191213-N-DN657-1048 NORFOLK (Dec. 13, 2019) Swiss army Brig. Gen. Marco Schmidlin, Swiss Armed Forces Chiefs of Transformation Commander, receives a from brief Cmdr. Mehdi Akacem, the air boss aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), on Ford's Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) on the ship' flight deck. Schmidlin visited the Ford to see firsthand the capabilities and differences between the Ford and Nimitz classes of aircraft carriers. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Zack Guth/Released)