Sailors assigned to the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conduct a simulated firefighting exercise during a general quarters training evolution in the ship’s hangar bay, March 22, 2023. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean executing its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. As the first-in-class ship of Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 78 represents a generational leap in the U.S. Navy’s capacity to project power on a global scale. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Simon Pike)
| Date Taken: | 03.21.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 03.23.2023 18:23 |
| Photo ID: | 7698001 |
| VIRIN: | 230321-N-JJ744-1018 |
| Resolution: | 4838x3456 |
| Size: | 1.03 MB |
| Location: | US |
| Web Views: | 40 |
| Downloads: | 8 |
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