Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Houston Helms, from Cedar Bluff, Alabama, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) deck department, inspects the anchor gantry in Ford's fo’c’sle, March 21, 2022. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting flight deck certification and air wing carrier qualifications as part of the ship’s tailored basic phase prior to operational deployment.

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