220506-N-NB178-1282 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (May 6, 2022) Rear Adm. John F. Meier commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic, presents Capt. Todd R. Marzano, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier, Pre-Commissioning Unit John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) with the Legion of Merit during the ship’s first change of command ceremony in the ship’s fo’c’sle where Capt. Colin Day relieved Capt. Todd R. Marzano. John F. Kennedy is the second Ford-class aircraft carrier and is under construction at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division in Newport News, Virginia.

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