Mike France is a state legislator, retired Naval Officer, Engineer, and community leader. He is currently serving his fourth term as State Representative representing the 42nd District of CT. France began his career as a Damage Control Assistant in USS MARS (AFS 1) and the Combat System Officer/Navigator in USS REEVES (CG 24), completing three Indian Ocean/Persian Gulf deployments in support of Operation Desert Storm and Operation Southern Watch. Following retirement from the Navy, France was hired by Progeny Systems Corporation as a Senior Systems Engineer. He is now the Joint Interoperability lead for the VIRGINIA (SSN 774) Class Submarine program and also supports the Integrated Combat System (ICS) Test and Evaluation (T&E) Team.