Boatswain's Mate Seaman Julio Agostolaureano, from Caguas, Puerto Rico, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) deck department, handles the phone and distance line during a fueling at sea with fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196), March 23, 2022. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting flight deck certification and air wing carrier qualifications as part the ship’s tailored basic phase prior to operational deployment.

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