ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 1, 2020) Seaman Eric Smart from Chicago, left, and Airman Recruit Ashley Kimmons, from Pensacola, Florida assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), man a .50-caliber machine gun during a sea and anchor evolution, Sept. 1, 2020. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting an independent steaming event. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Sarah Mead)