ATLANTIC OCEAN (October 23, 2024) Aviation Electrician’s Mate Airman Travis Elliott, from Toronto, Ohio, assigned to supply department aboard the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), scrubs a baking pan in the aft galley scullery, Oct. 23, 2024. USS Gerald R. Ford, the flagship of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, is currently underway in the U.S. 2nd Fleet area operations, conducting Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT). SWATT is the surface force’s premiere advanced tactical training exercise that increases war-fighting capability and tactical proficiency across all domains. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Gladjimi Balisage)

Toronto resident Travis Elliott serves as an aviation electrician’s mate airman in the Navy. Elliott was assigned to the supply department aboard the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford. He spent time scrubbing baking pans in the aft galley scullery of the carrier on Oct. 23. The flagship of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group is underway in the U.S. 2nd Fleet area operations, conducting Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training. SWATT is the premiere advanced tactical training exercise that increases war-fighting capability and tactical proficiency across all domains.

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