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JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (April 29, 2021) -- Rear Adm. Blake Converse, from Montoursville, Pennsylvania, delivers remarks during a change of command ceremony for Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, held on the brow of the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS North Carolina (SSN 777). Rear Adm. Jeffrey Jablon, from Frostburg, Maryland, relieved Converse as the 43rd commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, at the ceremony held on the historic submarine piers on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. (U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Michael B. Zingaro/Released)