The U.S. Navy has relaxed its rules to allow the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) to make port visits in foreign countries.

By DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class James Kimber, U.S. Navy. (Released) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

USS Wyoming was the first boomer to do that when it made a stop in U.K. in September.

The Navy leadership decided that the new ruling will help lift sailor morale in the ballistic missile sub community.

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