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<p>Master Chief Operations Specialist Sharon Adams of Beaufort, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) training department, reads instructions to participants of the Navy-wide advancement exam on March 3, on the mess decks. Ford is in port Naval Station Norfolk executing a tailored basic phase prior to the ship’s first operational deployment. Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zack Guth, USN.</p>
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