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...
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Norfolk, Va. (June 7, 2018) -- USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and her crew conduct their Independent Steaming Exercise 6. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ruben Reed)
On the Pacific Ocean, the morning of June 4, 1942, the USS Enterprise (CV-6), USS Hornet (CV-8) and USS Yorktown (CV-5) sailed to meet an attacking fleet of four Japanese carriers – four of the six carriers that had attacked Pearl Harbor only six months earlier – to engage in what would become one of the most decisive naval battles in history.
Kristina Boone, a senior at Matthew F. Maury High School, Norfolk, Va., is this year’s Wings Over America, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Scholarship awardee. Scholarship awardees will be recognized at the Wings Over America annual reception on Monday, June 4 at Sewell’s Point Golf Club.
USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) aviation intermediate maintenance department (AIMD) recently achieved three important milestones ahead of the ship’s post-shakedown availability (PSA) period.
For many Sailors approaching the end of their enlistment, separation can be a time of incredible anxiety. Whether you have been in for four years or 30, the transition to the civilian sector is daunting.
“Diversity is a strength of America and of the military,” said Culinary Specialist Seaman Zhijun Miao, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) supply department. “In the military, every race and every culture fits in and we work well together, and we learn from each other.”
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conducted its first night time replenishment at sea simulation with the supply ship USNS Leroy Grumman (T-AO 195) on Naval Station Norfolk.
