Lt. Gregory Emde, from Edmond, Oklahoma, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) air department, signals to the deck edge during a no-load launch evolution on the flight deck, Feb. 23, 2022. Ford is in port at Newport News Shipyard executing her Planned Incremental Availability (PIA), a six-month period of modernization, maintenance and repairs.

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