NORFOLK, Va. — Nearly 4,500 Sailors assigned to the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group departed Naval Station Norfolk and ...

Family of crew members assigned to the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) gathered at Naval ...

Families waving signs and banners watched a quartet of tugs push the world’s largest warship off the pier and on to its ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) aircraft carrier deployed from Naval Station Norfolk in the early hours of Tuesday, June 24, 2025.