7 l 24 l 2017
A weekly publication of Newport News Shipbuilding
Gerald R. Ford Officially Joins the Navy's Fleet The U.S. Navy commissioned Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) in front of a crowd of more than 10,000 at Naval Station Norfolk on Saturday, July 22. President Donald J. Trump – who landed in Marine One on Ford's flight deck for the ceremony – was joined by Navy, federal and state officials, as well as employees of Newport News Shipbuilding, for the commissioning of the most technologically advanced aircraft carrier in the world. "American hands and American steel have constructed a 100,000-ton message to the world," Trump said. "Wherever this vessel cuts through the horizon, our allies will rest easy and our enemies will shake with fear because everyone... CONTINUED ON PG 2