NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (May 19, 2016) -- Lt. Ian Ershen, assigned to Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), hooks onto a ladder before climbing up the ship's mast. Ford is currently under construction at Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding. ( Navy photo taken by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Connor D. Loessin/Released)

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