It is time to leave silence in our wake. Undersea warfare is a team sport, a combined arms effort. No one community can perform the Navy's undersea warfare role by itself. The combat power of submarines is magnified by the contributions of our teammates. These include Special Operations Forces, undersea surveillance professionals, mine warfare experts, and our anti-submarine warfare partners in the surface line and aviation communities.
Submarines are a crown jewel of our nation's arsenal.
In response to the crises of instability unleashed by the end of the Cold War, our submarines are in more demand, by more theater commanders, than ever before. The challenges of the future will place an even greater premium on the submarine's enduring qualities of stealth, endurance, agility, and firepower. We are fortunate to have smart and dedicated people working hard to meet these challenges. From the Sailors on the deckplate operating and maintaining the most complex combatants conceived by man to the scientists and engineers developing the submarine systems of the future, we are committed to maintaining the operational primacy required by our Navy and our Nation. As a result, submariners can look forward to an exciting future of driving the world's most sophisticated warships at the front lines of our Nation's defenses.