chief of the Royal Australian Navy, left, and Greg Wilcock, Australian Consul-General Honolulu, center, during an underway embark aboard Montana, April 3, 2025.
250403-N-NF311-1066.JPG Photo By: Cmdr. Rick Moore

Pacific Ocean - 250403-N-NF311-1067 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 3, 2025) – Adm. Bill Houston, director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, right, discusses the capabilities of Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Montana (SSN 794) with Vice Adm. Mark Hammond, chief of the Royal Australian Navy, left, and Greg Wilcock, Australian Consul-General Honolulu, center, during an underway embark aboard Montana, April 3, 2025. Montana is the second warship to be named after the state, following the armored cruiser USS Montana (ACR 13). The U.S. Pacific Fleet Submarine Force provides strategic deterrence, anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, precision land strike, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and early warning, and special warfare capabilities around the globe. (U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Rick Moore)


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