160803-N-VZ328-048 PUGET SOUND, Wash. (August 3, 2016) The Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), the Hon. Franklin Parker, speaks with Lt. Kathryne Castro, the assistant weapons officer assigned to USS Michigan (SSGN 727)(Blue), during a visit to the submarine. Parker took a tour of the submarine and spoke to her crew while on a visit to the Pacific northwest region. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Kenneth G. Takada/Released)