12 l 7 l 2020
A weekly publication of Newport News Shipbuilding
Team Effort Shipbuilders and sailors worked together to clean up the flight deck of John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) during the ship’s first-ever foreign object debris (FOD) walk down in November. During an FOD walk down, crew members walk the flight deck and pick up foreign objects that could pose a safety hazard during flight operations. “This is an event that is part of our daily routine on an operational aircraft carrier,” said Capt. Todd Marzano, Kennedy’s commanding officer. “We actually do it several times a day to ensure there are no foreign objects on the flight deck because that could ultimately lead to disaster.” While aircraft aren’t taking off from or landing on Kennedy’s flight deck just yet, the walk down was still significant – for safety, ship cleanliness and teambuilding between the Navy and Newport News Shipbuilding. Photo by Matt Hildreth
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