NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Sept. 9, 2021) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Ian Floresca, from Ridgecrest, California, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) medical department, constitutionalizes a COVID-19 vaccination before Ford's joint vaccination evolution with PCU John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) in Ford’s aft weapon handing area, Sept. 9, 2021. Ford is inport at Newport News Shipyard executing her Planned Incremental Availability (PIA), a six-month period of modernization, maintenance, and repairs. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary Melvin)