230402-N-LK647-1484 NAVAL STATION NORFOLK (April 2, 2023) Sailors assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60), man the rails on the forecastle as the ship returns to home port with the Ford Carrier Strike Group, April 2, 2023. The Ford Carrier Strike Group returned to home port after completing its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. As the first-
230402-N-LK647-1484 NAVAL STATION NORFOLK (April 2, 2023) Sailors assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60), man the rails on the forecastle as the ship returns to home port with the Ford Carrier Strike Group, April 2, 2023. The Ford Carrier Strike Group returned to home port after completing its Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. As the first-in-class ship of the Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 78 represents a generational leap in the Navy’s capacity to project power on a global scale. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Malachi Lakey)
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