NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Feb. 9, 2022) Newport News Shipbuilding contractor Brian Ward, from Gloucester, Virginia, uses a torch to cut the deck, aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), in Newport News, Virginia, Feb. 9, 2022. The John C. Stennis is in Newport News Shipyard working alongside NNS, NAVSEA and contractors conducting Refueling and Complex Overhaul as part of the mission to deliver the warship back in the fight, on time and on budget, to resume its duty of defending the United States. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Curtis Burdick)