Chief petty officers assemble aboard the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), commemorating the Navy chief’s 132nd birthday, while in port Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Washington, April 1, 2025. Ronald Reagan is undergoing scheduled maintenance at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility while remaining a combat-ready force dedicated to protecting and defending the United States. (U.S. Navy video
by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sophia Simons)
When something malfunctions or breaks, what do Sailors do? They grab their tools, troubleshoot it to figure out what caused the malfunction, and they fix it. But sometimes tools aren’t set to the correct standard. Calibration provides the standard for our tools and equipment, to maintain the Navy’s warfighting and mission readiness aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).
