Second crew of USS Nebraska gets new commander

OMAHA, NEBRASKA - The second crew of the USS Nebraska has a new skipper. <br> <br> Christian Nicholas Haugen took command of the submarine&#39;s Gold Crew on June 28. Haugen and his wife, Kathryn, have four children. They live in St. Marys, Ga. <br> <br> He previously served on the USS Michigan and USS Topeka. He then worked ashore at the Pentagon and with the United States European Command in Stuttgart, Germany, where he coordinated intentional and Partnership for Peace programs. <br> <br> Haugen, a native of Northfield, Minn., earned a bachelor&#39;s degree from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1984 and a master&#39;s degree from Georgetown University. <br> <br> He most recently served as an exchange officer to the Royal Australian Navy in Perth. <br> <br> Lee A. Olson, who took command of the submarine&#39;s Blue Crew in February, currently has the boat at sea. <br> <br> The USS Nebraska is one of the Navy&#39;s 18 Trident submarines. Olson has said the submarine ``is the third and most survivable leg -- of the nuclear triad.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Air-, land- and sea-based missiles form the ``triad&#39;&#39; that has been the basis of U.S. strategic nuclear planning for decades. <br> <br> The Nebraska is 560 feet long nearly the length of two football fields with a beam width of 42 feet and is four levels high. It has more than 150 crew members, and carries 24 missiles. <br> <br> If stood end-to-end, the submarine would be taller than the Washington Monument.