FRIDAY FOTO (July 23, 2021)

Looking for Trouble.

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Sophia Simons)

Sailors conduct a foreign object debris (FOD) walk down on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson on July 9, 2021. While the procedure is routine on aircraft carriers as well as civilian and military airfields, this is the first time your 4GWAR editor has seen a photo of a night FOD.

According to the Navy, the task is performed each day and night before flight operations to ensure the flight deck is clear of all foreign objects, which could be ingested by jet aircraft, damaging expensive equipment — or place flight deck personnel in danger.

The carrier, Carl Vinson, is currently underway conducting routine maritime operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet in the eastern Pacific Ocean.