	Features Submariners Receive Black Engineer Of The Year Award Global Competitiveness Conference Recognizes Submariners by Submarine Group TWO Public Affairs Importance Of Strategic Deterrence Vice Adm. Carl Mauney talks about the current and future SSBN role in our nation’s nuclear deterrent strategy by Lt. Cmdr. Brett Levander, USN Pride Runs Deep In The Heartland Submarine “Joint Warriors” at USSTRATCOM by Capt. David Fry, USN SSBNs: Ready And Vigilant Through 1,000 Patrols by Submarine Group TEN Public Affairs CNO Presents Meritorious Unit Commendation To USS Louisiana (SSBN-743) by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gretchen Albrecht, USN The Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs Over 50 years of Providing Strategic Solutions by Capt. Stephen Lewia, USN A Submariner In Space *Former executive officer of USS Virginia* (SSN-774) goes to space** by Molly Little USS George Washington (SSBN-598) The Nation’s First Boomer by Jessica Taylor