NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Jan. 27, 2022) Electricians Mate (Nuclear) 2nd Class Robert Adamson, from Wichita, Kansas, and Electricians Mate (Nuclear) 2nd Class Noah Weber, from Ephrata, Pa, right, both assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) reactor department, apply a soft patch to a pipe during a Phase III crew certification evaluation, Jan. 27, 2022. Ford is in port at Newport News Shipyard exciting her Planned Incremental Availability (PIA), a six-month period of modernization, maintenance and repairs. ( U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Manvir Gill)