Sailors assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) combat systems department, place a RIM-116 missile from the ship’s aft rolling airframe missile mount into a tri-pack storage casing in preparation for combat systems ship qualification trials (CSSQT), April 14, 2021. CSSQT is a Naval Sea Systems Command requirement to verify that ship personnel can operate and maintain their combat systems in a safe and effective manner. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting it’s final independent steaming event of post-delivery tests and trials.

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