ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 23, 2022) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 1st Class Gabriel Cooper, from Stone Mountain, Georgia, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), stands watch as the arresting gear officer as an F/A-18F Super Hornet attached to the "Blacklions" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 213 approaches the flight deck for landing during flight operations, March 23, 2022. Gerald R. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting flight deck certification and air wing carrier qualifications as part of the ship's tailored basic phase prior operational deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary Melvin)