ervice members, their families and guests move past a row of boy scouts from Michigan's Gerald R. Ford Council prior to the start of the Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) christening ceremony.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., (Nov. 09, 2013) Service members, their families and guests move past a row of boy scouts from Michigan's Gerald R. Ford Council prior to the start of the Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) christening ceremony. Ford is the first of a new class aircraft carriers replacing the Nimitz-class carrier launched in 1972. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Patrick Grieco) File# 131109-N-VT117-017