Sailors, assigned to the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), spray down the ship's flight deck during a washdown, April 1, 2023. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting routine operations and training to maintain readiness. 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.

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