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ADRIATIC SEA (Sept. 16, 2023) Boatswain's Mate Seaman Apprentice Jason Guldseth, from Mountain Home, Idaho, assigned to the deck department onboard the world's largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), conducts duties as a phone talker during a replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command underway replenishment oiler USNS Laramie (T-AO 203) in the Adriatic Sea, Sept. 16, 2023. In the background the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13) replenishes the Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61). Gerald R. Ford is the U.S. Navy's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, representing a generational leap in the U.S. Navy's capacity to project power on a global scale. The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied, and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nolan Pennington)