"The 7th of February return to service of the USS Ohio (SSGN 726), newly converted to SSGN (ship, submersible, guided missile, nuclear-powered) configuration, marks a significant expansion in US naval network-centric warfare (NCW) capabilities. In addition to providing the navy with a new strike/special operations platform, the USS Ohio, together with three Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarines being converted to SSGN status, provides a greatly expanded forward deployed command-and-control capability."