ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 26, 2023) Yeoman 3rd Class Navading Jones removes chocks and chains from an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) during a vertical replenishment while underway as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, March 25, 2023. The Ford Carrier Strike Group is underway in the Atlantic Ocean executing its composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX), an intense, multi-week exercise designed to fully integrate a carrier strike group as a cohesive, multi-mission fighting force and to test their ability to carry out sustained combat operations from the sea. As the first-in-class ship of the Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 78 represents a generational leap in the U.S. Navy's capacity to project power on a global scale. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Malachi Lakey)