HOMETOWN BOY GOES ON EXTENDED CRUISE
Photo by Seaman Apprentice Zachary Guth
NORFOLK (Jan. 16, 2020) Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Connor Mangano, left, from Fischers, Indiana, assists Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Luis Gonzalez, from Anchorage, Alaska, both assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) weapons department, in loading ammunition into an M240B .50 caliber machine gun on the ship’s fantail as the ship gets underway. Ford is currently underway conducting aircraft compatibility testing. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Zack Guth)