Rear Adm. Phil Sawyer, commander of Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, greets Allison Stiller, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for ship programs and ship sponsor of the Virginia-class attack submarine USS Mississippi, during an arrival ceremony as Mississippi is welcomed to its new homeport at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Mississippi is the 4th Virginia-class submarine to be home ported in Pearl Harbor, and one of 18 attack submarines permanently homeported at the historic base.