230402-N-LK647-1362 NAVAL STATION NORFOLK (April 2, 2023) Seaman Daniel Velazquez, assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60), second from left, waits on station at the anchor windlass 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 co


230402-N-LK647-1362 NAVAL STATION NORFOLK (April 2, 2023) Seaman Daniel Velazquez, assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60), second from left, waits on station at the anchor windlass 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.


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