230305-N-LK647-1188 ATLANTIC OCEAN A view from the forecastle of the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) of the Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) as the ships prepare to conduct a replenishment-at-sea while Normandy is underway as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group March 5, 2023. Ford Carrier Strike Group is underway in the Atlantic Ocean executing its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to ful
230305-N-LK647-1188 ATLANTIC OCEAN A view from the forecastle of the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) of the Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201) and the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) as the ships prepare to conduct a replenishment-at-sea while Normandy is underway as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group March 5, 2023. Ford Carrier Strike Group 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 Navy’s capacity to project power on a global scale. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Malachi Lakey)
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