Whether USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is inport or underway, her
safety department works to keep the crew and ship safe day-in and day-out. In preparation for the holiday season, safety department arranged a safety standdown to brief the crew on key winter safety risks, Nov. 16.
“Safety is important all year-round,” said Chief Aviation Support Equipment Technician Brian Young, from New Orleans, assigned to Ford’s safety department. “But coming into the end of the year, we ramp up safety around traffic, suicide, firearms and even Christmas tree fires because past years show that all those numbers tend to increase around this time of year.”
An array of presenters spoke on topics such as avoiding drunk driving, observing...
Sailors assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) partake in a Thanksgiving dinner with their shipmates, families and friends on the ship Nov. 25, 2021. Ford is in port Newport News Shipyard in support of her Planned Incremental Availability (PIA), a six-month period of modernization, maintenance and repairs. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class William Spears)
Gerald R. Ford, the 38th President of the United States, was born July 14, 1913, in Omaha, NE. The future President grew up in a close-knit family, excelled scholastically and athletically at South High School in Grand Rapids, and achieved the rank of Eagle Scout in November 1927.
Ford attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he majored in economics and political science. An extremely gifted athlete, FORD was voted the Wolverine’s most valuable player in 1934, with opportunities to play professional football.
Ford chose the legal profession over a professional football career, graduating with a law degree from Yale in 1941. After the United States entered the war during World War II, Ford received a commission...
