NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Jan. 27, 2022) Machinist Mate (Nuclear) 2nd Class Tommy Bonds, right, from Strasburg, Colo., and Machinist Mate (Nuclear) 2nd Class Joshua Cote, left, from Sayreville, N.J., both assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) reactor department, place a soft patch around a pipe for a pipe patching casualty during a Phase III crew certification damage control evaluation, Jan 27, 2022. Phase III Crew Certification focuses on how the ship’s training teams accomplish necessary crew training needed to return the ship to sea. Ford is in port 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 3rd Class Zack Guth)