Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Edgar Hernandez, from San Francisco, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) deck department, directs a standard underway replenishment fixture during an ammunition on-load with USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12), April 9, 2022. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications and strike group integration as part of the ship’s tailored basic phase prior to operational deployment

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Keywords: ammo, ford, gerald, independant, onload, steaming, underway, uss