230317-N-LK647-1129 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 17, 2023) Sailors assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) seat a fuel probe as the ship conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS William McLean (T-AKE-12) USNS William McLean while underway as part of the Ford Carrier Strike Group, March 17, 2023. The 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-mis


230317-N-LK647-1129 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 17, 2023) Sailors assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) seat a fuel probe as the ship conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS William McLean (T-AKE-12) USNS William McLean while underway as part of the Ford Carrier Strike Group, March 17, 2023. The 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 the 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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