Seaman Darius Webb, from Chicago, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) weapons department, fires a messenger line across to fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196) during a fueling at sea, March 23, 2022. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting flight deck certification and air wing carrier qualifications as part the ship’s tailored basic phase prior to operational deployment.

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