GunnerÕs Mate 3rd Class Anthony VerPloeg, from New Albany, Indiana, assigned to the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) weapons department, shoots a shot-line to the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13) during a replenishment-at-sea, March 30, 2023. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting routine operations and training in order to maintain readiness. As the first-in-class ship of Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 78 represents a generational leap in the NavyÕs capacity to project power on a global scale.

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