191025-N-ZI768-1103 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Oct. 25, 2019) A tugboat directs the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) as it departs from the pier, Oct. 25, 2019. Gerald R. Ford departed Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding and returned to sea for the first time since beginning its post-shakedown availability in July 2018 to conduct sea trials. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Cory J. Daut/Released)