USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Mass Casualty Drill 2022

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Sailors assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) participate in a simulated mass casualty training event, March 17, 2022. Ford is in port at Naval Station Norfolk executing a tailored basic phase prior to the ship’s first operational deployment (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nolan Pennington).
Sailors assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) participate in a simulated mass casualty training event, March 17, 2022. Ford is in port at Naval Station Norfolk executing a tailored basic phase prior to the ship’s first operational deployment (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nolan Pennington).

April 4, 2022 | Originally published by U.S. Navy on March 25, 2022

NORFOLK, Va. – The sounds of rapid bells followed by the repeated phrase “Mass Casualty, Mass Casualty, Mass Casualty on the Flight Deck” rings through the passageways of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), March 17, 2022. Ford’s crew spring into action. Each Sailor has a different responsibility, but they have all the same goal – to save lives.

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