NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Nov. 1, 2018) Hull Maintenance Technician 1st Class Aasta Upshaw, from Montgomery, Alabama, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) engineering department, explains how to tighten a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) harness during the damage control olympics drill aboard the ship. Ford is currently undergoing its post-shakedown availability at Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding.

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