NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Oct. 20, 2019) Capt. John J. Cummings, USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78) commanding officer, Command Master Chief De'Andre Beufort, Ford's CMC, and Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Krystina Wagstrom, assigned to Ford's security department, explain what it means to be #WarshipReady. Ford is currently undergoing its post-shakedown availability at Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding. (U.S.