Gun Mount [Image 2 of 4]

UNITED STATES

03.27.2023

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Darien Kenney 

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)           

Gunner’s Mate Seaman David Thompson, from Chicago, assigned to the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) weapons department, installs a .50 caliber gun mount, March 27, 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: 03.27.2023
• Date Posted: 04.01.2023 10:48
• Photo ID: 7716375
• VIRIN: 230327-N-NU634-1025
• Resolution: 3280x4928
• Size: 2.05 MB
• Location: US