Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) 3rd Class A. J. Butler, from Neneon, Michigan, conducts communication checks on the flight deck of the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), March 20, 2023. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean executing its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. As the first-in-class ship of Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 78 represents a generational leap in the U.S. Navy's capacity to project power on a global scale. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Darien G. Kenney)
Date Taken: | 03.20.2023 |
Date Posted: | 03.23.2023 09:14 |
Photo ID: | 7696360 |
VIRIN: | 230320-N-NU634-0149 |
Resolution: | 4928x3280 |
Size: | 1.2 MB |
Location: | US |
Web Views: | 95 |
Downloads: | 10 |
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