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    CVN 78 Combat Systems Sailors Load NATO Sea Sparrow missiles [Image 18 of 40]

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    CVN 78 Combat Systems Sailors Load NATO Sea Sparrow missiles

    NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES

    03.09.2016

    Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Grieco 

    USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)           

    NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Mar 09, 2016) -- Fire Controlman 3rd Class Amber Franklin, assigned to Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) Combat Systems department, trains with a missile technician from Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding on loading an inert-dummy RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile into the portside-aft NATO Sea Sparrow Missile System launcher. Training with inactive and dummy rounds helps prepare these Sailors for later evolutions involving the loading of live ordnance. Ford is scheduled for commissioning in 2016. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Patrick Grieco/Released)

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    Date Taken: 03.09.2016
    Date Posted: 03.25.2016 12:34
    Photo ID: 2486396
    VIRIN: 160309-N-VT117-066
    Resolution: 4256x2832
    Size: 626.44 KB
    Location: NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, US

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