NEWPORT NEWS, Va., (April 8, 2016) Sailors assigned to Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) bow their heads as a benediction is given during a change of command ceremony in the ship's hangar bay. Ford is the first of a new class of aircraft carriers currently under construction by Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Cathrine Mae O. Campbell/Released)

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