ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 7, 2021) An MH-60S Sea Hawk assigned to the �Tridents� of Helicopter Sea Combats Squadron (HSC) 9 approaches the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), March 7, 2021. Gerald R. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting an independent steaming event. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Michael Joseph Flesch)