SILVERDALE, Wash. (July 13, 2021) The Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Materiel Readiness, Dr. Vic S. Ramdass, center, discusses ballistic missile submarine maintenance with leaders and workers at Trident Refit Facility, Bangor (TRFB) during a visit to better understand submarine maintenance. TRFB�s core mission is repairing, incrementally overhauling, and modernizing the Pacific Fleet�s ballistic missile submarine force. (U.S. Navy photo by Kristin Carver)