NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (May 13, 2016) -- Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) color guard parades the colors during a retirement ceremony in the ship's forecastle. Ford is the first of a new class of aircraft carriers currently under construction by Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Connor Loessin/Released)