190402-N-XI307-1055 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (April 2, 2019) Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class Joseph Laminack, from Heflin, Alabama, assigned to to the engineering department aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), places a metal block into a mechanical band saw in Gerald R. Ford's machinery repair work center. Gerald R. Ford is undergoing its post-shakedown availability at Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan Seelbach/Released)