191022-N-NO627-1329 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Oct. 22, 2019) Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Brandon Anderson, from Alexandria, Virginia, assigned to the weapons department aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), speaks into a sound powered telephone in the ship's pilot house during a general quarters training evolution aboard the ship. Gerald R. Ford conducted the general quarters and abandon ship training evolutions to better prepare the ship and crew in case of a real life casualty and in preparation for the crew getting underway. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Angel Thuy Jaskuloski/Released)