191025-N-NO627-1232 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Oct. 25, 2019) Sailors assigned to the deck department aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) watch a tugboat attached to the ship on the ship's fantail during a sea and anchor evolution. 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 Seaman Apprentice Angel Thuy Jaskuloski/Released)