02 November 2022 USS Gerald R. Ford departs from Halifax HALIFAX, Nova Scotia - The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) departed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Nov. 1, 2022, concluding the ship’s first international port visit...
02 November 2022 Ford Strengthening Relations with the Royal Canadian Navy ATLANTIC OCEAN — Visiting ports is not just about sightseeing and adventuring. It’s about building relations and helping the community. During their first international port visit, Sailors assigned to the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) not only played in a...
28 October 2022 USS Gerald R. Ford arrives in Halifax for First International Port Visit HALIFAX, Nova Scotia - The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and embarked crew arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for the ship’s first international port visit, Oct. 28, 2022...
25 October 2022 USS Gerald R. Ford’s Commitment to Women’s Health ATLANTIC OCEAN - “My aunt passed away in 2008 from breast cancer,” said Lt. Nyasia Jenkins, from Unci, New York, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) medical department...
25 October 2022 The Press for Time during Medical Emergencies ATLANTIC OCEAN - “When we responded, all we could hear was screaming,” Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Blaine Grandfield, from Merritt, Texas, says, recalling a time a Sailor fell three stories off a scaffolding onto a floating barge while serving aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). A...
24 October 2022 Carrier Strike Group 4 Exercise Enhances Beginning of Gerald R. Ford Inaugural Deployment with NATO Allies NORFOLK, Va. - The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group and ships from three North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries completed a three-week exercise orchestrated by Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 4 called Task Force Exercise (TFEX) 23-2 from Oct. 5 to 23...
20 October 2022 CNO, Commandant, and First Sea Lord meet for Strategic Dialogue on Delivering Combined Seapower WASHINGTON - Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday and Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger met with the Royal Navy First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff Adm. Sir Ben Key for a Strategic Dialogue at the Pentagon, Oct. 20...
18 October 2022 NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk Supports Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group NORFOLK, Va. - The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG) departed Naval Station Norfolk for its first deployment Oct. 4, thanks in part to the work of the Sailors and civilians of the NAVSUP FLC Norfolk Logistics Support Center (LSC)...
05 October 2022 Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group Departs for First Deployment NORFOLK, Va. - The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), flagship of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG), departed from Naval Station Norfolk on its first deployment to conduct operations and training exercises alongside NATO allies and partners throughout the...
04 October 2022 Making History on USS Gerald R. Ford as Deployment Nears NORFOLK, Va. - USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is the first-in-class of the Navy’s newest generation of Ford-class aircraft carriers. It’s been nearly 40 years since the Navy has commissioned a new generation of aircraft carriers. With change comes history that has to be made. Ford has done just that...