191025-N-CV877-2130 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 25, 2019) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) 1st Class Dennis Holford, left, from New York, and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) Airman David Caruso, from Houston, both assigned to the air department aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), raise the jet blast deflectors on Gerald R. Ford’s flight deck. Gerald R. Ford departed Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding and returned to sea for the first time since beginning their post-shakedown availability in July 2018 to conduct sea trials. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jonathan Pankau/Released)