ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 9, 2017) –Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Apprentice Shamar Phillips from Chicago, Illinois, Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Kadeem Reid from Queens, New York, and Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Antoiwauna Southern from Canton, Mississippi, assigned to Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) deck department, handle a line during a boat launch and recovery exercise. The future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is underway on its own power for the first time. The first-of-class ship -- the first new aircraft carrier design in 40 years -- will spend several days conducting builder's sea tr

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 9, 2017) –Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Apprentice Shamar Phillips from Chicago, Illinois, Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Kadeem Reid from Queens, New York, and Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Antoiwauna Southern from Canton, Mississippi, assigned to Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) deck department, handle a line during a boat launch and recovery exercise. The future USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is underway on its own power for the first time. The first-of-class ship -- the first new aircraft carrier design in 40 years -- will spend several days conducting builder's sea trials, a comprehensive test of many of the ship's key systems and technologies.

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