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Navy evaluators have certified the flight deck and carrier air traffic control center of the USS Gerald R. Ford, finding that equipment works properly and the crew operates both in the right way.
When Bataan heads out to sea soon to begin its preparations for eventual deployment, Petty Officer 2nd Class Adrian Ortiz is going to be on post on the bridge for one of the most hectic, busy moves the 40,000 ton, 840-foot long amphibious assault ship ever makes. “You’ve got to be cool, calm and collected.”
Being on deployment with Truman during the Navy’s celebration of “Chief Week,” was a chance for Chief Petty Officer Rafael Martie to reflect on what the job really entails: “Senior and junior officers alike really do listen to a chief’s advice.”
The new funds come from last year’s infrastructure act, and are in addition to $402 million previously appropriated under the act and this year’s omnibus federal spending bill, according to the region’s Congressional delegation.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Labor have approved issuing 35,000 more H-2B temporary worker visas for nonfarm employees.
The Truman, its airwing and the destroyers and cruiser in the group have been operating in the Adriatric and Aegan seas, and flying air policing missions in NATO member airspace.