VESTFJORDEN (June 07, 2023) –The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG) trained with the Royal Norwegian Navy and Air Force and the Royal Navy in a series of security exercises in the High North, 2-6 June.
A collaborative effort to enhance combined interoperability, this combined training enhances Allies’ abilities to maintain agile, capable, and expeditionary forces with the ability to flexibly operate within the region.
Since GRFCSG’s transfer of authority to Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) on June 2, U.S. and Norwegian forces conducted multi-domain exercise Bomber Task Force (BTF) Viking Trident, as well as air defense, maritime localization and tracking, simulated maritime strike, and passing...
In February 2023, a WiFi-enabled Starlink system was installed aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) allowing the crew that opportunity to quickly and easily communicate with their loved ones.
Hull Maintenance Technician 2nd Class Zachary Brinks, from Salcha, Alaska, assigned to the world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) engineering department, welds aluminum to the flag staff in the machine shop, June 6, 2023. Gerald R. Ford is the U.S. Navy's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, representing a generational leap in the U.S. Navy's capacity to project power on a global scale. The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied, and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins)
Sailors assigned to the world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78), launch and recover an MH-60 helicopter on the flight deck, June 3, 2023. Gerald R. Ford is the U.S. Navy's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier representing a generational leap in the U.S. Navy's capacity to project power on a global scale. The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Maxwell Orlosky)
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...
