WASHINGTON, July 22, 2017 - President Donald J. Trump and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis took part in commissioning the USS Gerald R. Ford, the Navy`s newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, named in honor of the 38th president, in Norfolk, Virginia, today. Service members and their families, senior defense and military officials and other dignitaries, including Ford`s daughter and the ship`s sponsor, Susan Ford Bales, were aboard the warship for the ceremony. Gerald R. Ford enlisted in the Navy following the attack on Pearl Harbor and was commissioned as an officer in the Naval Reserve in 1942. He served aboard the aircraft...
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