NORFOLK (March 26, 2021) Italian navy Capt. Gianfranco Vizzini, naval attach�, left, speaks with U.S. Navy Capt. Cassidy Norman, the commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), as the Italian navy flagship, aircraft carrier ITS Cavour (CVH 550), sits pierside at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, March 26, 2021. The Cavour�s visit is part of a series of operations alongside U.S. Military assets to attain the Italian Navy�s �Ready for Operations� certification to safely land and launch F-35B aircraft. U.S. 2nd Fleet exercises operational authorities over assigned ships, and landing forces on the East Coast and the Atlantic. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Kalliyah DeJesus)